No Sew Ruffle Tree Skirt

I saw this no sew ruffle tree skirt on Pinterest last year,

and it's been on my to-do list ever since! I finally was able

to make it during my Thanksgiving break and I absolutely love it!

And better yet, it didn't cost me a single penny because I already

had all the materials I needed =)

 

I started out with a large piece of white fabric (I think it used to

be a sheet maybe?). The tree skirt I have used in the past was a

little too small for my 9 foot Christmas tree, so I wanted this

one to be bigger than the standard size. So I put my tree skirt

on top of the sheet and cut around it, but added a couple inches all

the way around. Then I cut a line to the center of the sheet to make the

opening for the tree skirt.

 

 I used gold satin fabric for my tree skirt - the fabric is actually

some of the chair sashes from my wedding! It worked out well, because

the width of the chair sashes was perfect for the tree skirt, so I didn't

actually have to cut any pieces.

 

All I did was hot glue the chair sashes down, pleating the fabric in order

to make a ruffle. I started at the bottom and worked my way up.

Each row should overlap the one before it a little.

It wasn't hard, just took a long time because the tree skirt was so big,

and it just became a little monotonous after a while. Thankfully my sister

glued every other row down for me to give me a break.

  

  

I love how it looks under my tree....  very soon I hope to makea few

more Christmas decoration items using this no sew ruffle technique!!!

 

Merry Christmas!!