{"id":4351,"date":"2020-11-29T08:40:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T16:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2020-11-29T08:39:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T16:39:43","slug":"christmas-stockings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/29\/christmas-stockings\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas stockings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Years ago, when our daughters were little, I made Christmas stockings for them. Then I made stockings for grandchildren (except for the ones who got needlepointed stockings from another relative — gorgeous!), and finally one for our son-in-law. This year I decided that my husband and I were deprived. \ud83d\ude09 Really, though, I thought that stockings for us would be a good decoration for the holidays. I’d already purchased a set of designs from OESD (Stitches for Your Stockings) several years ago, but I’d chickened out of actually making them — until now. I added our names in Embrilliance software (Mac friendly!) and stitched everything on my lovely Bernina 790+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Years ago, when our daughters were little, I made Christmas stockings for them. Then I made stockings for grandchildren (except for the ones who got needlepointed stockings from another relative — gorgeous!), and finally one for our son-in-law. This year I decided that my husband and I were deprived. \ud83d\ude09 Really, though, I thought that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[301,303],"tags":[215,202,242,193,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-4351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-embroidery","7":"category-family","8":"tag-applique-2","9":"tag-bernina","10":"tag-christmas","11":"tag-embroidery","12":"tag-holiday","13":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-18b","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1560,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/09\/more-stockings\/","url_meta":{"origin":4351,"position":0},"title":"More stockings","author":"Sandy","date":"February 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"My goodness! That jelly roll I bought has enough strips left for one more batch of these cute stockings (with several strips left over afterwards!), but I may be \"stocking-ed out\" at this point. ;) I'm not sure this particular jelly roll was quite as traditionally colored as I'd thought\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Piecing"","block_context":{"text":"Piecing","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/piecing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_2597.jpg?fit=514%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1568,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/18\/better-late-than-never\/","url_meta":{"origin":4351,"position":1},"title":"Better late than never","author":"Sandy","date":"January 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Before the holidays, I'd meant to make some very small Christmas stockings to hold little things, but then I got the flu. Oh well. I've finished three of them now, with a few left to finish before next Christmas. They're about 9 3\/4\" tall, with the patchwork made of 1\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Piecing"","block_context":{"text":"Piecing","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/piecing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_2539.jpg?fit=609%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_2539.jpg?fit=609%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_2539.jpg?fit=609%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1403,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/04\/07\/christmas-in-april\/","url_meta":{"origin":4351,"position":2},"title":"Christmas in April?","author":"Sandy","date":"April 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"My son-in-law has been \"gently\" hinting for a few years that he needed a new Christmas stocking. My daughter has one I made for her when she was quite young, and each of their three children also has one specially made for them, but my son-in-law has been using one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Appliqu\u00e9"","block_context":{"text":"Appliqu\u00e9","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/applique\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/benstocking.jpg?fit=387%2C518&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3560,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/04\/christmas-angel\/","url_meta":{"origin":4351,"position":3},"title":"Christmas Angel","author":"Sandy","date":"September 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We needed a new angel for the top of our Christmas tree since the previous one had to \"retire\" last year. I've had the design for this one for over a year, and I've finally gotten around to making her. She's all lace embroidery over organza; the fiddliest part was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Embroidery"","block_context":{"text":"Embroidery","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/embroidery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0732.jpg?fit=964%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0732.jpg?fit=964%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0732.jpg?fit=964%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0732.jpg?fit=964%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2534,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/20\/at-last\/","url_meta":{"origin":4351,"position":4},"title":"At last!","author":"Sandy","date":"April 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"You may not believe it, after all this time, but I've finally finished 'Tis the Season! While I didn't get it done before last Christmas, it's ready and waiting for the next one. To\u00a0recap the \"story\", I took a class from Claudia Dinnell, whose design I'd seen and loved. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Embroidery"","block_context":{"text":"Embroidery","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/embroidery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_1179","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_1179-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4371,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2021\/01\/03\/birth-announcement\/","url_meta":{"origin":4351,"position":5},"title":"Birth Announcement","author":"Sandy","date":"January 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Our extended family has had another addition. This is a second child for our son-in-law's niece and her husband; I'd finished\u00a0another one\u00a0some time ago for their first child. 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