New Christmas Stockings and Tree is Up up up!

Our tree, all glitzed up.

The stockings were a new edition to the decorations this year. I was tired of having a mish-mash

of stockings and having the stocking stuffers not fit! Sometimes things like a DVD, or a chocolate orange would be left out.

 So I decided to make new ones.

 It was so hard for me to pick out coordinating fabrics that I really loved! 

I tried to find Christmas themes, but none of them were just right.

I ended up at Hawthorne Threads.

And finally, after hours of browsing and getting lost in fabrics, and other project ideas..I picked

Bren Talavera's Sierra, in fiesta.

I thought it was perfect for us.

Cut out all five at once! Guess I should ask Santa for some rotary blades.

Finished and sloppily hung.

The kids complained that the dog didn't have a stocking. Ugh.

The dog's, which is on the far right, I did a quilt-as-you-go with the left over pieces. It's not lined, and the back is just a plain flannel and his hook is bias tape.  Don't judge, at he's got a stocking now! 

I have plans to make a tree skirt w/ the extra yardage anyway. :)

The tutorial that really helped me was sewlikemymom .