More heirloom stockings

Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!

Be it known throughout The Realm and beyond

That The Christmas Stockings are completed!

I’m very pleased with all of them.

But – and I’m sure you’ll understand – more than just a little relieved that they are finished!

The one above is for my husband.  The second, below, is for my younger son.

All four stockings will now be wrapped in an old pillowcase, surrounded by heavy duty moth repelling herbs and cedar wood, secured in a plastic bag, and stored safely until next year.

But the Christmas Stocking Saga is not completely at an end.

I now need to buy four stocking hangers so they can be displayed on the mantelpiece each year.  I’ve found exactly what I’m looking for, but some of the designs we wanted are now out of stock.  With any luck, I’ll be able to buy the designs we chose in the autumn.

You know how much I enjoy making something beautiful out of nothing – pieces of card into a beautiful greetings card, offcuts of fabric into a herb sachet – that sort of thing…?

Well these SO do not fall into that category!

And with the cost of four pewter stocking hangers currently weighing in at a total of £120 (that’s US$185 / 145 Euro) on top of the cost of the materials, threads and charms, these have been a major extravagence.

Looking on the bright side, at least I now have lots of offcuts and threads lying around with which to make more beautiful items ‘for free’. 

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In case you missed them, you can see the other two Christmas stockings I made for my family over the last year here.

All four designs are from Shepherd’s Bush Needlework.

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