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Ruffle Tree Skirt - No Sew source |
This past Sunday I went to work and tackled it all in about 5 hours. I headed to the store at 10am for the materials:
- Painters canvas drop cloth (4 1/2 x 4 1/2) ... I couldn't find one this size, so I went with a 4 x 5 and made mine 4 ft in diameter.
- 4 yards of linen fabric ... I actually used a cotton fabric that I found for cheap and only used 3 yards of it.
- hot glue gun and glue sticks
- fabric scissors
- grosgrain ribbon
I followed the directions that Pinterest took me to, from this website: HGTV No Sew Tree Skirt. I had to start out by making sure my canvas was a square.
I then folded the fabric into quarters and then a triangle to make the circle.
After that, tedious stuff started... I cut the white cotton fabric into 2-3 inch strips and then hot glued it to the canvas while pinching it to look ruffled.
The finished product...
When the ruffles are done, take the ribbon and hot glue it to the slit in the canvas so that once it's around the tree, you can tie the skirt shut. Make sure you leave enough room to tie it into pretty bows!
I left the ribbon at the store, but hopefully I will have a finished product picture for you soon!
What do you think? I can't wait to see what it looks like around my Christmas tree!
I linked up to the Pinterest Challenge. See how the pro's do it at bowerpowerblog.com and younghouselove.com. These are two of my favorite blogs...take a look!
What do you think? I can't wait to see what it looks like around my Christmas tree!
I linked up to the Pinterest Challenge. See how the pro's do it at bowerpowerblog.com and younghouselove.com. These are two of my favorite blogs...take a look!
68 comments:
That is BEAUTIFUL! So frilly. Looks better than the original.
This is so pretty! Last year, I craved a neutral Christmas so I just flipped my current tree skirt over to the linen side. This would be so much funner!
Love this - I have been eyeing this project too, and you have inspired me to try it now. Thanks!
Wow, that is so beautiful! Just saw it on the Pinterest link party, you did an awesome job. It is going to look too pretty to put presents on top of it :)
I am so impressed!! Who are all those people?
Love it! Its beautiful! You might have to make me one someday :-)
Oh my gosh! This is AWESOME!! LOVE IT!
Love this! I have like 30 burlap table runners left over from my wedding.. I wonder if I could use that instead... Hmmm
i wonder if a white flat sheet would work for the ruffles?? might be cheaper...
I LOVE THIS!
I saw it on pinterest too and I will be making one as soon as I buy supplies!
SO pretty! I'm definitely doing this! Makes me want to break out the tree and Christmas music! :)
Aja
Oh this is perfection! Yours looks amazing! I might need to try my hand at this... I dont have a tree skirt and my ferrets (oh yes, don't judge! haha!) love to lay under the xmas tree!
Can't wait to read your other posts! <3 I'm in NC too!!!!
Love this - can't wait to try it!
Beautiful tree skirt. My very expensive one was ruined by tree sap and an eager ex-husband that packed it away without it getting cleaned. I may have to make this. Hope you're still loving NC as much as I do.
This may sound stupid, but I still don't understand what the ribbon is used for or where exactly to put it...help?! I love your tree skirt though, and you make me feel like I could tackle it too. Do you think only hot glue would work or would fabric fusion glue work just as well?
So beautiful! I really want to make this....I really enjoyed the tutorial!
honeyandnutmeg.blogspot.com
I think it's gorgeous bu you must have paid a fortune for enough hot glue sticks. I think sewing one would be easier. But that's only if you sew. Either way it's an eye catcher!!
where do you find a painters canvas dropcloth? Could something else be used in its place?
This is gorgeous. I think I need to try this. Thanks for sharing it.
Ruth
Holy Cow!
Rachel - a white sheet would work great as well, I just used what I had.
Anonymous - I found the canvas drop cloth at Low's Home Improvement for about $3.99. I'm sure any hardware or painting store would have one.
Also, the hot glue sticks were really cheap as well. I used a mini glue gun and the gun and glue together cost about $10 from A.C. Moore.
Monica - I'll post about the ribbon and how to tie it soon.
Thank you all!
I did the same thing and bought a painters canvas. Haven't decided if I am going to just use muslin or get some Christmas patterned cotton. Yours looks great! It doesn't look like your material raveled any that you gathered. It looks so pretty!
I LOVE THIS!! I want to make it sooo bad.. and that fact that you don't have to sew, makes it all the more appealing to me! ooh I will definately have to find a painters drop cloth and fabric!! Thanks for sharing!
This is also on my to-do list this christmas. But I've been wavering on whether I should sew or not. Do you think the Hot glue will "Stand the test of time"?
I'm not sure how well it will last, considering I haven't even used it yet, but it seems very resilient.
Really pretty! (My dogs would sleep and/or pee on it though!) I think the sheet idea would work well, and if you leave the cut edges alone, they may fray into a 'shabby chic' sort of look!
Beautiful! (My dogs would sleep and/or pee on it.) ;) I think the sheet idea is wonderful and would fray nicely to make a 'shabby chic' look after washing (but only if fabric glue is used - hot glue and washing don't mix!).
I love this idea. You could even take stips of 2 complementing colors and make it.
Wow! That's gorgeous!
Can you explain how you folded it exactly? I tried to make this and my canvas didn't come out in a circle. I know you said quarters but did you fold in half, then in half again, the fold to make triangle. Please help.
Yours turned out beautiful.
LOVE IT! I am writing up my Christmas wish list/to do list on my blog right now! I'm totally going to link it to this post because this is a MUST do for me! Thanks!
I'm wondering whether this could be dyed...hmmm. Using different color of strips is a good idea too.
This is a great craft idea. Saw this on Pinterest originally as well. I think I'd do a running stitch through the strips first then pull them to be ruffled instead of ruffling as I went. I think it would make the project go faster. A Running stitch only takes a minute on the machine and maybe two by hand. Great job!
Great job on this! I've been thinking about making my own tree skirt! Might need to make a similar tree skirt--love that you don't need to sew!
I love this idea! I'm going to try it! Thanks for showing the step by step process!
I love this!! I want to make one now.
I am absolutely in love with this! Holy cow it's gorgeous. I love to admire tutorials but I think I will actually make this one! Love it!
Pinterest has a toolbar that you downloan to click on pictures on certain website you like. Love this idea thanks for sharing.
This is beautiful!!! You did such a wonderful job!
Is it wrong I kind of want to make one of these and then WEAR it? It's just so frilly...and floofy! Heck with Christmas, I'm gonna make one of these bad boys, dye the ends of the frills in a soft pink or purple and make one killer, feminine skirt from it! ^__^
I am going to attempt this but with different colored fabric. Hope it turns out just as beautiful!!!
This is really cute! I'm going to try and decorate for Christmas this year. <3 I want to try this!!!
This is lovely!
I'm new to North Carolina myself and trying to adjust from city life in Austin to the slower pace here.
I'll be back to check out more of what you do soon!
Have a Blessed Sunday!
Biz
you can buy fabric already cut to that size, they are called jelly rolls. how about an hombre skirt?
I love it!! I cant wait to try to make one~~ I hope it looks half as good as yours!!
WOW...what an amazing job you did! I can't sew if my life depended on it...but Im tempted to try this one! What a beautiful holiday setting that skirt makes.
MJ
Lucky 7 Design
Lovely, and GREAT play by play!
LOVE THIS! Especially since I can't sew! Fantastic!!
I had to share this on my Face book page....AMAZING!! LOVE IT!!!
Karin
www.artisbeauty.net
turned out great! love it!
YOu mean the ruffles were made with just hot glue and pinching the fabric? When I first saw it, I thought you had to sew and create all those ruffles. This is just FABULOUS!!
Wow!! I love it!
You did a FABULOUS job! I just Pinned it too on my Pinterest. Just LOVE THIS!!!
This is beautiful! I will have to make this for next year.
I love this idea! Nice job on the ruffles.
I found you via Pinterest and I really like your blog - new follower!
Tabitha
i just made this out of an old white sheet. i sewed it instead of glueing it. It went so much faster and i believe will last longer. Dont be afraid of sewing it. it only took me 2 hours and i didnt burn my fingers.
so impressed!! found you on pinterest (; love your step by step.. am wondering if it's holding up well so far.. the glue i mean? looks beautiful!
*tiffany*
So beautiful! Found this on Pinterest as well! Going to attempt this soon!
Thanks for the great tutorial, I am working on it now and it's looking great :)
Thanks to YOU and Pinterest for this amazing DIY! I linked you on my blog! :)
Holy cow! Thank you all so much!
Thank you so much for posting this! I just made one too... so beautiful and so easy!! Glue gun... now that's my style! I hate sewing! :)
Beautiful! I'm going to run with this idea and make six stockings to match:)
This is very beautiful I shared it on my blog and on another's. You did a great job.
http://sethhollykravetz.blogspot.com/2011/12/7-stages-of-crafting.html?m=1
I pinned it, I did it! But I decided to sew mine so to be more permanent :) great job!
Thanks for posting this! You inspired me to try one too (with my own touches of course!). I'll be linking your blog onto my blog so others can see what I used for inspiration!
So beautiful. I recreated my own version and linked back to you. Thanks! http://sarahdawndesigns.blogspot.com/2011/12/shabby-christmas-tree-skirt-diy.html
My daughter made one this Christmas and used a black fabric with silver pine trees on it and it looked very nice, as her tree was done in silver ornaments.
Personally, I think I'd use the sewing machine to make this, but if you don't have a machine the hot glue method is great.
Thanks for sharing!
Just made one!!! Thanks so much for the tutorial! So fun!
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