Merry Christmas to anyone who is following me and hasn't given up on my blog! I really do hope to post more often in the months ahead.

When I brought out this pretty Christmas vest to finish, I basted the side seams and tried it on. Oh Dear! Something happened to my figure in the intervening years and it didn't fit me anymore!
And it was shorter than I like to wear these days—no tummy-hiding with this shorter, classic vest design! Not wanting to toss the vest and knowing no one it would fit if I did finish it, I decided to cut it apart and use parts of it to make a special Christmas stocking for my granddaughter, Kendall. She will be 21 months at Christmas time and I can't wait to see her reaction to Grammy's Christmas decorations. I've had to put things up high to keep the amount of temptation to a minimum.
It was fun to use some of the patchwork parts of my never-finished Christmas vest to make this little stocking for her.
It was fun to use some of the patchwork parts of my never-finished Christmas vest to make this little stocking for her.

Note: I didn't have a stocking pattern of the right size, so I photocopied a stocking shape I liked from an old catalog clipping, then enlarged it in several steps on my copier until it was a size that
would fit across the back of the vest on the patchwork. I traced it onto tissue paper so I could see the patchwork for positioing purposes and then cut it out of the patchwork. I cut the toe and heel from patchwork pieces leftover after cutting the stocking front.

3 comments:
Delightful post. I love all your quilted Christmas items.
I hope you'll check out my Virtual Christmas Quilt Show. And I'd love to see you enter it. Random drawing for prizes on December 25th. Just be sure to follow the rules, if you want a chance to win a prize.
SewCalGal
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com
I'm a beginning quilter and I love the Quilting Answer Book. I'm an experienced sewer, yet I can't wait for the Sewing Answer Book! Will it be in the same small format as the Quilting Answer Book?
Elaray, thanks so much for your compliment. I'm glad to hear you like the book--yes, The Sewing Answer Book will be the same format.
Barbara
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