Felt Fringe Christmas Tree Skirt

Easy DIY Felt Fringe Tree SkirtNeed a tree skirt? Oh, you also want it to be modern and festive? And you want it to cost under and take under an hour to make? Well, here you go. We stitched up this little fringed circle of fun for our Pine-ata Dream Tree and it ended up being one of our (and your) favorite elements. Here’s how we did it…
Easy DIY Felt Fringe Tree Skirt

Cut a circle of felt either by tracing an existing tree skirt, using the pen and string method described in our poncho video or by tracing a 2 foot wide platter as I did here, because y’all have a 2′ platter, right? Cut a slit to the center and add a second small hole for the tree trunk.

Easy DIY Felt Fringe Tree Skirt

Cut 2″ wide strips of felt. The length matters not. (pink)

Make a cut ever 2″ to create fringe, leaving the very top edge intact. (mustard)

Easy DIY Felt Fringe Tree Skirt
Start with a row of fringe that matches the background and sew to the tree skirt, aligning the bottom edge as you go. The stitching does not have to be very neat as most of it will be covered by the next row. When you finish one strip, just pick up with a new one until you have worked all the way back around to the opening of the skirt.

Easy DIY Felt Fringe Tree Skirt

Add a second color 1″ higher. Curve the felt fringe as you go. Make an effort to stagger the fringe from one row to the next.

Easy DIY Felt Fringe Tree Skirt

Add as many rows as you wish, in any color that you fancy. Go traditional with red and green or get creative. This skirt is so inexpensive and fast to make that you can change the color scheme every year.

Easy DIY Felt Fringe Tree Skirt

When you are happy with your fringe, end with a row in the color of the skirt.

Easy DIY Felt Fringe Tree Skirt

You are finished! Take a Christmas siesta under the twinkling tree lights, you’ve earned it!

Easy DIY Felt Fringe Tree Skirt

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17 Comments

Maryanna

This is a super cute idea! I think I may use this tutorial to make skirts for my tabletop trees.
I would suggest making this one a bit larger though. It should be about the same diameter as the tree it sits under. 🙂

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nancy saccoccio

Love the size-*as long as it covers the stand and the tree is artificial, mini tree skirts are sufficient!

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Kristin

Thanks for a fun easy project. As soon as you posted this yesterday I felt inspired and went and got the stuff and whipped one up! I made a big one in more Christmasy colors but I’m really happy with how it turned out. I sometimes shy away from your tutorials because I know that mine probably won’t look as good as what yours does (like that one time you said zippers were easy and I believed you) but this was pretty impossible to screw up. No pinning! No ironing! No fraying! Keep the felt stuff coming.

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