My First (and last probably) Tree Skirt
12-11-2012, 06:02 PM
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It is beautiful, good job.I have been planning to make this one. Too chicken to start. DGD is getting married in May and our gift to grandkids on their marriage is a Christmas Tree Skirt. I think I will take the plunge after the first of the year.
12-12-2012, 08:58 AM
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Thank you! It is not as hard as it looks. The most important thing is keeping the color sets in the right order. I didn't! Well, I did, but I cut with my template (homemade btw, drafted by me, and cut out of plexi-glass) facing the wrong way. BUT, I realized it on the first set and managed to save the day --and the fabric, I had no extra! -- by changing the order of the striped sets before I cut the rest. I ended up with the two darks (green and red) together but I think there still turned out to be enough contrast. 
I looked up bargello and learned something new, thanks! I found this interesting link: http://quiltville.com/scrapbargello.shtml
I still don't have the tree -- we went hunting to cut our own last weekend with a permit from the BLM in Oregon, but we didn't go to high enough altitude to find a pretty fir or something. I'm still recovering from Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and was amazed how sore I got on the half day outing, plus we ran out of daylight.
I looked up bargello and learned something new, thanks! I found this interesting link: http://quiltville.com/scrapbargello.shtml
I still don't have the tree -- we went hunting to cut our own last weekend with a permit from the BLM in Oregon, but we didn't go to high enough altitude to find a pretty fir or something. I'm still recovering from Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and was amazed how sore I got on the half day outing, plus we ran out of daylight.
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