I have wanted to embroider my own stockings for YEARS. I wish I would have known how easy it was because I would have done this a long time ago. I took our stockings and LIGHTLY wrote our names in pen. The pen is really hard to get out so make sure it looks good. They do have fabric pens for light or dark fabric that wash away with water but I couldn't find any that worked on the velvet I was using. I then used this easy chain stitch and traced over our names. I think they turned out well... not too bad for my first time embroidering. Click on the link at the bottom of this post for a video that shows you how. The key is to make sure you are keeping your thread to the side and coming up through the middle of your chain. These stockings look cute hung above our fireplace and it makes it feel much more like Christmas. We even decided to use this as our backdrop for our Christmas cards. I love being able to make something and then show it off. Here is the video!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
3 comments:
Oh my gosh that is soo cute Taylor! Thanks for sharing!!
I agree! It looks awesome and what a cute family picture!!!
The Holiday is over and I am so missing your blog
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