Last summer my sister was helping me sort through my fabric drawers and encouraging me to get rid of the little scraps. She noted how much Christmas fabric I have piling up and suggested that if I hadn't used any of it in a year then I should probably re-home it.
So in order to save my beloved Christmas fabric I made this patchwork stocking!
I started by drawing out a template of a stocking on brown paper. I made two of these so that I could cut one up into the sections I had drawn out.
I used the paper sections to cut out shapes from my Christmas fabric. I'd labeled the sections with letters so that once they were separate like this I knew how they'd go back together.
Then I started sewing them together on my sewing machine, in pairs or threes, according to the template.
Then I joined the smaller groups together to form one big piece.
I turned the stocking right side out and made a lining using the same stocking pattern and the red fabric.
Then I added a fabric loop so the stocking can be hung up.
It's a perfect celebration of all my Christmas fabric!
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