Another Wedding, Another Tree Skirt

One of my daughters' college roommates is getting married

later this year.

As some of you know, my traditional wedding gift,

when appropriate, is a Christmas tree skirt.

My daughter will be visiting from California in a couple of weeks,

so I thought I would try to get this tree skirt made before she comes.

If I can do this, I won't have to mail it to her before the wedding!

For this tree skirt, I decided to play with one of my wedge rulers.

I pulled the fabric I wanted to use and began cutting and sewing strip sets.

Here is what resulted from a few hours of 

cutting, sewing cutting again and sewing again.

Once it is quilted, the opening will be cut for the tree

and a cut will be made up one side.

 

See the fabrics with the words?

It's directional.

Ask me what I had to do once all of the strips

had been cut and partially sewn into sections.

Yep....

I had cut the original strips going in the wrong direction,

so the words were sideways.

Some time was spent with my seam ripper

and the new pieces were cut so the words are going in the

right direction.

Quilting can be so humbling!

 

I hate to cut the center out of this.

I love how it looks!

Maybe I can make something with it once it's cut out.

This week I was able to make a few more blocks

from Lori Holt's

"Farm Girl Vintage" book.

The two blocks at the top and three blocks at the bottom

are new additions.

 I need to figure out how large this quilt is going to be

and then determine how many blocks will be needed.

These are fun blocks to make!

Happy Quilting!