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TOPIC: not a quilt, but I made stockings for the family :)

Re: not a quilt, but I made stockings for the family :) 12 Dec 2012 08:01 #93391

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Fitting around the free arm ( also know as the sleeve arm) is great, but sometimes the tube isn't big enough. For hems, turn it in, then turn it in a second time, that way your raw edges are hidden. Or if you only want/are able to turn in the fabric once, use one of the fancy wide stitchs to cover the raw edge and distract the eye :wink: I'm sure you have a number of fancy stitches as well as just straight stitch on your new machine :D


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Re: not a quilt, but I made stockings for the family :) 12 Dec 2012 07:44 #93388

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Those are really great looking stockings, and really special too.

For another time when you are sewing in a tube, like the cuffs on stockings or shortening jeans, I find it is easier to sew it from the inside like thisCIMG7245.JPG.

I'll have to try that! I turned them inside out and fitted around the free arm and sewed that way, just moving around the arm. When I put the hanger loop on though I did it as you show. The hard part was that I did not make the cuffs extra long, so I had to figure how to make them fold over at the right point; first one kept folding over and having raw edges sticking out the top, LOL! It was a lesson for sure!
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Re: not a quilt, but I made stockings for the family :) 12 Dec 2012 07:33 #93387

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Those are really great looking stockings, and really special too.

For another time when you are sewing in a tube, like the cuffs on stockings or shortening jeans, I find it is easier to sew it from the inside like this

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Re: not a quilt, but I made stockings for the family :) 12 Dec 2012 07:10 #93386

Love your stockings and they are extra special because you let each boy have their say - these will all be cherished forever!
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Re: not a quilt, but I made stockings for the family :) 12 Dec 2012 06:25 #93385

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Heather, you are so prolific and creative and looks like you've got Christmas in the bag! That was so great that you let the children pick out their fabrics and what went on their stockings--what a great memory-maker for when they are older! So nice to see you totally enjoying your new machine!

aww, thanks Renata! I have a lot of fun. I have so many ideas in my head of what I want to do, and the machine is just finally letting me actually do them! I hope to finish my oldest son's quilt this Christmas break; it's about 2/3rds of the way done so far. Now that the Christmas sewing is more or less over with, I can focus on that, and then on to other projects!
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Re: not a quilt, but I made stockings for the family :) 12 Dec 2012 06:20 #93384

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Heather, you are so prolific and creative and looks like you've got Christmas in the bag! That was so great that you let the children pick out their fabrics and what went on their stockings--what a great memory-maker for when they are older! So nice to see you totally enjoying your new machine!

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not a quilt, but I made stockings for the family :) 12 Dec 2012 06:10 #93383

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 :)
Heather, a Texan living in Brasil

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