Cross-Stitched, Handmade Christmas Stockings–A Year in the Making

16 Dec

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With my underwhelmingly open schedule while living in Jordan, I had lots of time to bake homemade bread almost daily, make Greek-style yogurt, read, exercise and craft. A lot! Here are two fine examples of what my idle hands were able to stitch in record time. Normally, such projects would take countless months to make each one; not so in Jordan. I did both of these stockings in about two months. I’m not a skilled sewer, unlike my highly gifted mother, whom I managed to convince (connive?) that no one else would be able to sew the final products nearly as well as her. I think they turned out spectacularly, even better than I imagined with lining, piping and all.

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Raj’s is sewn on a tan linen, and mine is sewn on an off-white, extremely fine Irish linen.

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14 Responses to “Cross-Stitched, Handmade Christmas Stockings–A Year in the Making”

  1. Kim Hatfield December 16, 2012 at 2:16 am #

    Beautiful! Definitely gorgeous work :o )

  2. restlessjo December 16, 2012 at 9:12 am #

    They’re beautiful, Jen. Baking bread??? I can’t imagine …

    • jenmaaninamman December 16, 2012 at 11:16 pm #

      Thanks Jo..nothing to it. You should give it a try.

  3. st sahm December 16, 2012 at 4:36 pm #

    These are stunning!

  4. Ann December 16, 2012 at 5:41 pm #

    The stockings look beautiful on the fireplace. Together we made a lovely Christmas memory.
    Love, Mom

  5. kalamitykelli December 17, 2012 at 3:31 am #

    So beautiful! I love the Sampler theme and your work (along with your mom’s) made wonderful stockings!

  6. The Vagabond Baker December 17, 2012 at 9:43 pm #

    They are absolutely beautiful, I love the animals xxx

  7. Greece March 12, 2013 at 1:57 am #

    Hi jen. Those are beautiful. I was wondering where did you get the thread you used for cross-stitching. I have not seen any in my 2 years here in amman.

    • jenmaaninamman May 14, 2013 at 7:02 am #

      Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I bought the thread online through Michael’s. I couldn’t find it ANYWHERE while I was in Amman.

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