I have a Christmas confession to make—I’ve never had a tree skirt before. I don’t midpoint I’ve never made a tree skirt, I midpoint I’ve never had one in general.
This year, I thought I’d jump on the tree skirt train and start with three easy no-sew options for my first year.
The good news is that these tree skirts really are so easy to make, but the bad news is that (unless you have three trees) you have to pick just one!
Related: No-Sew Glitter Star Tree Skirt DIY
-fabric (felt or faux fur in our case)
–hot glue gun
-matching ribbon
–fabric scissors
-ruler and marker
OK, here are the overall directions for your tree skirt. I’ll requite you the variation details for each specific one below.
Step 1: First, we are going to cut a big whirligig out of our fabric. An easy way to get an plane whirligig is to make a big square that is at least the width of your tree skirt (I have a small tree so I needed at least 40″ wide).
Fold the square in half to make a long rectangle (20″ x 40″), fold that rectangle in half at the middle vertical line (20″ x 20″).
When using thin fabric-like felt, you can plane make flipside fold to make your square a triangle like I did in the first picture (the fur is a little too thick to do that many folds).
No matter how many times you fold your fabric, just use a ruler and measure out half your whirligig diameter (so 20″ for me) from the part-way of your folded square all the way wideness your folded fabric.
Cut through the layers wideness the marked line with fabric scissors, and you should have a whirligig when you unfold it.
Step 2: To make the small middle whirligig for your tree trunk, fold your fabric whirligig in half and place a round can or jar halfway wideness the middle point of your fold. Trace the half whirligig and cut with fabric scissors.
Step 3: Leave the fabric folded and cut the fold unshut on just one of the sides. This opening will indulge you to place your skirt over the wiring of the tree.
Step 4: To make the small ties that will alimony your skirt sealed once it’s on the tree base, cut 6 pieces of 6″ ribbon. Use a hot glue gun to glue them to the underside of your skirt in sets of 2.
Those are the vital instructions. Let’s get to the details!
How to Make a Pom Pom Tree Skirt:
For the pom pom skirt, all you have to do is follow the vital directions and then hot glue pom pom trim virtually the whet of the skirt. I love jumbo pom poms, so I bought the biggest trim I could find at the local craft store.
How to Make a Scalloped Tree Skirt:
To make a scalloped whet skirt, trace the marrow half of a round item (like a ribbon spool) all the way virtually the whet of the skirt once you cut your large circle.
I thought it would be fun to add a white tip to the whet of the scallops to make it squint like little snow banks. So, once all the grey scallops were cut, I traced the whet onto some white felt as well.
After wearing the white scallops, I used fabric glue (although the hot glue gun would work, too) to secure the snow tips onto the grey.
How to Make a Faux Fur Tree Skirt:
The fur skirt is the easiest one considering you have the least value of things to add to it, but you have to be a little slower when wearing out your circles to alimony the length of the fur intact virtually the edges.
I used the folding method (in step 1) to mark my wearing path, but I didn’t cut all the layers at once like I did with the felt.
I kept flipping and refolding the fur so I could mark all the way virtually the circle, and then only cut one layer deep making very small cuts as I went.
Tip: Try to alimony the marrow stipule of your scissors scraping as tropical to the valuables of the fur as possible and that will moreover alimony you from chopping the ends of your fur short.
After you make all your cuts into the fur, take it outside and requite it a good shake so it won’t shed any increasingly fur shit later.
Elsie’s tree well-set to model the skirts for our pictures (we love a white Christmas tree over here with some pretty garland).
We’ve moreover got a ton of Christmas content in our archives, so scan through there for increasingly holiday projects and recipes! xo, Laura
3 Easy No-Sew Tree Skirts
Equipment
- fabric scissors
- hot glue gun
- ruler and marker
Ingredients
- fabric felt or faux fur in our case
- matching ribbon
Instructions
- First, we are going to cut a big whirligig out of our fabric. An easy way to get an plane whirligig is to make a big square that is at least the width of your tree skirt (I have a small tree so I needed at least 40″ wide).
- Fold the square in half to make a long rectangle (20″ x 40″), fold that rectangle in half at the middle vertical line (20″ x 20″).
- When using thin fabric-like felt, you can plane make flipside fold to make your square a triangle like I did in the first picture (the fur is a little too thick to do that many folds).
- No matter how many times you fold your fabric, just use a ruler and measure out half your whirligig diameter (so 20″ for me) from the part-way of your folded square all the way wideness your folded fabric.
- Cut through the layers wideness the marked line with fabric scissors, and you should have a whirligig when you unfold it.
- To make the small middle whirligig for your tree trunk, fold your fabric whirligig in half and place a round can or jar halfway wideness the middle point of your fold. Trace the half whirligig and cut with fabric scissors.
- Leave the fabric folded and cut the fold unshut on just one of the sides. This opening will indulge you to place your skirt over the wiring of the tree.
- To make the small ties that will alimony your skirt sealed once it’s on the tree base, cut 6 pieces of 6″ ribbon. Use a hot glue gun to glue them to the underside of your skirt in sets of 2.
Pom Pom Tree Skirt:
- For the pom pom skirt, all you have to do is follow the vital directions and then hot glue pom pom trim around the whet of the skirt. I love jumbo pom poms, so I bought the biggest trim I could find at the local craft store.
Scalloped Tree Skirt:
- To make a scalloped whet skirt, trace the marrow half of a round item (like a ribbon spool) all the way virtually the whet of the skirt once you cut your large circle.
- After wearing the white scallops, I used fabric glue (although the hot glue gun would work, too) to secure the snow tips onto the grey.
Faux Fur Tree Skirt:
- The fur skirt is the easiest one considering you have the least value of things to add to it, but you have to be a little slower when wearing out your circles to alimony the length of the fur intact virtually the edges.
- I used the folding method (in step 1) to mark my wearing path, but I didn’t cut all the layers at once like I did with the felt.
- I kept flipping and refolding the fur so I could mark all the way virtually the circle, and then only cut one layer deep making very small cuts as I went.
- Tip: Try to alimony the marrow stipule of your scissors scraping as tropical to the valuables of the fur as possible and that will moreover alimony you from chopping the ends of your fur short.
