New From California
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:21 pm
Last Christmas my in-law family decided to do stockings which I've never done so I bought a cheap one for a one time use and decided to look into a good one later. My searches kept coming up with cross stitch stockings. I finally decided to go for it. I spent about a month stitching it up. Now I'm to the point where I need to figure out the rest of the project, this is my first dive into sewing.
I picked up an old Bernina 817 from the 70s and it works well, I'm able to take scraps of material and sew them together, but I'm not proficient with the machine yet. I'm trying to decide what's the best route to go with finishing the stocking. I plan to add a lining so the back of the cross stitching isn't exposed and I plan on using a different felt than was included in the kit.
I've been looking around for infomation on how others finished these kits but have come up pretty empty handed except for 1 set of videos in Russian that seem to show a lining but the stocking went from still in pieces to completed, so little help there.
I hope I can gather some decent information for my stocking so I can complete it to my satisfaction.
I picked up an old Bernina 817 from the 70s and it works well, I'm able to take scraps of material and sew them together, but I'm not proficient with the machine yet. I'm trying to decide what's the best route to go with finishing the stocking. I plan to add a lining so the back of the cross stitching isn't exposed and I plan on using a different felt than was included in the kit.
I've been looking around for infomation on how others finished these kits but have come up pretty empty handed except for 1 set of videos in Russian that seem to show a lining but the stocking went from still in pieces to completed, so little help there.
I hope I can gather some decent information for my stocking so I can complete it to my satisfaction.