Countdown to Christmas Continues!

Congratulations to yesterday's winner!

Kenna

please send me your mailing addy

and in your email let me know whether you would like

fabric or patterns

as your thank you gift from

beyond the reef

how many of you will be having breakfast or dinner with friends

this time of year?

why not put that bottle of wine 

in a hand made burlap stocking?

grab an existing stocking that you like

and trace the shape on to a 3/8 yard x wof piece of burlap

(yes, you'll have extra burlap...make little flowers to put on your gift tags)

cut along tracing lines to create two 'stocking' pieces - I used pinking shears

 select an accent fabric from your stash

you'll need two pieces approximately 5" x 8" 

(check this 8" dimension with the top of the stocking you traced and adjust accordingly)

trim bottom 8" edges with your pinking shears

select a fabric you know your host/hostess will enjoy

 align straight edge of the accent fabric with the top of the stocking 

and trim sides even with the sides of the stocking

 save your scraps - trim one piece into a 1" x 5" rectangle, fold right sides in to the center

fold in half again and topstitch

this will be used for a little 'loop' to hang your stocking

 sew accent fabric to each of the tops of the stocking pieces; 

fold over, encasing the raw edge of the top of the stocking

 with wrong sides together, stitch around the perimeter of the stocking

stitch about 3/8" in from the edge

remember to stitch your loop into the seam allowance at the top/heel side

insert bottle of cheer

or dog bones, or bags of dry soup mix

or.....

and give!

remember to leave us a little note, post a cookie recipe on our facebook page

or just tell us what you would put in this stocking!!

we'll pick another follower

for another gift giveaway

in tomorrow's post

won't you let your friends know about

Countdown to Christmas?

thank you for being a part of all that we do

be.do.create.

natalie

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com