Christmas Stocking Ornaments

I hadn't realized that it had been so long since my last posting.  My crafting has been scattered and unfocused this past month, which is most likely the reason for the lack of posts.  I've done some crocheting, put together a quick quilt top, worked on some luminaries, and most recently, worked on a bunch of Christmas ornaments for our Etsy shop.

While working on the Christmas ornaments, I've taken some photos along the way, and tonight I'm taking a break from sewing the ornaments to list some on our Etsy shop and start working on the blog again.

The Christmas ornaments that I am working on right now are small stuffed Christmas stockings, like the one here on the right.

I'm not entirely sure what started me on this kick, but I have definitely had fun with it.  Each ornament is completely unique. 

I start each one by placing the right side of the fabric together (and so that I don't waste fabric), I've been ironing a crease about 3 inches from the edge of the fabric.

Once the right sides were together, I free-handed the sewing lines for each stocking on the back side of the fabric.

Hmmm, note to self:  using black fabric was probably not a great idea for the photos!

I tended to draw four or five stockings in a row, and I reversed them so that I would save a little bit of fabric.

Once drawn, I started sewing along the lines that I had drawn.

 Eventually, I had a whole row of little sewn stockings:

Once I had a row of stockings, I cut about an eighth of an inch from the sewing line.  I soon had a whole stack of stockings!

I may have gone a bit overboard...

Next came the fun of trying to turn these right-side out. 

Fortunately, I learned from making the birds and pulled out the right tool for the job...

I soon had a whole stack turned right-side out.

Up next:  finishing the stockings.