It is good to have our beautiful fall season back, after last week's snow, yes I said snow. While L.A. was being rained out, we were getting our earliest snow sine I arrived here in Minnesota 8 years ago. But today, it was a gorgeous, blue sky fall day.
Last weeks snow started people buying our Christmas decor, and not complaining that is is earlier every year! So we hurriedly put more out. I even got in the spirit by finally making more of my stockings. A little pretty, a little "green", and a little elfin, these stockings are made from felted wool blankets, my new favorite medium.
Yes, I know these are not the so called "traditional" Mid century, holiday colors, they're pink and harvest gold. But they are festive and the Victorians would approve. Their Holiday color palate was not limited to green and red, all colors were included. The way I like things. Each of these four are different, I've used well loved old millinery flowers and leaves. There is space for personalization, if so desired.
I have making this stocking for years, but only for family and gifts, and once I taught a class in making them out of tapestry, lined and all. While collecting wool blankets for my wool rose pins and kit I kept noticing the edges with their beautiful bindings, and thought they would make a lovely ruffled cuff on my stockings. These are already in the shop and soon, very soon on the web-shop.
Maybe I will make some blue and green ones tonight.
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