DIY Ruffle Tree Skirt {tutorial}

DIY Ruffle Tree Skirt

Since Christmas was just a little over a week ago...

and I whipped this craft out just a few days before Christmas...

I thought it wouldn't be TOO irrelevant to post this in January!

...hope you don't mind!

Now...there is a story as to why I needed a new tree skirt!

That reason is named Havoc!

and Havoc likes to whiz on real Christmas trees!

and last year, we got a real tree for the first time...

and my skirt...and stockings...were under the tree!

So...a new skirt was a must this year!

I was completely inspired by the Ruffle Tree Skirt here...

Since I had thrown my old skirt away I had to make my own base.

I purchased two yards of the cheapest tan felt I could find and cut a center hole about 3 inches wide.

{Note - 2 yards was way too much fabric.  Could have gotten away with 1 yard easily}

I already had my tree up at this point...and all I did was put the fabric under the tree
{with the hole around the stem}, measured out as far as I wanted it to go...marked it and cut it.
Sorry...didn't get a pic of this step.

After cutting my fabric into two inch strips {thinking 3 would have been better} I started
HOT GLUING!!!

Here is what it looked like after the first row!

After three rows...

After 14 rows...

If you stare at it long enough you might get a little dizzy!  Hehe...

I'm very pleased with my finished product.  I think it looks way better than any skirt I could have bought!
What do you think?