I decided to take my own advice and make a stocking using Lois Lenski’s illustrations from Christmas Stories. One tree design and a few other elements were used for the embroidery; the animals and the name were tinted with colored pencils. I just noticed in the photo that my squirrel looks like he’s leaning backwards — oh well. The main fabric is an old khaki twill skirt of mine, and it’s lined with a vintage postage stamp cheater print. The vintage candy striped binding just arrived in the mail as a bonus with several other items I ordered from the Etsy shop of my friend, Patty (she always throws in a bunch of extra goodies for me), and I think it’s the perfect finishing touch for Aaron’s stocking. Thank you, Patty!
How adorable, Martha. Will the colored pencil remain after washing (or maybe it’s a piece that probably won’t get washed?)? How do you mark the pattern on the fabric? I love the embroidery patterns you share and think they would be great to do when riding in the car with my husband driving but I don’t know to transfer the pattern to fabric.
Thanks for all the great things you share with us.
Martha, I LOVE the stocking design. The little quail are adorable as well as the other little animals.
Love the stripe you used to bind the front to the back! Great stocking!
Martha, the stocking is as cute as can be. I love all the little animals.
Beautiful!
The squirrel looks perfect to me. It’s lovely
Oh, I absolutely love this!! So sweet!! I need more time! 😉 Happy weekend! xo Heather
Really cute Martha, love it!! I think I will make my grandchildren new stockings for next year, really have never thought about it before.
Really cute. Just saw a poem nother blog said the love is sewn in. True.
Simply adorable!
This is a great stocking–so many perfect elements!