Dresden Christmas Tree Skirt | Designoriginalsbykc Blog

In just 3 days I took this fabric & template…

And made this flimsy on Gloria … my Singer 301A…

Picked out my binding & thread…

Hand quilted each dresden blade…

Then used my BIAS made binding from THIS tutorial… it took most of a 1/2 yard cut too!

And hand stitched that all down…

Yep, I remembered to add a label at the last minute too 🙂

And pre-washed “Tah dah”!!!!

The top tie I wanted sturdy so I designed it as part of the binding… but the decorative tie below is the satin ribbon that held the inspirational 7 fat quarters I started with as explained on this blog post!

Here is just a fun shot of the front and back of this cute Christmas Tree Skirt…

So I will be showing off this darling tree skirt on my tree on my blog later in the week… But it will be enjoyed Christmas morning!!! I am posting this as I wanted to share with you and Bonnie Hunter too on her Christmas Eve linky Party here 🙂

There is so much I haven’t shared or couldn’t share all of so follow me as there is lots of fun quilty stuff to come!

Happy Christmas Eve from my home to yours 🙂

I thought when my Christmas shipping was over I could focus on the wall hanging and start on the batik quilt that was to be next…

Then these came in the mail!
And some from my stash… but I had not much in the Christmas fabric stash department…

I found 7 fat quarters for $7.00 o eBay so I went for them… when they arrived they even came tied with a bow and they are Andover brand and really fun to hand quilt I figured 🙂

So what design to go with… I wound up looking at this video for my inspiration after narrowing down my ideas based on what I had available to me to work with and what design me and my honey both liked after googling a bit! lol 🙂

And the ribbon that came with it is satin… so I put it with the binding so I can add a tie to the open edges to hold them closed and always recall this bit of good luck I found searching eBay early one morning! lol