At last, Alastair’s Christmas stocking is finished. I’m generally pleased with it, but as always, if I were to do it over I’d make some changes.
The Santa in flight embroidery design is from Babylock’s Christmas Collection II. The intricacy and shading has tremendous appeal to me, but the real clincher was the inclusion of Rudolph in the sleigh’s team of reindeer.
I have always enjoyed adding details to an embroidery and this one gave plentiful opportunity. A seed bead has been stitched to Rudolph’s nose, a detail that will be overlooked by most, but not Hawk-Eye Alastair.
He will also finger the tiny bells stitched to the reindeer harnesses. They were a little large, but just how realistic do you have to be with a design like this?
Another addition is a tiny soldier button to Santa’s pack. I’d like to have included more toy buttons, but only the soldier was a suitable size.
Edging the black ultrasuede stocking body is red and white double mini piping. The ultrasuede was purchased years ago to make wine bags for my oenophile brother.
