Monday, December 08, 2008

Ta da!!: A skirt fit for a...Tree!

Sheesh. I am done! I have to admit the work I did today was a little sloppy. I had no patience for the stupid bias binding (never done it before and I pretty much just said screw it by the end), and I was so ready to move on to other projects. I figure if I ever figure out how to do bias binding I can come back and redo the little circle better.

It's the first log cabin I've ever done. I got the original idea from Crazy Mom Quilt's Tutorial and I went back to look at her instructions often. I kinda made up the size as I went since I wanted it a little smaller than hers. I put hours and hours (20? 30?) on the hand quilting this past week. I was so done with hand stitching by the end that I machine stitched the binding.





The tree looks much better dressed. Don't you think?

6 comments:

Amanda Jean said...

it looks so great! and you hand quilted it?!?! wow. you did a great job.

Kristi said...

It really completes your tree - definitely better dressed!

I'm so impressed with your creative endeavors.

Tom and Audrie said...

Great Job!!!

-Laura- said...

So cute! I'm totally impressed. I would never have the patience to hand-quilt anything!

Maren said...

It looks wonderful! I love that you hand quilted it. Someday you will look back at it with your children and admire all those hand stitches.

LeAnne said...

Tree skirts are the rage right now! I have seen so many great ones, yours inlcuded!