I have seen these no sew ruffle tree skirts all over, so when I realized I needed a new tree skirt, because I changed my tree decor colors, I decided to try one. I think they look so pretty and I mean... no sew?!... I'm in! I also didn't want to spend a lot of money on it, so I bought 5 yards of muslin, some ribbon and lots of glue sticks.
I actually didn't take any pictures of the process, so if you need to see some pictures of it,
here is a great tutorial that has some pictures and instructions of how to make the base. Otherwise, all you do is cut a tree skirt pattern from the fabric, I just used my old one to get the right size. I cut the rest of the fabric in to long strips that were 5 inches wide. Slowly hot glue the strips of fabric to the base creating a ruffle as you go around by pinching the fabric together. Continue until all of the base material is covered. I then just hot glued some ribbon on to the slit. I think it took me about an hour and half to make.
Love this!! It is sooo pretty!
ReplyDeleteOoh, so beautiful! I think this is what I'll be doing this weekend!
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog and I love it! Also love this tree skirt project!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful, I think it's perfection!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely gorgeous - you make it sound SO easy
ReplyDeleteI love that you used wide strips of fabric. I started to make one, but realized that with cutting 2 1/2 inch strips, the project was going to take forever! Thank you for sharing and giving a time estimate! I might go and make one this weekend!
ReplyDeletethis would be such a pretty wreath too!
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michele
This is gorgeous. I so want to make this. I just made a crate to hide the side but think I would love the contrast of the ruffles with the wood crate too! I shared it on facebook!
ReplyDeleteYour tree skirt is fabulous. I love the ribbon you've chosen. It gives it an extra flair of elegance. I made a new one this year, too.
ReplyDeleteRuth
Wow, this is beautiful! I love it! Great job :)
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous design!
ReplyDeleteThis turned out gorgeous! I'd love to have you stop by my weekly link party and link this up. http://thelifeofjenniferdawn.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-little-bird-told-me-link-party-20.html
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful! I've seen this floating around the web, and yours is my favorite. :) The ribbon makes it perfect. I will definitely be pinning this to make for next Christmas! Visiting from Live, Laugh, Rowe. :)
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I've seen several no-sew ruffle tree skirts around too, but I think this is my favorite. It's simple, but those ribbon ties add just the right amount of elegance to it. Great job!
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Merry Christmas
This is beautiful! I love how you used the ribbons to tie bows to keep it together. What a nice touch!
ReplyDeleteI think it would be easier to do a simple stitch along the end of each strip, pull the threads to gather fabric and sew on the skirt than to mess with the glue gun. I usually burn myself a few times when using a glue gun. It is a beautiful skirt.
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