Halloween Tree SkirtCreatively Sam's

My little Halloween Tree is just about ready. It’s sitting on a bright Halloween fuzzy blanket, but the base of the tree looks naked. It needed a tree skirt to cover the base.

The first thing that I did was to figure out how big I needed the skirt to be. I measured from the trunk of the tree, out to where I wanted the skirt to end.

I liked it at 11″ from the base of the tree. That measurement needed to be doubled so the skirt would fit both sides. So I got out some fabric that I wanted to use for the skirt. I had some black & silver velvet, so I used that. You can use any fabric that you like.

I pinned the fabric (to mark it) where I wanted it cut. 22″ square. Once the pinned the outline of the square, I cut it out. Then I folded the square in quarters, with the point of the fold close to me.

I put a pin at the corner, through the hole in the measuring tape and into the ironing board.

Then I was able to pivot the measuring tape across the bottom. This will make the square into a circle. I laid the measuring tape on the fabric, and at the 11″ mark, I cut the fabric. Repeating as I went along.

Once the circle was cut, and still folded in quarters, I cut one layer along the fold to the corner. Then I cut the corner off. Start small, you can always cut more away if needed.

Then I opened the fabric up and put the right side down. I pinned the hem in place along the slit, across the bottom & back up the other side of the slit. (I chose not to use fabric glue, because it can show through fabric, especially velvet)

Once the hem had been pinned, I sewed it in place using a long stitch.

Then I clipped the center circle to make the hemming easier.

Then I pinned it in place.

And once the hem was pinned in place, I sewed it down.

I wasn’t worried about it fraying, since it’s only going to be put in place once & removed once. I may treat the edges with fray check later on. But it’s not like I’m going to be wearing it or having to launder it a lot. The Halloween Tree Skirt is finished. Just put it in place at the bottom of your tree!