This past weekend I tried my hand at the ever popular no-sew Christmas tree skirt that is all over Pinterest. It was made by one of my absolute favorite home decor bloggers, Miss Mustard Seed. I'm not at all going to pretend like this was my idea. She did a tutorial for HGTV that you can follow to make your own like I did. But I will be honest, it. takes. hours.
It is a lot of work. It's a ton of cutting and a ton of glue burns on your hands. I tweeted a picture of my finished skirt and had a few people ask if they could pay me to make one for them. It's not that it's at all hard, because it's not, but most people don't have 6+ hours to lay on their living room floor gluing ruffles.
It's very sturdy- I made a mistake on one of my ruffles and had to stand on it to pull the ruffle off. It might be possible to make in other colors too, if natural linen isn't your thing.
If you would like for me to make you one, I have made an ETSY store to sell them.
you could try doing a gathering stick, and then gluing the layers on top of one another, would be much easier! http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070224102014AAH3GLv
ReplyDeletevery cute!
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ReplyDeletewhhhhatttttttt? this is to die for!! so glad you shared this - - while my old self would pay you the $100 and have one shipped to my humble abode, the new "stay-at-home mommyness" in me says that I should attempt it on my own!
ReplyDeleteekkk! i'm excited!
Wow - I saw this on pinterest earlier today, but didn't click through to see it was yours. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love it! I have been wanting to attempt this too, but with three kids running around me I wonder what it would look like in the end! lol
ReplyDeleteI'm seriously impressed with your all of your Christmas crafting! Your tree skirt turned out perfectly!
ReplyDeleteThis looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteoh my, that is gorgeous! i like the simplicity of it - although it sounds like it wasn't so simple to make! :)
ReplyDeleteThis skirt makes me want to convert and celebrate xmas!
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Your looks gorgeous!! Weren't you tempted to try it on? :) I have had people as me to make one for them as well, but I think one is enough.
ReplyDeleteIt really is beautiful. Can you tell me what the diameter of your finished skirt is? And what size piece of canvas did you begin with? Thanks for the help.
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