Holly Christmas Tree Skirt

For those who have read my blog for a while,

you may remember that my

"Signature Wedding Gift"

is a quilted Christmas tree skirt....

when appropriate, of course!

My daughter's best friend is getting married

at the end of June,

so a tree skirt is needed.

I had a jelly roll of Christmas fabrics,

so ordered a roll of "Snow"

and made some Log Cabin blocks.

After finding a layout that was pleasing to my eye,

I sewed the blocks into a big square.

 I knew it would need something in all of the white space,

so I got my new book out,

written by my bloggie friend, 

Lara Buccella at BuzzinBumble

and appliqued some holly leaves in the white space,

using Lara's applique technique.

 Lara's technique is so easy and worked so well

on my tree skirt.

I HIGHLY recommend her new book!

The white corners were trimmed on the diagonal

and the quilting was done.

Ta-Da!

 All this needs is a Christmas Tree!

This line of Christmas fabrics is 

gorgeous... traditional with some metallic gold going through it.

(It's Robert Kaufman's "Holiday Flourish.")

The label is on it and it's ready for wrapping.

(I'll let my daughter do the wrapping!)

Christmas will be here before we know it!

YIKES!!

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Happy Quilting!