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No Sew Ribbon Christmas Tree Skirt – DIY Ruffle Tree Skirt

ByChristine @ theDIYdreamer Friday, November 15, 2013Friday, December 1, 2023

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.

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.

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!

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:

Decorative ribbon with wire
Old tree skirt
Scissors
Pins
Fabric
Heat bond
Iron
Hot glue

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″.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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