Tell Me Thursday - Groundhog Day?

This part of the tree skirt should look familiar. I've actually finished piecing all the diamonds. It took me a little longer than I'd expected because of the holidays (and because there was a debate about whether there should be more white spaces between the "arms" of the 5-pointed star design).

I was all set to put the red velvet edging around the circle when I took a closer look at the fabric stash. One of my main goals in making this skirt was to create something special for our family from the red velvet used above in the diamonds. That's the red from the bridesmaid dresses from my in-laws' wedding. Come to find out, the vintage fabric stash from my husband's grandmother had TWO different kinds of red velvet -- one of which was much more orange-y than the other. So, I will not be using the red velvet that I had planned for the outside edging of this quilt and will, instead, be headed to the fabric store this weekend to find something that is more of the same blue-ish red of the diamonds above.

While I was taking a break from the "top" of the skirt, I started working on the backing. I've been having lots of fun this past year making quilts with multi-colored backs. As I started looking through the stash for more fabric for the backing, I decided it would only take a bit more work to make this tree skirt reversible. Hence the creation of the peppermint swirl below:

I've finished piecing this and laying out the batting. Now I just need to get that final bit of fabric and figure out how I'm going to quilt this sucker.