Simple Felt Ruffle Tree Skirt

It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving has already past and we are now well into this Christmas season.  We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and a lot of great food.  I was so busy that I did not even take one picture.  What kind of blogger am I??  My son did snap a quick picture right before we sat down to eat.  I loved how pretty everything looked and really wished I had remembered to snap one.  I hope everyone had as wonderful a day as we did.

Right before Thanksgiving I began working on a tree skirt.  Ours had seen better days. I saw many I liked but the prices were high.  So I decided to give it a try.  I had all the supplies here at home.

I started with a yard of felt.  Folded it in fourths and then following Martha Stewart's tutorial I cut the skirt out.

Once the skirt was cut out I cut 4 inch strips from the felt to add as a ruffle around the cut edge.

I gathered and hot glue all the way around.

For a little added something I hot glued a silver ribbon over the ruffle.

Be warned~when working with hot glue and felt this is what your fingers will look like, making it very difficult to take pictures.

Once that was completed I cut out multiple leaf pattern from gray felt, then glued them at the inside edge of the silver ribbon and ruffle.

Then I chose some silver glitter paint and 

a snowflake stencil

and added some sparkly snowflakes to the tree skirt.

I am so happy with how it turned out. 

Although a bit time consuming it is quite an easy tree skirt.  I love the felt, so easy to work with and it created a soft backdrop for the glittery snowflakes.

The completed skirt

and under the tree.

There are so many projects I want to do before Christmas.  I think I may not sleep from now until then.

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