My sons Christmas list to Santa this year included one tree
skirt. They wanted it big, with a middle
circumference of which would be large enough to fit over their stand for easy
watering. The middle opening was some 40
“, and the entire skirt measured 80” in diameter. I made a pattern out of 5- 80+ inch sheets of
freezer paper taped together. I moved all the furniture out of my living room
and using a string marked at the correct radius marked the two circles, then
cut it larger than needed, folded the paper to make the scallops for the edges,
drew a cardboard template to better trace the edges evenly, Divided the circle into the largest equilateral
triangle possible, then center the three “Merry Christmas” to be stem stitched
by hand. Stippled quilted the entire
thing, I used over 2,000 yards of thread.
On the paper pattern, I arranged trial holy leaves out of newspaper
until I had the correct size and number to be appliqued after the quilting was
complete. After many headaches, I
actually finished it. Not bad if I do
say so myself. This is how it looked in
my son’
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