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No Sew Ribbon Christmas Tree Skirt – DIY Ruffle Tree Skirt

No Sew Ribbon Christmas Tree Skirt created with decorative ribbon, fabric and a hot glue gun.  Easy and fast to create with absolutely no sewing. Learn how to make your own Upcycled Christmas tree skirt.

No Sew Ribbon Tree Skirt.

I’ve been seeing so many cute Christmas Tree Skirts everywhere, I even featured The Crafty Blog Stalker’s No Sew Ruffle Tree Skirt a few weeks ago on From Dream To Reality.

Our Christmas tree is going to be very bright this year and so I figured it will need a new tree skirt that will fit the new colors.

I was searching for fabric to make my own, however no luck finding what I wanted.  

One day I was at Walmart in the Christmas section and came across some gorgeous decorative ribbon.  When I saw them, I told myself ”Gosh, I wish I could find fabric like that”… and then walked away.  

As I’m in the next row… it dawn’s on me… ”Wait a minute… I could use ribbon instead of fabric!!   It would save me from needing to cut strips!!” GENIUS!!  

So I grabbed all the ribbon I liked (2.5” wide) and went on my merry way.

No Sew Ribbon Christmas Tree Skirt

When I got home I pulled out one of my old tree skirts, which was bright red.  I figured since I hadn’t used it in years, why not just hot glue the ribbon onto that!

I sat down and started unrolling my ribbon… and then I noticed something… the ribbon was sheer ribbon… which meant I could not hot glue it onto the red tree skirt because you would see the red through it… DARN!!

I pulled out my fabric bin and came across a light pink minky dot fabric I had.  I figured it was better to see pink through the ribbon than red.

I was planning on putting ribbon all the way up the skirt, but once I got started I noticed that the combination of ribbon and that pink fabric looked AMAZING together… and because of that.. I did not put the ribbon all the way up!

No Sew Ribbon Christmas Tree Skirt

This is how I made this SUPER easy NO SEW Ribbon Christmas Tree Skirt.

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How to make a No Sew Ribbon Christmas Tree Skirt

Supplies:

Instructions:

Step 1: Place the old tree skirt on top of the fabric.

If you do not have an old tree skirt or yards of fabric to use, you can use a drop cloth. For a reference, the circle diameter of the tree skirt is 48″.

Old tree skirt on fabric.

Step 2: Pin the fabric and the old tree skirt together.

Old tree skirt pinned onto fabric.

Step 3: Cut the fabric around the edge of the tree skirt leaving about 1″ – 1.5″ of fabric on the sides using a good pair of scissors or even a rotary cutter.  

Don’t forget to cut up to and around the center hole so that it will wrap around the tree base.

Cut around tree skirt.

Step 4: Use heat bond and iron to attach your fabric onto the old tree skirt (using the 1″-1.5″ fabric on the sides). You can also use fabric glue if you prefer.

Fabric glued onto tree skirt.

Step 5: Hot glue the top edge of your decorative ribbon onto the tree skirt. Continue doing this while you fold over your ribbon to give it a ruffle look until you have gone around the whole skirt.

Attach ribbon ruffle onto skirt.

Step 6: Repeat Step 5 with the next ribbon by placing it just a bit higher than the previous ribbon (overlap it). Keep repeating this step until you are finished with  all your ribbon.

As you have noticed I didn’t go all the way to the top of the tree skirt because I liked the way it looked with some of the pink minky fabric showing.

Ruffled ribbon tree skirt.

And voilà.. you have yourself a gorgeous custom made ribbon tree skirt!!

No Sew Ribbon Christmas Tree Skirt

No Sew Ribbon Christmas Tree Skirt

What do you think of the no sew tree skirt?? Isn’t it the prettiest Christmas tree skirt?

I can’t wait to see how it looks when the tree is all setup!!

If you want more fun ideas, check on my DIY Christmas Projects section!

I hope you have enjoyed this easy tutorial and that it has inspired you to make a DIY Christmas tree skirt too.

P.S. As I was writing this tutorial, it dawned on my that using the same technique, I could also make a faux fur tree skirt! Oh how that would be pretty too!

Have a FABULOUS day!!

Hani

Wednesday 20th of November 2013

Awesome.. I never knew something like heat bond existed..

Jen@CastlesandCarriages

Monday 18th of November 2013

I love this tree skirt! Thank you for sharing it.

Theresa

Thursday 14th of November 2013

I have lots of ribbon. Can't wait to try this idea for other things too.

Sarah

Wednesday 13th of November 2013

You had me at no sew:) Love the colors you chose, I bet your tree was fantastic!

Lisa @ Flour Me With Love

Wednesday 13th of November 2013

This is beautiful and perfect for me since I don't sew that much! I'm featuring it today.

Thanks for sharing at Mix it up Monday :)

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