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I wanted to make my own Christmas stockings, and to make them non-traditional. While looking through the stores around Christmas, I noticed a lot of the decorations now come in all kinds of colors: purple, pink, blue & green. Perfect!! I found some material at Joann's Fabric and then made up a pattern of an elf-style stocking. The back is a solid purple material with some glitter in it, similar to the top flap material but I liked the white better for the top. I made the hangers the same material as the back.
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After having all the pieces cut out, I ironed on some interfacing to stiffen it up. I had bells to attach to the toes, but they were too heavy and folded the toes over. It was a bit tricky to get the tops sewed on, but I think it turned out pretty successful!! I love how they turned out! I still need to cut names out and stick them to the top though. Good thing we have a Silhouette SD now! That should make the job MUCH easier!!
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Cute Christmas stockings :o) Love the bright colors and fun fabric.
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Blessings & Aloha!
Our kids are grown, but look forward to sewing forgrandbabies... :o) My latest post is about a Cathedral windows baby quilt that I finally completed. I read your post on the rag letters for your daughter. That is so wonderful that you live near enough where your mom and mother-in-law are available for sewing with.
I love them! And yes, I can tell that with this post you didn't realy know your "blog voice" yet. BUT, it's still a good post! ;)
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