Violet Christmas Stocking 2

 

Finished stocking

    I needed to make another Christmas stocking, this one to hang at their house.  When I had made the ones for my grandson and mom and dad, I got a little extra fabric, just in case.  I saved it off to the side and thus was able to make a matching one for my granddaughter.

Pieced front

Ironed to fusible fleece

Pattern to cut the stocking

     I cut strips of the fabric and pieced them together.  I then ironed on fusible fleece to the wrong side of the pieced fabric and also to the wrong side of the back fabric.  Then using the pattern from Embroidery Library, I cut out all the pieces, including the lining front and back.

Lining all cut

     I ironed on Pellon SF101 Shape-Flex to the wrong side of some muslin to give it some more body.  This is what I then used for the cuff of the socking.  I used MasterWorks to get the name, using the same font as her brother's stocking.

Cuff with Shape-Flex and embroidered

     After I embroidered her name, I started to assemble the stocking.  I stitched the front and back pieces together and then did the same for the lining pieces.  I created the hanging loop from fleece backed fabric.  It made it quite thick but also very sturdy.  I placed the lining inside the stocking with wrong sides together and stitched around the top.  I basted the tab in place also.

Ready for the cuff

      I then placed the cuff inside the stocking with right sides together, name facing the lining.

Placing the cuff

     I stitched that all together and then did an edge finish stitch to make it look nicer and prevent fraying.  Then I flipped the cuff to the outside.

Edge finished top

     I like to do the stockings this way as everything is finished inside and I don't have to turn it through an opening.

Name detail

Back of the stocking

     I mailed it off and then got a picture of my granddaughter sitting on it.  My daughter-in-law said it was her way of saying she approved of it. :-)

Granddaughter approved