Christmas Countdown- 9 weeks left.. Tree Skirt finished!

OK- 8 weeks and 5 days left.

I spent my free time last night and this morning finishing my quilted tree skirt. It is just what I had in mind when I started it a few months ago. I did not have a pattern and don't think far enough in advance to make one so I basically sewed a bunch of three inch strips together, trimmed them into 9 wedge shapes following a template that I cut from paper, then sewed them all into a circle. The 6 inch wide section at the bottom was added after the first few were sewn together and I realized it was not long enough ( At this point I pulled out the Christmas decor boxes and dug out my usual tree skirt to use for reference ). After the wedges were sewn together I had to make and add an extra wedge- I estimated 8 and ended up needing 9! After that was done, I backed it with a white sheet from Target then added a layer of batting in the middle then quilted it simply by following the lines of the strips sewn together... My new favorite thing is spray quilt batting- I will never pin quilt layers again! I bound it with black and made ties out of the bias tape I used for binding. I can't wait to see it under the tree this year- it almost makes me want to put my tree up now! This may be my favorite thing I have made yet, it was fun to have an idea in my brain and to just go for it making changes and additions along the way