Have A Holly Jolly Tree Skirt!

It's the end of November, and I no longer feel even the least bit funny about stitching up something Christmas-y every month!
This month I finished a bigger project... the Holly Jolly Tree Skirt!

I used the awesome pattern by A Bright Corner on Etsy. Here's Andy's pattern cover, featuring a Christmas tree and everything.
{My tree is NOT up yet.}

For my version, I used fabrics from Kate Spain's In From The Cold collection. I chose 6 prints for the front of the tree skirt.
{Little Ginger photo-bombed me, under the table.}

At the end of the day, I had my tree skirt top all pieced together. Here it is, spray-basted and ready for quilting.

After another day, I had the tree skirt all quilted, and the binding was even finished.

On the back, and for the binding, I used a red and white snowflake print from the same fabric line.
{I'm so glad I have some yardage left over to make something for myself.}

I really love that cookie print, reminding me of family cookies from Christmases past.

And these cocoa cups look like the ones my great-grandma used in her restaurant...in my mind's eye, anyway.
{OK...her cups were solid white with green stripes, but they were the same shape as these cups.}

The little label on the back will remind Val that I made this, just for her.

It was easier than I expected to attach the binding to all of the angles of the giant hexagon.

I chose to make ties from the binding fabric, but you could use ribbon, too, as the pattern suggested.

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas! Stop by soon for a wrap-up of my Christmas projects from 2013.