Christmas Stockings

I finished stitching the Christmas stockings.

I used the French stitching book to find the letters that I mentioned here.

I will explain the ribbons in a bit.

I purchased the stockings from Amazon and bought extras for a growing family. It isn't really burlap exactly, but something similar with a sheen. I was able to guesstimate the holes and use it to add the cross stitched letters.

Here is a closeup of a letter. The holes were sometimes a little hard to see so they are definitely not perfect, but I couldn't love them more. I really wanted them to be cross stitched because that is my hobby.

I have one for Mama, me, hubby, son-in-law, daughter, son, his girlfriend, and grandson.

Since Tucker has the same initials as his dad, I added a little something extra to his stocking.

A puppy toy.

Jeff didn't think this was a good choice. His words were, "Will he still want that on there when he is 16?"  I told him I can change it then.

Now about those ribbons. I am going to attach a bow to each before hanging them up.

If you don't remember my thinking in choosing the colors, you can go back and read this post.

I know the votes will be as varied as the colors, but I am leaning towards two: the green or brown. It truly will depend on what they look like around the fireplace. One other thought is swirling around in my head...maybe some green tartan plaid ribbon.

Oh and I guess some of you will be wondering about the P.A. 

My son's first name Paul and his middle name is Allen and he goes by both. A good southern name. Some of his friends shortened to P. A. during Little League baseball. Believe me, this mama was none too happy. He goes by Paul Allen and prefers it although some of the guys call him by the initials. 

I decided to put P. A. on the stocking. He didn't think I should have; so who knows...I may have to change that one too.

And that is the story of the stockings.

We will have to wait until Christmas to see them again and see what color ribbon I use.

Sandy