Gothic Prom Dress Tree Skirt

That’s what it looks like, right? Because that was what I was totally going for. I had planned on doing a simple simple tree skirt, using some more of that neverending stash of black wool, and some ornate black lace backed by white for the top. But then I got to Joann’s realized I left my coupon at home and the only black lace cost 10$ a yard. I just couldn’t do it.

The black tulle, on the other hand, cost a buck fifty a yard, so I bought four of them and figured I’d just go nuts when I got home.

I cut a layer of the tulle the same shape as the other tree skirt layers, and then I took everything I had left, cut it into strips about six inches wide, folded them in half and sewed them up to give a ruffle. You can give a tug to one of those threads for a fluffier ruffle, but I liked them just the way they came off my sewing machine. So then I just pinned them down and sewed them.

After these two tree skirts I’ve finally managed to use up all that black wool felt. I’ve literally been carrying around 15 yards of it for ten years. I saved just enough to make myself a little pencil skirt, but the rest of it is done. Used up in tree skirts, trick or treat bags, tree ornaments, and one little stuffie that I’ve never been able to make again exactly the same way.