I extended the binding into ties at the inner opening of the tree skirt. I used a speckled, metallic dark green fabric for the binding which anchored the front of the tree skirt and coordinated with the fabric on the back. To keep the clothing fabric in the forefront of the design, I decided to stitch in the seams of the wedges for the quilting as opposed to a busier quilting pattern.Īfter trimming the edges, it was time to bind the quilted tree skirt. A Christmas green floral fabric was used as the backing material and a quilt sandwich was made using cotton batting in between the layers. To give the tree skirt more structure, I treated it more like a quilt. Now the fun part…sewing all the wedges together! This helped bring some cohesiveness to the tree skirt. Since there was a variety of fabric types and colors, I decided to alternate each clothing piece with a neutral cream snowflake fabric. I wanted to preserve any trim and buttons from the clothing to use in the tree skirt as a reminder of the little details the grandmother used. The memories were too precious to simply donate the clothing, so she approached me with the idea to use the garments in a Christmas tree skirt.Īfter selecting dresses and skirts that had enough fabric to work for the project, it was time to cut out the wedge shaped pieces. After her passing, my client acquired her grandmother’s garments.
This grandmother made all her clothing with great skill. She had a grandmother who was a talented seamstress. I had a client reach out to me with this very special project.
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