Christmas Stocking

As Autumn draws in and our days grow shorter , it’s getting nearer Christmas time. Christmas is a time I adore, I have such wonderful memories of my mother preparing for Christmas. Making the cake and wrapping it in layers of grease proof paper and tinfoil and then every so often spooning brandy over it. Then wrapping it up again until it was time to ice it . Together we would sort through the Christmas decorations and I loved getting our Christmas stockings and hanging them up. 
Christmas stockings say Christmas to me. I have made so many of them over the years and just love creating new designs on them.

This year I have taken pure wool cloth and made my first Christmas stocking of the year. I used a pattern I had bought some time ago and cut out the wool pieces. I used my sewing machine to stitch the stocking and lining together. I hand stitched the branches and leaves on to the stocking and embellished them with beads. I had a piece of Christmas ribbon which I formed into a bow and loop for hanging up. I added some red beads and gold sequins for Christmas bling.

The Christmas stocking has three baubles on it and I added beads to these to make them shine and a little gold hanging loop. I like the black wool for the stocking as it allows the decorations on it to stand out.
The Christmas stocking has a rustic old world feel to it which I love.
​I shall be making some more Christmas decorations  and I will share them with you when I have finished. I hope you enjoy my creations and look forward to sharing more of my Christmas delights with you.