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Christmas Stockings
Cynthia Spilsted wrote:
A word to the wise, though: lycras and other oil-based fabrics do degrade over time. A lot depends on storage (heat, etc.), but it is almost inevitable that they will not be 'heirlooms'! Cynthia I make mine out of cotton or poly cotton curtain fabrics: I interline with bump and line with curtain lining. I just got a whole load more fabrics for them from a sale by a friend who is a curtaim maker. She was selling stuff off at £1 a metre. This fabric was mostly originally £20-£30 a mtre... Yummy fabrics, and a few nice trims. Can't wait to get back to the treadle to sew up a pile for the Christmas fair! If I pick up some Christmas print quilting cotton nice and cheap, they too make good stockings. I don't intend them to be heirlooms, but they will last a good few years. -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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I have crocheted stockings before and also have crocheted bags for the
back of walkers, which I donate to a nursing home. To keep something like this from stretching, I make a liner from an inexpensive cotton blend fabric. I make the liner just a little larger than the stocking or walker bag so that there is still room for some stretch, but the stocking or bag doesn't get stretched too far. For the stockings, I choose an inexpensive holiday fabric. To attach the liner to the item I sew it on by machine so as to make it strong. This could also be done with hand crocheted or knitted purses. Star |
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