Christmas Stockings

The Finished Christmas Stockings ...

Not so utterly terrible after all.
Still working on better ones though.

Christmas Stockings Disaster

Christmas Stockings

Just how hard can it be?


I cut a template ...





Template cut from card





Looks slightly odd because of the angle I photographed it!   It seemed HUGE. I allowed a good inch all around additionally for hems ....

I then crazy quilted lots of off cuts onto a wadding and backing fabric one metre square and then cut some shapes using the template (foolishly forgot to turn for front and back and ended up with far too many 'fronts' and not enough 'backs')!   This is what they looked like at this point ...

Patched and quilted

At this point the pieces still looked HUGE.



Lots of ribbon and trimming later



For reasons of far too much fabric and wadding they were impossible to shape and ended up looking quite ridiculous. After two hours work I was determined to try and make the best of them.



Back



The back was sadly as bad as the front.



And so on ...



The second was no better!

And so on  ...



And so on ...



Until three badly shaped stockings!



The back just as bad!!!

I have decided to fit the 'loops' and fill them with sweets and The Little Fairy People will probably not even notice how weird they are. Tomorrow I shall buy some more appropriate fabric and try again!

Tips badly needed from all you professionals out there.