Today_s_Quilter_-_November_2019

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PROJECTl braided boughs

ChangingthesizeoftheTreeSkirt

QIf youwishtomakeyourtreeskirtsmallerorlarger,simplyomit or add one

more ‘round’ of sixteen (16) 2in strips and cornerstones.

QEach round omitted will reduce the diameter of the tree skirt by approx. 7in.

QEachroundaddedwillincreasethediameterof thetreeskirtbyapprox.

7inandwillrequirea furthereight(8) 2 incornerstonesandsixteen(16)

2 instrips.Eachadditionalroundof stripsneedstobeat least2inlonger

thanthepreviousroundof strips. A larger backing will also be needed. See

table below for details:

Fig 13

TREESKIRTDIAMETER ADDITIONALSTRIPYARDAGE BACKINGREQUIRED

67in

73in

80in

87in

Increasethelengthofouter

bindingrequiredbymeasuring

thetotalperimeterofthetree

skirt and adding at least 24in

yd

yd

yd

1yd

79insquare

85insquare

92insquare

99in square

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Markthree(3)evenlyspaced

placementpointsfortheties,

oneachsideoftheopentreeskirt

seam.Pintheunstitchedshortendof

eachtietoa mark,matchingtheraw

endofthetietotherawedgeofthe

treeskirt.Topstitchapprox.infrom

theedgetosecure.Pinthetiesaway

fromtheopenseamtoavoidcatching

them in the stitched binding.

Quiltingandfinishing

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Cutthebackingfabricinto

two(2)pieces,each72inlong.

Jointogethersidebyside. Trim to

72in square and press.

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Laythebackingfabricface

down.Placethebattingon

top.Laythetreeskirtoverthetop

ofthebattingandspraybaste,pin

ortacktosecurethethreelayers.If

youusespraybastetohelpsecurethe

layerstemporarily,alwaysspray the

batting and not the fabric.

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Quiltasdesired.Sallyquilted

a decorativestitchalongeach

oftheradiatingseamlinesandalso

alongthecentreof each ‘round’ of

strips(Fig 13 ).

250inlong.Createa 20inlongbias

strip for binding the centre circle.

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Foldthestraightbinding

stripinhalfWStogetherall

alongthelengthandpress.Foldover

andpressthebeginning raw edge

to neaten.

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Matchingtherawedgesand,

beginningat thecentrecircle,

pinthebindingstripallalongthe

outer raw edges and open seam of the

treeskirt,neatlymitringtheinner

and outer corners as you go.

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Stitchinplacewithain

seam.Leaving1inextrafor

foldingovertoneatentheendraw

edge, trim away any excess.

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Tu r nt h eb i n d i n go v e rt ot h e

backofthetreeskirtandhand

stitchwitha slipstitchorladderstitch

tosecure.YourChristmas tree skirt

is complete!

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Foldthetreeskirtinhalfand

theninhalfagain.Finger

presstocreaseandthenopenout.

Usethecircletemplateprovidedto

marka circleinthecentreofthetree

skirt,aligningthecreaseswiththe

marksonthetemplate.Carefully cut

out the centre circle.

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Jointhebindingstripsend

toend,sewingwithdiagonal

seamstoreducebulk.Createa strip

of fabric for straight binding, at least