Primitive Stockings for the Kiddos

I have always wanted to make some primitive looking stockings for my kiddos.
Every year I had good intentions, but I never made them.
I decided to buy some knit stockings.
I tea-dyed them and stitched the their names on them.
I liked the stockings, however they did not have a lining.
When it came time to filling the stockings, everything would get caught in all of the yarn.
What a Pain!

Last year I made a pattern, but didn't make the stockings.
This was the year I was going to do them!

I am sew so glad that I wrote instructions on my pattern.
These stockings are meant to put stuff in them, and a skinny stocking isn't worth using.
I bought a yard of linen at Wal-mart for $2.97.
I was able to fit 4 stockings on one yard--YAY!

I had a little bit of this fury type of material left from making my star snowmen.
I thought it perfect for trimming my stockings!
I got out all the necessities and was ready to cut.
I cut the trim 3 in. thick.

So...
because I made up the pattern, I had to make up how I was going to put this all together.
I sewed the right side of the trim to the wrong side of the linen
along the top edge of each side of the stocking.

I then flipped it over so that the right side of the trim would be on the right side of the fabric.
Confused yet? =)
I pressed it not worrying what the heat was doing to my fur trim.
You see it is Primitive, and I am about to destroy all daintiness of this stocking anyway.

Now I pinned the right sides of my stocking together.

I sewed on my pencil line,
(in some areas near the trim I went a little on the inside on the pencil line)
 clipped the curves,

and turned the stocking.

Okay, I am about to ruin transform this crisp stocking into an aged stocking using some coffee and tea bags.

I boiled some water and threw in some cheap instant coffee and two tea bags.

I soaked all four stockings overnight.

TA-DA!

Here they are drying in my kitchen.

My poor kiddos.  

They will have memories of having to dodge all of mom's tea-dyed, coffee-stained fabrics in the kitchen while wrestling their way back to their school work at the kitchen table.

I wanted their names to be on tags.

Each kiddo picked their own font for their name.

Each font definitely matches their personality.

I copied the names from the computer onto some Kraft paper.

I then traced an old tag pattern around the name.

Yes, these tags did not escape a quick dunk into some coffee for some aging effect.

After they were dry, I took some ink and sponged some brown on the edges for a darker look.

To attach the tags,

I cut strips of cheese cloth that I had baptized in some coffee too.

=)

With a little twine...

some rustic bells

and a rustic star

My primitive stockings are complete!

I hope you enjoyed this little bit of my Homespun Christmas!

Linking up With:
Christmas Decorating on a Budget