I've been wanting to make a new tree skirt for a while and I saw one that I liked recently which had different scrappy wedges all the way around.  I thought I could make something similar, but make it more fun by using some Quilting Cuddle® in various holiday colors.  In between the scrappy wedges I used some fluffy Luxe Cuddle® to add even more interest.  

 

One change I made was to make it less scrappy and use strips of the fabrics to have a cleaner look. I used the stitch and flip method to "quilt" through the tree skirt layers as I added each strip and then zigzagged the Luxe Cuddle® wedges into place after the Quilting Cuddle® wedges were finished.  

 

 

Here are the basic steps I used to create this super fun Quilting Cuddle® Tree Skirt:

 

I knew I wanted just shy of a 60" diameter tree skirt, so I drew a circle that size and broke it out into wedges.  I decided I would use 11 large wedges and 10 mini wedges so I drew those lines out evenly around the circle to make the correct sized wedges.  The reason I didn't use 11 mini wedges was that I knew I was going to bind the whole tree skirt with the same Bunny fabric, so the binding at the opening of the tree skirt would act like a mini wedge on its own.

Once I had the two wedge shapes I traced them out onto the back side of a large piece of the Luxe Cuddle® Bunny that was the width of fabric (just shy of 60") by about 60" so that I'd be sure to fit the whole circle. This was all just rough estimates and I wasn't worried about being exact with my tracing.  The main thing was getting the wedges evenly spaced onto the backing fabric.  I also traced out about 1/2" seam allowances for either side of the large wedges.  This way when I was sewing the strips into each wedge I would know about where to stop and start to make sure the wedge would have full coverage once the mini wedges were placed down in between them later.

 

Each of the Quilting Cuddle® fabrics had 3.5" strips cut out across the width of the fabric.  I used these strips to come up with a pattern that I liked, but this would be a great place to use up some scrap strips.  You can decide to make them as matchy as you'd like, as long as you fill up the whole wedge.  I just used the same stripe pattern for each of the wedges, but shifted it by starting in a different stripe at different zones around the circle.

 

To form each of the large wedges, start by using some Odif 505 basting spray to get the lowest strip to stay in place.  Then place the next strip on top of the first, matching the upper edges and pinning through all the layers, including the backing.  

 

 

Stitch across, using about 1/2" seam allowance.

 

 

 

Carefully spray some Odif 505 onto the second strip and then finger press it into place just like the first strip.

 

Repeat with strips moving toward the center circle until the wedge is filled. 

 

 

Once all of the 11 large wedges have been filled, make sure to trim any fabric that will overlap into any other large wedges.  The parts that will be underneath the mini wedges don't have to be particularly clean or straightened, because they will be covered by the Luxe Cuddle® Bunny in the following steps.  

 

 

Next, trace out 10 mini wedges onto the back of a piece of the Luxe Cuddle® Bunny, being sure to have the naps all running in the same direction (out toward the larger or bottom edge of the wedge.)  Cut out the pieces using a knife or micro-serated scissors so you don't chop off all the extra nap.  That nap will be used to fluff up around the stitches that are holding the mini wedges in place.

 

Spray the back of each of the mini wedges with Odif 505 and put them in between the Quilting Cuddle® wedges.  Once they are where you would like them, use a zigzag stitch down each of the long edges to hold the mini wedges in place.

 

 

Use a large bowl or something round to trace out at least a 6" diameter circle from the center of the tree skirt.  I believe mine was closer to 8" because this will be used around a live tree and I wanted a bigger space for the trunk, but 6" works great for a fake tree.  Cut the circle out using a rotary cutter, through all the layers.  Cut through the center back which is in between the two large wedges that are next to each other without a mini wedge between.  This will be the opening of the tree skirt.  

Then just use your large wedge shape and rotary cutter moving around the circle to cut the outside circle out.  This doesn't have to be exact because the fluff of the bunny that we're using for the binding will hide any curve that isn't a perfect circle.

For the binding:

Cut out strips that are 1 3/4" wide out of the width of fabric of the Luxe Cuddle® Bunny and sew them together to make enough binding to go around the raw edges of the tree skirt.

Attach the binding to the edge of the tree skirt using the Cuddle® binding method here.

 

 

Fluff the luxe around all of the stitching and place around your tree!