Hello Christmas crafting season!
I must say one of my favourite parts of the Christmas season is the copious amounts of crafting that lend themselves to the festivities.
Homemade presents,
Homemade decorations,
Homemade candles
Homemade ornaments.
The list goes on and on!
Last year I decided to take some felt and reimagine the typical Christmas stocking. The size of my family and the ages that we are make gift card sized stockings just a little more practical.
The other nice thing about these mini stockings is that they're all customized to my family members, aww :).
You'll need:
Felt - I only used three colours, Red, Green and White
Embroidery floss - For mine I used Yellow, Green, White or Red.
Sewing needle
Pins (optional)
For the pattern I simply placed a gift card on a sheet of paper and made a stocking shape that I liked around it. Just make sure you have a bit of a seam allowance. It's more important that all of the stockings are the same size and shape. The other pattern piece that I used was a long and skinny rectangle to make a loop for hanging them up.
Other than that all of the pattern pieces were done in pencil on the felt itself.
(just like this snowman)
Then you just have to make sure that you cut carefully around it.
To do the appliquéing onto the stockings I used a blanket stitch. For embroidery I pretty much just did free hand, sometimes you just have to experiment!
I used a blanket stitch again to attach the two sides of the stocking together, and when I got to the top I simply included the small rectangle (folded over) in the blanket stitch.
Easy and fun and it adds a nice personal touch to your Christmas decor.
Enjoy!
kb.
