Stockings...

I really wanted to make us some stockings this year. I've been trying to decide how to do it for a while now... this is what I came up with.

First, I wanted all of the stockings to be different for a few reasons... I didn't want to make a bunch of stockings for "future children" and I didn't want to buy a bunch of fabric and rat hole it so that when more children come I can make more then and they all look the same. I felt like it would jinx me.... I know I'm a bit of a nut. I don't want to put a potential number on my future family so I thought the best way to go would be to make each of us a different stocking.

Also, I just like the way it looks to have a variety of different stockings. It makes it interesting and fun. A few months ago I found this great blog by this very talented lady (named Meg... isn't that a great name?) I checked out the stockings that she made last year and I loved them! {If you go over to her blog you have to check out her house tour... amazing!}

Anyway, that was where I got the inspiration to make our stockings....

I made a big template out of cardboard and I'll keep that with my Christmas stuff so that in years to come I can make others for new family members. I love the way they all look together. I thought about embroidering our names on them but I think that I'll just make a little tag and sew it on the inside instead. (Uggg... sorry that the picture is bad... lighting in here is no good.)

This is Trent's, the first one I made. I already had the red fabric in my stash and the white on top has big diamonds on it. I only had to buy the fringe and the ric rac.


I originally wanted to do mine in a fuzzy leopard print but I couldn't find any that I liked. So I decided to do this brown instead. I love the little green beads, so fun. The top... I'm not crazy about. It's a little too short... so I'm going to leave it for a few days and if it's still bothering me I'll make a longer one.

I LOVE this one!!! When I finished it I almost changed my whole idea and wanted to make them all like this! I bought this green and white fabric for a different project but thought it would look great as a stocking. It's from a new line of Moda fabric called Cotton Blossoms (designed by a mother and daughter... I love her blog too.) The red velvet is leftover from Tru's Nacho Libre cape. I love those little balls. It's the first time that I've used those in a project and I think that I'm addicted, I'm trying to figure out what else I can put little balls on.

There you have it. I had so much fun making these and seeing how they all turned out.