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apple, Christmas, Christmas stockings, Etsy, Felix Baumgartner, handmade, Handmade Monday, horseradish, jam, sloe, stockings
I am a little bit gobsmacked at the moment, as I have just finished watching a man jump back to earth from 127,000 feet in the air! What an awesome achievement, and how incredible that we could watch it live. It’s left me almost speechless and full of admiration for Felix Baumgartner and his Red Bull team.
Back to earth with a bump and it’s Handmade Monday time. I’ve spent time finishing things this week, amongst them some toadstools and also the Christmas stockings that I mentioned last week.
They are made from the most gorgeous Scandinavian style fabric that I found in my local fabric shop (in fact I went back yesterday and bought another bundle) and finished with some fleece that I bought last year with the intention to make stockings but never got round to doing. I also made a couple of completely fleecy ones too which are very snuggly and Christmassy – they look great hanging from my new fireplace beam so I will have to make a couple for myself too.
I am very pleased with the tatted edging that I made for one of them, I think it gives it a more vintage feel. I would have loved to have done the same on the others, but sadly I don’t tat as quickly as my Mum used to, and it would take me until Christmas to finish it. Here’s the edging before I sewed it onto the stocking.
In kitchen news, I made sloe and apple jelly which I blogged about here. It is very tasty, a little bit sharp (which I like) and is delicious on toast.
The beetroot still needs preserving and I aim to do something with it tomorrow. I have to be careful though as we have a parent’s evening too and I don’t want to meet Daisy’s teacher with Lady Macbeth style hands!
Here’s some of our horseradish which I grated into jars and covered with vinegar (apologies for the fuzzy photo). Apparently it’s easy to turn it into a relish simply by adding a drop of cream and some mustard.
So, before I go and list my stockings in my Etsy shop I will go and link up at Handmade Harbour and spend a while mooching round the other lovely blogs on there. See you all next week.
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Your scandinavian christmas items are lovely and I can’t believe you’ve done tatted edges. My Mum and Grandma used to do a lot when I was little. My Mum taught me but I didn;t keep it up, well done. The sloe and apple jam looks yummy. What an amazing thing to do, jump from an unbelievable height? I kept watching his poor mum’s face. She must have been terrified. Have a lovely week.
Ali x
Lovely post. And I do love your tatting!
lovely stockings, bright and cheery. Tatting is amazing, looks very difficult!!
You’ve had a very busy week. I like the tatting.
i’ve never heard of tatting, although i agree it looks superb and definitely gives a comforting vintage look to the stocking.. i love them all! the one with the heart is probably my fav – i’m a sucker for love hearts 🙂 They look like they should all be together – one for each family member hanging from the mantlepiece 🙂
your apple and sloe sounds delicious! we’ve made apple and it was really hard to get it to set for some reason… i’m not sure why as i thought apples were high in pectin.. oh well, my OH managed it by adding some geletin in the end!
will be hearting your stockings on Etsy when they appear 🙂 x
Love the stockings, they look great, lovely fabrics but I especially like the tatting. It looks perfect.
Gosh you have been busy! The stockings are lovely, I like the ribbon detail on them very much.
They look fab!
Lovely stockings. I’ve never heard of tatted edging before but it looks very decorative.
So festive think we are all getting in the spirit of Christmas and only 70 days to go. Love the fabric for the stockings.
Lovely, lovely Christmas makes – they are gorgeous. Yes, the ‘man falling to earth’ was amazing. I love the easy way he landed, very tidily. Me? Falling all over the place and probably landing on my face. Hope you have a good week.
Lovely Christmas stockings – they are always my favourite decoration (as well as being useful if I’ve been good!!)
Those stockings are lovely! Very impressed at how organised you are!!
Hi there, just popped back to let you know The Girl You Left behind is a wonderful book. I didn’t want to put it down. Thanks for you lovely comment on my blog.
Ali x
Thank you. I will pick up a copy. xx
I love the stockings – the tatting is particularly impressive!
The stockings and foodie treats are lovely. I’d really like to learn to tat at somepoint as it seems the next logical step from lace crochet
I love all of this.It’s fabulous-especially the tatting!
You’re tatting looks lovely. It almost looks like crochet. Those stockings look nice and cosy in that fabric. The jam sounds yummy.
I love your Xmas stockings the fabric you’ve used really gives them a traditional feel.
Oooo did I see you make mention of toadstools, looking forward to it. thanks for leaving a nice comment over at my blog, I agree with you, I think of toadstools as a bit magical and mushrooms something you buy in the supermarket 🙂
Jan x
Sorry, I got so carried away with the thought of toadstools I forgot to say that your stockings are lovely, sloe & apple are one of my faves, love it with a bit of cheese.
Jan (again)
Wow you have been busy! The stockings look very cosy. The tatting adds to the vintage look.
Wendy x
Really love your tatting. Not surprised that it took a long time.