Another tree skirt

(free pattern at Tall Grass Prairie Studio)

This tree skirt has been in progress for a long time.

It's hard to give someone a tree skirt as a gift -- 

giving it at Christmas doesn't seem to make sense,

because then they have to wait until next year to use it.

My plan was to give this to my sister-in-law at Thanksgiving time,

but I didn't quite get it finished!

But now it's done, and I'm going to mail it soon!!!! --

so that they can enjoy it for at least a few days

before they take their Christmas tree down.

Many years ago my sister-in-law asked me to make a tree skirt

for her family out of some old flannel sheets.

While I know that tree skirt had meaning for her,

I always felt a little bad that I didn't do

 something more interesting with those sheets.

I was just a beginning quilter at the time!

Being able to give her a much more beautiful

 tree skirt makes me feel so much better.

I hope she loves it!
Linking up to Amanda Jean's finish it up Friday --

wonderful inspiration!

And here are my girls after our Church's Christmas program last weekend.
These two were the only 6 year-olds
to specifically request speaking parts in the play --
they did an amazing job and were SO cute as twin sheep!