I am still just so very in love with my new machine, and took the chance to make Christmas stockings for my family. I've long wanted nice, matching/coordinated stockings that were not of the dollar store variety!
My dad gifted me with fabric & a pattern for a Christmas tree skirt a few years ago, so I made that as well, and then used scraps from it + leftovers of the gorgeous backing fabric and made the stockings. Each stocking is made according to the boy's wishes -- they each chose which fabric for the body, what design they wanted me to applique to the front (those are all drawn by me and cut out, etc.), and my middle son even specified that he wanted a "red and green candy cane striped cuff" which I put together from HST scraps that were left from cutting pieces for the tree skirt. Then for hubby and myself I did Mr. & Mrs. Snowman on opposite color fabrics (his is blue, mine red, and we both have the same cuff fabric).
I didn't use a pattern, and probably should have tracked down instructions on getting the cuffs on properly as it took me several attempts to get sorted and so none of them are fantastic. The stockings aren't lined or quilted, but they should hold up just the same. So glad I have that removable bottom so I could do the cuffs on the free arm thingy! That was helpful.
Just thought you all might like to see these
The tree skirt is done but waiting for me to prepare the binding so I can put that on (and cut the center hole at that time).
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L to R these are my husband's, oldest son, middle son, youngest son, and mine. The gorgeous backing fabric is on my cuff and hubby's cuff and the body of my middle son's stocking; isn't that just too pretty to only ever see the floor??? I have enough left to do a table runner or placemats or something, too!
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Close up of the boys' stockings --- kitty cat coming out of a wrapped present (my 12 yr old's); cross (my 15 yr old's); Santa (my 7 yr old's)
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this was before I quilted it; I haven't taken a pic of it quilted yet. I just did diagonal line quilting at the edges of the blocks; there's no batting in it, as I wanted it more tree-skirty and less quilty (and didn't want to use precious batting on a tree skirt, LOL!) so it didn't need tons of quilting. I'll post a pic later on when I get it bound and all