Jolene's Stocking

Tonight I finished one of the four stockings I have to make this year. This one is off to my to my inlaws for my niece.

Finished

I finished all of my stockings. I hope my mom enjoys hanging them on her mantel this year. I was suppose to have them finished by last Christmas but I came up a little short.
I made my parents new stocking 4/5 years ago. These stockings are for me, Bo, Nephew, Brother, SIL, and Grandmother. This group makes a total of 19 smocked stockings I have made. My sewing groups jokes that I will make them for anyone who will ask. I don't really. I have made stockings for my MIL's house, for 3 friends, my house, and now my parents house. Knowing my luck someone will have a baby by next Christmas and I will have to make more stockings. But I'm done for now.

Christmas Stocking

One Done! Only five more to go by next Thursday!

Sorry, It took longer than I estimated

Okay, this is the color of my walls in my sewing room. I had painted one wall yellow, but it didn't look good at all. It took me several extra coats of paint to cover it. I still want to paint the trim, and then work on the decorating my room.
This is the fabric I'm going to use to make my curtains in my sewing room. I just love it, and I got it on sale for a $1.99 a yard.

Bo and I were off work today, and we had two guys come out to give us estimates on counter tops for our kitchen. We don't ever stop thinking about what we can do next to our house.

I have done a little sewing. Basically I have made pipping for six stockings. I HATE making pipping. It just seems like I'm not getting anything done quickly.

The only other thing happening in my life is that my ghost wisdom tooth is bothering me. I know what you are thinking ... what is a ghost wisdom tooth? I thought the same thing when my dentist told me that I had one. Basically, I had my wisdom tooth removed like 13 years ago and occasionally it feel like I still have a wisdom tooth trying to break threw the skin. My dentist has done x-rays and you can still see a very distinct outline of my one tooth that bothers me and not the other 3. He said that this is very rare, but there wasn't anything that they could do. It will bother my for about a week and then it will stop for a couple of months.

Finally Finished

This insert is finished. I put the name on it last night after taking this picture. I was suppose to have these stocking finished by last year, but I'm a little behind. When I finish these six, I will have made a total of twenty Christmas stockings. It seems like no one wants just one they want at least two or three or more.

As you can see I have the stockings and linings completed. (They are inside out) This project won't take long to finish. I have to make the pipping, block the insert, and finish construction. I hate assembly line projects, but they do get done faster than completing one at a time.