Our Christmas stockings no longer represented our interests and our life - they came from back when we had a younger, urban life. While these are a little less custom and quite a bit less edgy, I think they suit our current home and lifestyle better! According to Santa, the old ones were also quite narrow and it was pretty difficult to fit gifts into them.
The wool is like a coat-weight and quite lovely - I found it this summer at an indie fabric store. The faux fur is left over from some wombat slippers I made years ago and also a very nice quality.
I got lucky finding the lining at JoAnn. I went ahead and lined the back of the fur cuff, as well. Let me tell ya’, both pinning and sewing slippery lining to faux fur was… not super fun. I think it was worth it, though.
I may keep my eyes peeled for bigger (holiday) brooches or some things that are more specific to each of our personalities and interests, but for now I am happy with these little snowflakes that I had on hand. The initials were from stash, picked up at a thrift store last year.
To keep from adding even more thickness to where the hanging loops attach, I just did a single layer of wool. To help keep the edges intact a bit better, I did a blanket stitch with embroidery floss I had in stash. A different stash floss sewed the letters to the cuff, as well
The back is the same even though I know some stockings are plainer/simpler on the back.
And here they are hung by the chimney with care. We kept Delia’s stocking as it still suits her!
To help them hang “straight” while waiting for Santa to fill them, I use an empty egg carton.
I used this tutorial for assembling a lined stocking with cuff - with a modification for the cuff construction - which worked a treat.