I'm Fixin' To: I Finally Made It!

For the past year and a half, I have had the No-Sew Ruffle Christmas Tree Skirt on my things to do list. [Anyone else use any.do for their to do list? It's fab!] I orginally saw this craft on Nicole's blog over at Puttin' on the G.R.I.T.S. After seeing it again on Lauren's blog, I decided I would do it for this Christmas.

*4 1/2 X 4 1/2 canvas (you could use a painter's drop cloth, but of course the Holly Springs' Michael's doesn't sell drop cloths, so I used a piece of canvas fabric)

My canvas was actually uneven; 3 1/2 yards by 4 1/2 yards, so I had to cut it down to make it even.

Then, I folded it into quarters.

Then into a triangle.

Then, I cut the ends off.

*I had trouble with my scissors despite them being brand new fabric scissors, so my edges were a little wonky.

Despite the ends being wonky, I loved the points on the four corners so I decided to leave them.

My second mess-up came when I cut too much and cut it in halves. It should only be split at one end. I thought I would tie bows on both sides and be done. However, I was able to attach the fabric across one of the slits and you can't even tell now.

I forgot to take a picture of the ruffles being glued down, so I'm borrowing a picture from HGTV. This was super tedious but again, not hard to fix if you mess up.

It took me a bit to get the hang of the ruffles. You can see I started off small, and then started figuring out to make it bigger. The great thing about this is that if you make a mistake, you can cover it up with more ruffles.

I wanted to take this picture to show that I was able to cover up my mistakes on the back end.

I posted a picture of the supplies on my Instagram and had several people text me to ask how it was going. It took me a while, but I was about 45 minutes away from being done at this point. My text was this picture with the caption "The end is near!"

For the ribbon, I just flipped both sides of the skirt up and glued the ends down underneath. I tested out lengths to see how big I wanted the bows. It was trial and error until I determined the right length.

And this is my finished product!

It took me about 5 1/2 to 6 hours total, but that was because I also had to take a couple of wedding related calls and e-mails. Aside from that, I worked consistently. As I said above, it is tedious, but definitely worth it in the end! If you make one yourself, let me know! If you want me to make you one, e-mail me at champagneandsuburbs {at} gmail. dot com and I will send you a PayPal invoice.

P.S. Hope you had a great Veteran's Day! I cannot tell you how grateful I am to our military today, and every day. Thank you for all you do!