Finished!

I had the day off today, so I decided to break out the sewing maching again and make my stocking!

I'm so glad that I decided a few months ago to do this project. I'd been trying to figure out what we were going to do for stockings for the rest of eternity. Darren has the one he grew up with at his parents' house, and mine is at my parents' house, but I thought it'd be nice to have something that was just ours.

I'd looked online for patchwork stocking patterns and couldn't find any that I really liked. A week or two after we moved into our apartment I saw a JoAnns ad for McCalls patterns on sale for $1 that week. I got online and looked at their selection of patterns, found a few that I liked and headed down to the store. I figured that $1 was a steal of a deal (and it turns out I was right), so I looked at a few and settled on one that also included a tree skirt, a wreath, and some ornaments (M6453). I doubt I'll ever do the wreath and ornaments, but I figure in a few years when we actually get a big tree I'd tackle the tree skirt.

It took a few weeks to get the fabric, but once we did it was pretty much all I could think about. I altered the pattern and directions a little (I wanted both sides to be patchwork), but I am SO happy with how they turned out.  

I had to pretty much pry Darren's out of his hands on Monday. I think he'll be pretty excited to hang it up after Thanksgiving :)