March 5, 2021--Finally finished this project into a stocking ornament. This is the second stocking made using a technique I wrote about here. It's definitely a learning process and some of what I learned can be transferred to flat ornaments. For example, finger pressing the canvas seam allowance into place, then ironing it flat so it can be used as a mounting board template is a great technique for odd shaped ornaments. I'm still on the fence about hand sewing together the canvas front to the fabric back, but I'll give it a try with flat backed ornaments rather than gluing them together as I would normally do (hand sewing is a necessity for working up stockings though).
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| Stocking Star in the Meadow Finished Front |
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| Stocking Star in the Meadow Finished Back |
Below is a photo of the cording I used which was purchased from Michaels Arts & Crafts.
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| Stocking Star in the Meadow Cording |
February 9, 2017--My ANG chapter, Delaware's Seashore Chapter, had a class led by our incomparable Geri W. on stitching Pat Mazu's stocking called A Star in the Meadow. This was a free download (click here) made available by ANG Needle Pointers Magazine. Due to the bargello or florentine stitches over multiple threads, this was a very quick finish. Too bad the shiny Swarovski Bicones don't show well in the photo. This is the third Pat Mazu project I have ready to finish into a stocking. They make darling ornaments.
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A Star in the Meadow Stocking
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Love her stockings. Yours turned out great. Geri is a gem. I just finished I Can Do It through CyberPointers, sent it in for critique & she is doing the finishing!