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December 07, 2020
Saturday Sewing Special: Holiday edition

New Home, new stockings!
These are made from wool and fur, plus muslin and interfacing.

Christmas stockings
1. Cut out stockings
For each, 2 of decorative fabric. 2 of muslin, 2 of fusible interfacing, 2 each of heel and toe in contrasting fabric. Fur cuff, use tape to capture unattached fur after cutting.
2. Sew decorative fabric, muslin, then interfacing to each other at top, right sides together, sandwiching fur cuff in between decorative and muslin fabric.
3. Flip right side out, press. Pin heel and toe to stocking, attach using zigzag stitch. Press.
4. Place each stocking half together, pinning. Angle ribbons in between seam as shown. Stitch together.
5. Clip curves, trim seams to reduce bulk.
6. Turn right-side out and press. Beautiful! Now add a personalized patch( I used felt and yarn) and continue with the rest of stockings.

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