A few people sent me ideas, so thank you to all of you! I also found a pattern that while large, could be easily made smaller. Here's the page:
Piece N Quilt Christmas Tree Skirt
It's basically strips sewn like a giant log-cabin block, so you can stop whenever it's the size you want.
On Wednesday night I attended the Ballaarat Quilters' Christmas dinner, and my Kris Kringle gift was 3 FQs from Emma Jansen's fabric range Terra Australis. Just last week in Geelong I bought myself a few FQs from the same range. It occurred to me that these fabrics plus white would work for the tree skirt. So this afternoon, I ran this up:
I can see now I should have looked for a flat surface to spread it out. It is straight in real life! The pink spotty fabric is not part of the range, but I threw it in because it matches the pink lizards, and adds a bit of variety. In real life the colours are a bit brighter than in the photos.
In this close-up, you can see some of the fabrics:
And here is the top in place under the tree:
4 comments:
A pretty skirt, white sets it off well and it can be used at other times of the year too. Emma Jansen is a very talented designer, heard her speak about her work a couple of years ago.
It looks very pretty, Vireya, but Jeanette once again your blog does not like me.
Lovely, love the colours.
Gorgeous.
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