I had wanted to do some Christmas projects this summer, and Stumbles & Stitches’ Christmas in July posts were just the push I needed! I started these felt stockings last… December. I didn’t finish them in time for last Christmas but now they are done! My favorite is the snowman, which I made to coordinate with the stocking I made for my son last Christmas (luckily I finished that one on time!). My son’s stocking is from the Fa La La Felt book. I liked the long, sophisticated look of the fox (? I can’t think what animal is on his stocking and I don’t want to go dig the Christmas box out to check! Who has the book handy and can tell me what the animal stocking is?), so I designed a complementary snowman. Here he is:
(Do you think I should do something with the top? A cuff? Pinking sheer edges? Leave as in? Input please!)
Then I thought I should make a Christmas tree. I had cut the pieces but done nothing else to it until this week. Then I machine stitched the tree and snow on, complete with some decorative stitches to represent snowdrifts, machine stitched the decorative “cuff,” and hand stitched the snowflakes falling.
These last two I had sewn the pieces on but never sewn the front and back of the stockings together, so I did that this week, too.
Not sure what my next Christmas related projects are, but there will be more!
Thanks to both of you! I think it looks like I will go with a cuff!
Yay!! These are so cute!! Great job. I think you should do a cuff on the first one, similar to what you did on the second one with the tree!
Those are cute! Hmmm, I like the looks of the cuff, so I’d probably go with that!