Christmas Stockings in the Making All Year Long
Just as the world has evolved so have my Christmas stockings. In October, I dusted off two of my old dusty and trust worthy friends...Ken and Elna (sewing machine and serger) and purchased a Brother 1500d. As an amateur with 3 machines, I felt energized, determined, and obligated to put these machines to work. It was close to Christmas, so why not start a project to keep me busy and have fun at the same time My very first Christmas stocking was the embroidered Santa Clause and the snow woman as seen on the top right side of the screen. I used Simplicity 4842. I made a few ("few" may be an understatement)..it was more like several stockings using this pattern. Yep, I was proud of my work until I walked in Hobby Lobby and saw all the stockings that one could purchase for 50% off regular price. I felt that my stockings looked, well, just ok. Dear hubby reminded me that my stockings were, you know, "custom", so with that bit of encouragement, I sewldiered on and continued making more of the same...never deviating from the Simplicity path |