One of my favorite parts of Christmas (and I’m not big on the holiday altogether) is the stockings stuffed with little random gifts. They are always the most fun, and often the most remembered. The first Christmas we were together we didn’t have stockings, and the second Christmas, my BFF, The Connoisseur, gave me a bitchin’ giraffe faux fur stocking which I adore. But Sweetums had no stocking, so this year I had to remedy that.
I set out scouring Etsy.com and finally found a scrap of navy blue and black faux fur that I loved. But I still didn’t have the fabric for the stocking itself. Finally, I found this cool dragon fabric which screams “boy”. I had the listing altered to be for 1/2 a yard instead of a 1/4, paid up and was thrilled at how well they went together when both both arrived over the next few days.
Anyway, long story short, I quilted some batting onto the dragon fabric, then laid the two piece together, busted out a magic marker, and traced out my giraffe stocking on it with about 3/4th of an inch room around it. I cut the two pieces out, stitched them together, and that was the easy part. Then I cut (had to re-cut once) the faux fur ruff and stitched it on with the hanging loop, also made out of the stocking fabric. Sewed it all of inside out. Spent 1/2 hour picking out the seam which was a bitch because the stitches really sunk into the batting. Finally realized duh! Right side + wrong side together for this, not rights + right, and got it finished correctly.
I think it turned out great! And its the perfect size for all the little stocking stuffers I got him!
The only hard part once I sorted out my errors was getting my machine through a layer of batting, cotton fabrics, and the fuax fur which has like a 3/4? pile to it. I reallly had to help it along and it was very slow going. But considering how much I’ve used this machine for in the last year+, and this has been the only real rough spot- I LOVE my Janome!
Want to order one for next year? Leave me a comment describing what you’re looking for or use the contact form to drop me a line with the same, and I’ll get you a quote as quickly as possible. Cost is dependent upon materials. This one cost me about $15.00 to make due to buying the two fabrics from different shops and having to pay shipping twice. If I were selling it, the price would be about $22.00 to give you an idea.
Also, check out this link to try and win a $100 gift card for Amazon.com every year for life! http://appsumoforlife.com/~76kR (Appsumo is who is giving it away.)
