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20 Oct

Burlap & Lace Tree Skirt Tutorial

Vintage Lace Tree Skirt

We can hardly contain our excitement to be creative guests on U-Create. We hope you enjoy our festive tutorial, and come visit our blog, Do It Yourself Divas, for other creative tutorials and DIY projects.

Let’s talk about your Christmas tree and what it needs this holiday season.

How about one of these beauties to dress it up?! A perfect blend of lace, burlap and muslin come together to create this one-of-a-kind tree skirt.

Burlap Lace Tree Skirt Tutorial

burlap lace christmas tree

Supply List:

*3 yards of burlap

*3 yards of muslin

* thrifted lace table cloths and curtains (approx. 3-4 table cloths)

* Ribbon

We are all about saving money. We found that buying thrifted lace was about $0.25 a yard. That is CRAZY cheap for lace.

Instructions:

Step 1. Wash all thrifted lace and muslin.

Step 2. Make a perfect circle base.

*Using one yard of fabric, create your base. Remember in 9th grade when you used a compass to draw a perfect circle? We used the same concept, using a string and two pencils.

* For this tree skirt the circumference of your base should be 36″. This means the radius is 18″.

* In order to make your compass, cut a string 37″ and tie it together at the ends. Once tied, the length of the string will equal 18″. Hey, that’s the radius!

*Hold one pencil in the center of your fabric and extend the string to make it taut. While holding the center pencil still, begin outlining the circle onto the muslin.

* Cut out the circle.

* Using a small plate as a pattern, trace a circle in the center. Our plate was 7.5″ wide. (The width of your plate may determine where your fabric lays in the end.)

* Make a straight line from the edge of the center circle to the edge of the large base circle.

* Cut through the base along the line and cut out the center circle.

Step 3. Make Layered Ruffles

* There will be 7-8 rows of ruffles depending on the width of the plate you used for the center.

* In order to determine the length of each ruffle we used the geometric formula,

((2 x radius) x 3.14)2

* Here are the measurements for each row starting from the outer most edge of the base:

Row 1 – 226 inches

Row 2 – 194 inches

Row 3 – 169 inches

Row 4 – 144 inches

Row 5 – 119 inches

Row 6 – 94 inches

Row 7 – 69 inches

Row 8 – 43 inches

* Each row is eight inches wide.

* Use a basting stitch to ruffle each row.

* To ruffle burlap, use a large needle and yarn.

* Pin the outer most layer 1/2″ up from the edge.

* Sew in place

* The remaining rows should be spaced 2″ apart from the previous row when pinned and sewn to the base.

* Sew ribbon on the top opening edges. Use desired length.

* Decopauge the edges of the burlap to prevent fraying.

That’s it.  Now you can “Dress” up your tree!

Burlap Lace Tree Skirt Tutorial

Thanks again for letting us share our ideas as creative guests on Ucreate. Happy Crafting.

If you have any questions on how to make this tree skirt, or want to learn how to make any other festive tree decor that you may have seen in this tutorial,

Come check us out at Do It Yourself Divas.

 

How to Make a Burlap and Lace Treeskirt

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Comments

  1. Sandie says

    October 20, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    So very lovely

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  2. Rebecca says

    October 20, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    So so pretty! I’ve pinned this tutorial. 🙂

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  3. projectdowhatyoulove says

    October 20, 2011 at 7:34 PM

    OMG prettiest thing I’ve seen in a long time! I love ruffles and I’ve been wanting to make a ruffled tree skirt for a while, that is stunning! Love the burlap in it and I’m not much of a burlap fan so awesome!

    Natalie
    http://www.projectdowhatyoulove.wordpress.com

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  4. Mama Needs Moula says

    October 20, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    So beautiful

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  5. Beverly {Flamingo Toes} says

    October 20, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    This is gorgeous!! I love the mixture of fabrics – it’s sooo pretty! Pinning, FB’ing, stumbling, all that. 😉

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  6. Ami w/AliLilly says

    October 20, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    I absolutely love this!!! Thanks so much for the tutorial! I can’t wait to give this a try! 🙂

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  7. Shabby Marilyn says

    October 21, 2011 at 3:25 PM

    Love this feature, looks beautiful in burlap and ruffles! I must come back more, your features are great!

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  8. Tammy says

    November 20, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    This is absolutely stunning! About 2 days I started considering making some burlap stockings, then lastnight, remembered I needed a tree skirt, and decided to do a little searching for ideas. Once i got to yours,my search was over. It is beautiful! Thanks for the tutorial.

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  9. Shannon says

    December 4, 2011 at 2:53 AM

    OMG I love it!
    I picked up the fabric and ribbon, but cant for the life of me find reasonably priced lace! The hunt is on….!! Where did you find yours?

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  10. Jenn @My Southwestern Life says

    December 8, 2011 at 11:44 PM

    I love this!

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  11. Brianna says

    August 31, 2012 at 6:05 PM

    love this!! starting mine currently! Found some lace at a thrift shop for 3 bucks for 2 full length curtains and 6 valences! WHOO HOOO!!

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  12. daisymae says

    October 14, 2012 at 6:30 PM

    This is beautiful and I want to do it, but I just know I’m going to mess it up, can I just buy one from you sweet ladies????? LoL

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  13. Our Pinteresting Family says

    November 5, 2012 at 1:52 PM

    Absolutely gorgeous!! Megan

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  14. Kisha says

    November 8, 2012 at 2:42 PM

    I love this!! I will certainly be creating one of these. Beautiful!

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  15. raji says

    November 20, 2020 at 11:02 AM

    It’s beautiful. Where to find all the material required for this skirt.??

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