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The Frugal Homemaker

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Christmas Craft Showcase: DIY Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt

December 9, 2013

Christmas Craft Showcase

I am so honored to be part of the All Things Home tours for a Christmas Craft Showcase!  Did you guys catch the amazing Christmas Home Tours that happened last week?  I am still blown away by their amazingly beautiful homes and Christmas décor.

I LOVE this new Christmas project I get to share with you today…. just please overlook the less then best photography.  We haven’t seen the sun since before Thanksgiving here in GA and beginning to think we won’t till maybe January…not too great for us bloggers trying to to capture all kinds of pictures of Christmas décor to share.

I told you I was going in a new direction from my no-red Christmas last year and this year I am going all out RED.  And I am loving it!  So let me introduce you to my Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt. 

Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt

I seriously felt a bit like Mrs. Claus as I was surrounded by fluffy red fabric and red and white stripes… It just screams Christmas to me and is the perfect finishing touch to my tree. 

If you have never made a Christmas tree skirt before, it is fairly easy and SO much cheaper than buying a store bought one.  I see tree skirts in the store from priced at $30-100 and I don’t usually even see any that I like. My chevron red & white tree skirt cost me about $12 to make and took about 2 hours from start to finish.

I bought 1.5 yards of red fleece material and 1 yard of red/white chevron home décor fabric from Hobby Lobby.  Of course you can customize yours with any color and fabric you wish.  Felt would have been a tad cheaper but the only red felt they had was more of an orange red (like it looks in the photo below, but in real life in decent light, the fleece really is a deep, pretty, rich red.)

Take your main material and fold it in half opposite the way it came on the bolt.   Then fold in half again until you have a square. 

Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt

Then cut from corner to corner in a rounded shape.  You can draw this out on the fabric first if you wish. 

Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt

Don’t forget to cut a small circle out of the corner tip for the middle of the skirt and also to cut open one fold to make the slit. 

Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt

For the border, I cut my chevron fabric in 6 inch strips. 

Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt

I sewed each strip together to form a long “ribbon” making sure to match the chevron pattern.  I also turned up the bottom to make a finished hem.  I sewed all of this… BUT you could totally glue it with hot glue or fabric glue.

To connect the chevron border to the skirt and to allow for the curve of the skirt, I pleated the border every few inches. 

Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt

Here’s how it looks from the other side.  Ran it through my sewing machine and it was all done!

Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt

I LOVE it!  It brings that fun “candy cane look” to my tree without being too playful/still formal looking. 

Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt

Hopefully when I reveal my tree (planning on doing that tomorrow!), I can get a better picture that truly shows the deep red color. 

Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt

Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt

So there’s my Christmas craft!  I have quite a few other Christmas projects I plan to show you over the next few days, so stick around!  And you can see all my past Christmas projects here including a burlap & lace ruffled tree skirt that I made last year if that is more your taste.

And be sure to head over and check out the other bloggers sharing their Christmas crafts over the next 3 days. 

Monday, Dec. 9

Marty’s Musings
Crafty Texas Girls
The Frugal Homemaker
Deja Vue Designs
House on the Way

Tuesday, Dec. 10

Worthing Court
Petticoat Junktion
Girl in the Garage
My Soulful Home
Pet Scribbles

Wednesday, Dec. 11

    The Everyday Home
    Plum Doodles
    Cupcakes and Crinoline
    Create and Babble
    Sweet Pea

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Comments

  1. Wanda Baarman says

    December 9, 2013 at 6:17 AM

    So pretty. I love the modern chevron fabric. I was so excited to see this tutorial. Call me blond but I didn’t know you could cut out a clean circle from folding it into a square. Thanks for the tutorial!

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  2. Lanita says

    December 9, 2013 at 7:36 AM

    Hi Christina,
    I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the red/chevron Christmas tree skirt!! Thanks for the tutorial, as well. I’ve never made a Christmas tree skirt (I have a quilt one that I’ve had for several years), but with your instructions & pictures, it looks easy! Thanks for sharing…..can’t wait to see your Christmas tree, as well as more holiday decorating ideas!
    Blessings,
    Lanita

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  3. Kathy, Petticoat Junktion says

    December 9, 2013 at 8:39 AM

    Christina, That is the cutest tree skirt. Love me some chevron. The tree looks great too!

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  4. Christa @ BrownSugarToast says

    December 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM

    That looks beautiful, Christina!!!! Great work!

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  5. Paula@SweetPea says

    December 9, 2013 at 1:14 PM

    I absolutely love your tree skirt! I wondered how you got the chevron fabric to curve so nicely and was glad to see your pleat tip in the instructions. I’m really enjoying seeing what everyone is posting for the Christmas Crafting Showcase!

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  6. Marty Walden says

    December 9, 2013 at 2:01 PM

    Looks terrific, Christina! Thanks for joining us on our craft tour!

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  7. Debbie says

    December 9, 2013 at 4:37 PM

    Well that is certainly cheaper than the $30-100 ones you saw, and it looks adorable! And not too difficult, you actually make it look very simple. What I see of your tree looks beautiful, with the skirt, you sure did go red this year!
    Debbie 🙂

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  8. Samantha Conner says

    December 9, 2013 at 6:19 PM

    Wow! Your tree skirt came out beautifully. I love the chevron fabric!

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  9. Leslie @ House on the Way says

    December 9, 2013 at 8:21 PM

    This is the perfect tree skirt! Absolutely too cute! It’s been a pleasure being on this tour with you! Have a great week!

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  10. Jen @ Girl in the Garage says

    December 9, 2013 at 8:57 PM

    It’s so pretty and festive Christina! And just enough chevron to not be overkill. 😉 I might have to try something like this for next year- you make it seem so easy! Happy to be on this tour with you!

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  11. Ashley @ 3littlegreenwoods says

    December 10, 2013 at 7:53 AM

    Oh ~ I am so making one of these tree skirts! Thanks for the great tutorial.

    Merry Christmas!

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  12. Laura / Pet Scribbles says

    December 10, 2013 at 9:43 AM

    Red is truly THE festive color for Christmas Christina, and I love that you’ve gone all-out red this year! Your Christmas Tree Skirt is so pretty: it’s elegant while at the same time fun with the ruffles and chevron! Pinning!

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  13. Kim Gaynor says

    December 10, 2013 at 12:32 PM

    Really, really nice! If/when I ever buy a sewing machine and teach myself how to sew (again), I’m definitely going to make one or two of these and give them as gifts! I’m definitely pinning this.

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  14. Jeanie @ create&babble says

    December 11, 2013 at 8:02 PM

    I love this! The colors are perfect. I’m all about red and white this year. Just lovely!

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  15. Mary Beth|Cupcakes and Crinoline says

    December 11, 2013 at 8:02 PM

    Oh, Christina, this is so pretty. You are a great seamstress.

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  16. Stephanie Peak says

    December 9, 2015 at 8:14 AM

    What a beautiful tree skirt and I love the tutorial. My questions for you is how did you sew the two together? Did you put them back to back right side up facing up and sew through? Or did you fold the material and sew? I am a beginner sewer and I still had to look up other blogs for tutorials on how to do different steps. Thank you

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  17. Mandy cat says

    October 4, 2017 at 7:50 PM

    I turned two shower curtains into the tree skirt of my dreams. The burgundy fabric with gold embroidery is really elegant but comp!etely overpowered our hall bath. Bonus: I was able to turn the placket with the holes for the curtain rings into button holes to secure the skirt.

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  18. Dorothy says

    December 7, 2018 at 3:41 AM

    I MADE A TREE SKIRT OUT OF A ROUND TABLE CLOTH BUT WANT TO PUT LIKE A BOTTOM ON LIKE YOU DID BUT WITH WIRED RIBBON, THE TABLE CLOTH IS 70″ ROUND ANY IDEA HOW MANY YDS. I WOULD NEED. THANK YOU FOR SHARINC COULD YOU PLEASE REPLY TO MY EMAIL NOT VERY GOOD WITH COMPUTERS THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS

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