Apparently when we moved to Seattle from Illinois some of our Christmas decorations didn’t make the move, including the Christmas tree skirt we had (which was probably from Target in all honesty – so it was not much of a loss). So I decided this year to make my own following Amanda’s tutorial.

I made a few changes… Instead of log cabin blocks, I just used 1 fabric where there would have been a log cabin block. I also used a fun print in the center, although you can’t see it very well when it is under the tree. Oh and I had to make the center circle slightly bigger since it didn’t quite fit around the tree trunk otherwise.

I have been practicing my free motion quilting for months now (on large scraps of fabric & batting), but this was the first time I actually used free motion quilting in a project. I love how it turned out & I think I might be addicted to free motion quilting now. Well addicted to quilting in general might be a more accurate statement really!

I love how it looks under our Christmas tree (which I do not want to take down even now that Christmas is over…)

We had quite the adventure getting our Christmas tree this year. The transmission in our car died about a week before Thanksgiving, so we were without a car for several weeks until we found a new one. I really wanted a Christmas tree though & we decided to get a real one (although we might have been able to get a  fake one on the bus – but neither of us really wanted a fake one). So we walked a few blocks to buy one and then walked home carrying the tree :) It was so heavy and must have been a funny sight, but totally worth it. We laughed most the way home and I am sure we will remember our tree this year for a long time :)