Christmas Stocking

Come with me on a journey through time and space… next stop is Christmas 2017. 

I’m all over the place with my blogging, I know. What does chronology matter when it’s just for fun?! 

Here’s my baby’s Christmas stocking which I made for her very first Christmas. It’s massive.

I was making my template, which consisted of me trying to draw an aesthetically pleasing stocking on some newspaper which could definitely accommodate little gifts. My lovely friends were on hand to offer advice, and when I asked them if they thought it was big enough they both said no, so I made it a smidgen bigger and then added my seam allowance. Yes I am blaming them! 

“You’ve got to fill that now” said various helpful people once the enormous stocking was complete. Having used it though for the little one’s first AND second Christmases, I actually don’t think it is too big at all. 

The mistletoe fabric is leftover from my Christmas dress a few years ago, the white lining was in my stash along with the red felt and ric rac. The red fabric for my appliqué “H” was part of a quilting charm pack I was given as a gift a few years ago, and the ribbon was from the stash too. I padded the whole thing with a layer of quilt wadding (left over from previous quilting projects), and I am really glad I did, it gives it some substance. 

There we have it! A beautiful Christmas stocking in red and green. Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas everyone!