Create Your Own Christmas Tree Skirt

Tartan Fabric:

Buy fabric with a plaid red, green and gold tartan print. This look

will go with almost any tree decorations and is a Christmas classic.

Lush Velvet Fabric:

A rich velvet fabric in sumptuous colors like deep berry, forest green

and mahogany brown is fit for the finest living room. These are the

perfect choice if you have a fancy holiday or dinner party around

Christmas. Velvet Christmas tree skirts also look great edged with a

beaded black or gold ribbon - a 1.5” width ribbon will look the best,

and can be applied with fabric glue. 

Gold, Silver or White Taffeta:

Taffeta is another luxe looking fabric that will compliment a

traditional Christmas design scheme. Taffeta’s sheen is really shown

off in a gold, silver or white color fabric, and needs little

embellishment to make it pop.

Santa & his Elves:

1. Create a cute border of faces by alternating one Santa face for every 10 elf faces.

2. Use a flesh-toned felt for all the faces, pink circles for

rosy cheeks, white for Santa’s beard and hair, brown and yellow for the

elves’ hair, and various colors for the elf hats.

3. Draw on eyes, noses and mouths with a black superfine sharpie pen.

Gingerbread People:

1. Create a ring of Gingerbread men holding hands along the

border of your skirt. This is one of easiest borders to make since the

Gingerbread man shape is the only cutting out you’ll have to do!

2. Glue them on so their legs are hanging off the edge of the fabric to add interest.

Winter Wonderland Theme:

1. Use a background skirt fabric that is light blue, and cut out white fabric snowflakes for the border.

2. You can also add falling snow by cutting out small circles and gluing them randomly on the blue fabric.

1. To create a standard Christmas tree skirt, you’ll need about four yards of your fabric of choice.

2. Cut the largest circle you can to create the skirt, but try

to keep the diameter smaller than the widest part of your tree’s

branches. If the fabric you purchased isn’t wide enough, either safety

pin (from the underside, so the pins are practically hidden), fabric

glue, or sew two pieces of fabric together side by side to create a

wider swath to cut from.

3. Cut a long slit from the outside edge to the center of the

circle. Then, cut out an inner circle where the tree trunk will fit

inside. For even looking circles, use a pen to freehand draw the shapes

before you cut them out.