Sewing Napkins

There was some other sewing going on also.  Emily sewed napkins for her grandparents and aunt and uncle.  This went well into the night.  She picked out some beautiful fabric for them, each to match their respective kitchens.  She sewed them double sided which took some doing and some ironing.  They were beautiful, wrapped up with a silk ribbon. With a lot of perseverance and Grandma's sewing machine she got them done just in the nick.

New Stocking

Even though she's 14 it was time for a new stocking.  I had designed this stocking since about last January but of course only started working on it in November.  Still it was a mad dash to get it done.  See all those sequins and beads?  I sewed them all on myself.  It was really very meditative.

Originally I had designed a stocking with cotton fabrics and buttons.  It was going to be red and white with some cute prints that would be on the heel.  When I told her about making a new stocking she said she wanted it sparkly.  That led me in a different direction.  Forget the practical buttons and cute cotton prints.  Sparkly sequins and beads right?  What else.  So instead of big, large buttons I sewed tiny beads on white sequins.  Together that created a sparkly, glittery snowfield.  That's what it depicts to me.  A snowfield under a full moon with a princess twirling on the frozen pond next to it.  Stitching together each bead and sequin to create the whole dream.  Twirling and twirling.