So this week I have finally finished my wrapping, tidied out the spare room, sorted a bit more of the study, we have our tree up and decorated, decorated the hall, study, and the fireplace and I made stockings!
I was going to keep this a secret from my in-laws to surprise them when they arrive but I can't resist sharing on the blog with a little how to in case anyone else wants to give it a try! (I know my friend Sarah does!)
We don't have a mantelpiece so I have improvised using my inspiration picture as a starting point. I wanted to have some hanging baubles and lots of candles with greenery like this image found via Pinterest...
I got 3 similar but different sized silver glass baubles from TKMaxx to hang in the space and spaced out some Ikea candles so they wouldn't burn them. I used two branches which were hanging loose from the bottom of our tree but plan to add to the greenery closer to Christmas. As we don't have a mantel, I have pinned the stockings to the bottom of our large picture frame. We have 6 people coming for Christmas so I made 6 new stockings using 2 kinds of fabric from Mandors.
Here is our fireplace...
It was really easy so here is the how to...
You will need:
Sewing machine (mine was my Mum's) (a basic knowledge of sewing will help)
Tailor's chalk (also Mum's but easy to get in a fabric shop or haberdashery)
Pins (as above)
Fabric scissors (as above)
Thread £1.55 from Mandors
Green fabric £10.99 per meter from Mandors (I bought 2.5m of the green one as I was making a table runner as well but have about 60cm left over)
Snowflake fabric £14.99 per meter from Mandors (I bought 40cm of the snowflake one)
Faux Fur £7.99 per meter from Mandors (I used 50cm and have about half left)
Stocking template - easy to draw by hand but I used a couple of old ones to draw around
Threads to make a hanging loop - I made my threads into mini friendship bracelets to hang them (you could easily plait them or just have them plain.)
I made 2 longer ones and 4 shorter, fatter ones. I managed to get 2 stockings out of the 40cm of snowflake material and 4 and a table runner and a mini stocking out of the green - with plenty left over!
I hope that explains it all easily enough. If you have any questions, just leave me a comment and please let me know if you have a go yourself! Would love to see the results!
I was going to keep this a secret from my in-laws to surprise them when they arrive but I can't resist sharing on the blog with a little how to in case anyone else wants to give it a try! (I know my friend Sarah does!)
We don't have a mantelpiece so I have improvised using my inspiration picture as a starting point. I wanted to have some hanging baubles and lots of candles with greenery like this image found via Pinterest...
I got 3 similar but different sized silver glass baubles from TKMaxx to hang in the space and spaced out some Ikea candles so they wouldn't burn them. I used two branches which were hanging loose from the bottom of our tree but plan to add to the greenery closer to Christmas. As we don't have a mantel, I have pinned the stockings to the bottom of our large picture frame. We have 6 people coming for Christmas so I made 6 new stockings using 2 kinds of fabric from Mandors.
Here is our fireplace...
It was really easy so here is the how to...
You will need:
Sewing machine (mine was my Mum's) (a basic knowledge of sewing will help)
Tailor's chalk (also Mum's but easy to get in a fabric shop or haberdashery)
Pins (as above)
Fabric scissors (as above)
Thread £1.55 from Mandors
Green fabric £10.99 per meter from Mandors (I bought 2.5m of the green one as I was making a table runner as well but have about 60cm left over)
Snowflake fabric £14.99 per meter from Mandors (I bought 40cm of the snowflake one)
Faux Fur £7.99 per meter from Mandors (I used 50cm and have about half left)
Stocking template - easy to draw by hand but I used a couple of old ones to draw around
Threads to make a hanging loop - I made my threads into mini friendship bracelets to hang them (you could easily plait them or just have them plain.)
I made 2 longer ones and 4 shorter, fatter ones. I managed to get 2 stockings out of the 40cm of snowflake material and 4 and a table runner and a mini stocking out of the green - with plenty left over!
First fold the fabric and lay it on a flat surface. Draw around the template leaving a 1cm margin. Cut the fur to whatever depth you want to have (this is super fluffy!) Separate your layers. |
Add the fur to each later - pinning the furry side down onto the back. Stitch across the top. Then lay the two together inside out (so the fur is in between). |
I hope that explains it all easily enough. If you have any questions, just leave me a comment and please let me know if you have a go yourself! Would love to see the results!
1 comment:
Love them... not sure I'll have time to make them but I will try :-)
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