Christmas Tree Skirt Completed

I finally finished it! It seemed like it took way too long but here it is. I used eight 45 degree triangles, so I'm not entirely certain why it didn't exactly work out to a complete circle, but it looks great under the tree anyway.

Complete pattern

Skirt was strip-pieced from my stash. I added the spokes to make it larger since it seemed like it would be much too small. Total diameter is about thirty inches. Good thing our tree is so tiny! It works out great for our tree but would be much too small for a larger one.

I plan on finishing the surcoat I've been working on next.

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Still in Over My Head

By Kaelyn Angelfoot

You know, like that song... "I'm in over my head, stuck in the red, something she said, it makes me think that I'm in over my head, over my head, over my head!"

Almost completed the tabard for my nephew but the bias tape I was putting on the collar is messed up. So now I have to tear it all off and get new bias tape. It is very frustrating to think you are done with a project and then have it backfire.

 So I moved on to something much less frustrating. And I made a lot of progress. I completed the piecing on my tree skirt (yes, I know, its already after Christmas.) Then I layered the sandwich and completed basic stitch in the ditch quilting along the radial spokes. I really like the way the quilting makes the tree-skirt look puffy and 3D

 Lastly, I created some bias tape from one of the fabrics in the skirt and started sewing it on! It is almost done.  

So nothing too exciting but I'm making progress. I've had a couple lazy days, but I'm enjoying them. No work until January 2!

I'm in Over My Head

By Kaelyn Angelfoot

We don't have a tree skirt for our Christmas tree, so I decided to make one. I was really interested in making a spiral bargello tree skirt, but I have limited time and resources. (Christmas is tomorrow!).

Here is a picture of the tree skirt I eventually want to make. See the link below if you are interested.

http://www.favecrafts.com/Christmas-Crafts/Spiral-Quilt-Christmas-Tree-Skirt#

 So in the meantime, I'm throwing together a quick tree skirt from material already on hand.

Its about half done with the piecing, but I will still need to quilt and bind it when the piecing is complete.Its a very small tree skirt, it will be about 30 inches across when completes. That's okay this time since our Christmas tree is relatively small and it will cover everything it needs to. When I make the Bargello skirt, I will want it to be much larger.

Tree skirt in progress

I also decided I wanted to make one of my nephews some medieval garb for Christmas. 

I need to have it done by Wednesday night because it gets on a plane on Thursday morning.  That is in addition to two other projects I would like to have done by tomorrow but that I won't mention here in case the intended recipients happen to glance at my latest article.

I also made a great dollar store find: little canvas drawers. They work great for storing fat quarters and patterns and I'm sure I'll find other uses as I continue to organize. In the meantime, I love my fabric closet!