Inspired Ideas for Christmas~ Tree skirt

I know, I know! These tree skirt pictures are posted on the Christmas page, but I hadn't blogged about them so here goes. Way back, when I started collecting Mary Engelbreit Craft Books, it was by mail and I wallowed in pleasant surprise at each delivery for 3 years! I briefly pouted when I learned that it was only a three book series and that's when the search for more of her books hit full gear. The illustrations and the crafts in these first books vary, there are all kinds, even recipes. But I believe, what we, ME fans, really wanted was to materialize her illustrations into 3-dimensional objects. That's when, finally, this fabulous book came out which did just that. What's more, they even show the illustrations that the craft projects were born from. (My ME ideas are not included...yet! LOL!) Believe it or not I found this treasure on a bargain book aisle in Barnes & Noble, you can find it now on Amazon.

from the book

This book has a gorgeous felted tree skirt that was very intricate and I didn't think I could pull that off at the time since I didn't have the proper space to work. So I decided to make a tree skirt with her classic motifs I had been itching to do for a really long time. It wasn't until maybe 4 or 5 years ago that I finally did it. So I designed this one and slowly but surely got it finished. It's not too big about 3 ft. in diameter, but it was perfect for my 5-6ft. tree. I cut each motif from felt, sewed them on to the skirt embellishing each with beads or buttons. The snowflake, angel and Christmas tree are not really hers but they are a part of Christmas so there they are. On the flip side I have a white with Blue RickRack skirt with Peanuts characters Ice Skating (last photo). More on that on another post.