This year’s Christmas is long gone, but that isn’t going to stop me from blogging about my biggest Christmas creation so far. I have only compelted it days before the big holiday and determined to enjoy all the resting, good food and relaxaation, I wasn’t going to blog about it. But now I can.
Inspired by several nice blog posts and some images on Pinterest, I thougt how great it would be to make a Christmas themed garland. Originally
I wanted to make the whole thing out of felt, but when I discovered this great
fabric in Hobbycraft, I had to have a stripe. The fabric had 24 Christmas
stockings on it, all numbere from 1 to 24 with different wintery festive
pattern on each and lines to cut around them. Sold by 24-stocking sections
rather than by metre, it cost me about seven quid. I bought a different fabric
for the back sides in the local Singer shop (this I chose to be dark green with
golden dots) and I started sewing.
I am probably one of the few women you will meet that was taught how to use the sewing machine by my fiance. I always thought it must be something difficult to do, but I was pleasantly surprised.
I was even superbly
proud of myself when I wound the thread on that little bobbin. Of course, I did
it by hand, not knowing that there is a way to do it more neatly on the machine (it worked anyway, but makes most sewers I tell giggle).
Once I sewed the two sides together, I stuffed them and
attached two ribbons to the upper right corner of each of the little stockings.
This way, they could be tied to a single piece of string to create a garland,
but can also be used separately as ornaments on a Christmas tree or randomly
hung around the house. And if we get bored with all the bright colours and
patterns, thez can always be turned back-to-front so that they are dark green
and dotty.
We displayed them on the living room mirror, as our
Christmas tree was tiddly this year. I am incredibly proud of myself :)
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