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The Christmas Crafting Continues...

After finishing the yarn wreath that had previously posted about, I was ready to take on my next crafting task.  I tried to think about something that we really needed and wanted to have, but that would also be quick and easy to make.  I scoured the internet for ideas, and of course my good friend Pinterest led me to the perfect idea! I would make a Christmas tree skirt for our tree!  We didn’t have one (last year I just used a big piece of red fabric that I had in my craft box), so I instantly headed to Hobby Lobby to pick out the perfect fabric. 

I used this tutorial, and finished the skirt over two days (about 5 hours total).  I bought a cheap $1 tree skirt from the Dollar Tree to use as the base pattern to follow.  I decided on red and white fabric to give the skirt the look of a candy cane and used a little less than 4 yards of each color to complete the whole project. 
So a cheap tree skirt, 4 yards of fabric, a hot glue gun with LOTS of glue sticks, and a few hours and many burned finger tips later, I had this masterpiece:
And I’m in love, love, love with it!  This is definitely my favorite project so far (not that I have all that many to compete with it) and I just had to share it with you! 

I hope your holiday season is bringing you lots of Christmas cheer!
Until next time…

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  1. Tara @ Tara Being TaraDecember 13, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    Trisha, this is absolutely adorable!! I can't believe you made it with a glue gun. I burned my finger so badly making a yarn monogram a few weeks ago and I can totally feel your pain. I think I'm still scarred!!

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