Hello guys!! Hope everyone is having a great Friday. We have had a fun week… It actually snowed here. Because this only happens about once every two years we were a bit excited! Now to my project… I finally got sick of staring at the base holding my tree up. I have had this planned in my head for a few weeks so I finally busted out the sewing machine. Here’s what I did…
I used a 9×12 drop cloth from Lowe’s for my fabric. This is larger than I needed but I will use the rest for an upcoming project.
I then used a $1 tree skirt I purchased at the Dollar Tree for my pattern. I wanted mine just a bit larger so I added about two inches all around.
Then I cut my strips for my super cute ruffles… I cut 4 strips that were each 9′ long.
I wanted to do a fun edge rather than a usual hem so I decided to do a rolled hem using my serger. You just run your fabric through and it does the rest… woohoo! If any of you want some tips on a rolled hem, you know where to find me.
Now to introduce you all to my favorite foot 🙂 This is my ruffler. For those of you with a sewing machine that do not own one of these… it’s time to ask Santa. This baby makes a ruffle in no time and had adjustments so you can pick how full you want it.
So I spent about 2 minutes running 12 yards of fabric through my ruffler and I was finished. This is what my ruffle looked like before I attached it around the edge of the skirt.
I then attached my 12 yards of ruffles to my circle piece using a straight stitch.
I finished my raw edge where the skirt is cut to fit around the tree and added two pieces of twine for the ties. My final step was to cover up the shanty tree stand and then take a bunch of pictures:) What do you think?? Not too shanty for $9 and 30 minutes I think!
love it! love the ruffle. this would be great done in burlap too. beautiful tree!
Wow! I gotta get me one of them thingees! Makes ruffles that fast, get out of here!
I love your tree skirt and who would have thought to use a drop cloth! Thanks for sharing.
A ruffler?????? I need one. Now.
THanks for the inspiration. It's on my to-do list to make a tree skirt for my tree. I may be shamelessly copying your idea. =)
I wish I could sew like that – I am in absolute awe of this tree skirt and your skills.
Sylvia
I love your tree skirt! I don't have a serger so I think it might be too much of a project for me to do it by hand! tee hee. That hand gathering is not my thing, not with my artritic fingers! Anyway, I love it. It's beautiful. thank you for visiting junkblossoms! I hope you'll visit again soon. Merry Christmas! Pat
I love your tree skirt! I don't have a serger so I think it might be too much of a project for me to do it by hand! tee hee. That hand gathering is not my thing, not with my artritic fingers! Anyway, I love it. It's beautiful. thank you for visiting junkblossoms! I hope you'll visit again soon. Merry Christmas! Pat
Oh, I love it!! Your tree looks beautiful! 🙂
Cutest EVER!
That is good! I so love the skirt and could use one of those rufflers! Thanks for sharing, the tree looks beautiful! Cindy
SOOOO Cute I need a ruffler too! I love sewing!
I love drop cloths. I use them for everything, including cheap drapes that look great. Love your tree. Beautiful.
I am so making this for my themed tree! What a fab idea! Filing this one at thecraftersfilebox.com.
Thanks for sharing!
that's so cute!! i think i need a sewing machine…
I have my Grandma's old Singer. So old it only does a straight stitch and is has a sep foot for doing a zig-zag. LOL. It came with a box full of special feet and I am thinking that a ruffler is one of them. I am going to have to do some experimenting once the Christmas season is over.
Thanks for the Inspiration.
The ruffler will look kinda like a dinosaur. Your grandmothers machine probably did come with one, I have my grandmothers old tredle and it came with one. If not you can get one, but it has to be the one for your machine. So have the modle number and brand name. I love mine and if you don’t have a serger, you could do a zig zag around the edge of both sides of the ruffle and then do your gather about an inch in from one side and then topstitch throught the gather stitches to the skirt, it would have a small stand up ruffle on the skirt itself and also at the very edge like hers. it would be very cute and I think that is what I will do, using my serger to do a rolled hem on both sides of the ruffle.
I have my Grandma's old Singer. So old it only does a straight stitch and is has a sep foot for doing a zig-zag. LOL. It came with a box full of special feet and I am thinking that a ruffler is one of them. I am going to have to do some experimenting once the Christmas season is over.
Thanks for the Inspiration.