{"id":4677,"date":"2009-12-05T00:50:54","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T05:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2011-12-05T22:13:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T03:13:00","slug":"flying-santa-stocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/05\/flying-santa-stocking\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Santa Stocking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before I learned to sew, I knitted Christmas stockings for both my son and newborn daughter. Their names were knitted into the cuffs and Ryan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s featured a choo-choo train, Rebecca\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a doll and wreath. I really dislike those stockings now, but my children hold them dear. Even though they are parents themselves, they think tradition trumps good looks and age appropriate designs. Memories of childhood Christmas magic are precious, I know.<\/p>\n

When I was asked to make stockings for my grandchildren, it seems that I would have learned my lesson. But I reverted to my preference for childhood fantasy.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I might regret it years from now if the children prefer something more contemporary.<\/p>\n

If that happens, I will not make a Spiderman or\u00c2\u00a0Dora the Explorer\u00c2\u00a0stocking. I refuse. So all three get traditional juvenile Christmas designs. If they want something else, they can shop at Cracker Barrel. They always have a nice selection.<\/p>\n

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Robert\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stocking is mostly appliqu\u00c3\u00a9, with what has become the Ferguson Family Christmas signature, a gingerbread house. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t recall the source of the house or the scampering boy, but I do recall the day I found the ginger colored ultrasuede and decided to buy a little instead of a lot. It is perfect for gingerbread appliqu\u00c3\u00a9s and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done a lot of those. Regrettably, my supply is about to give out.<\/p>\n

The flying Santa is from Sew Terrific\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s North Pole Express collection. Since his father is a pilot, Robert\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s room is decorated with an airplane theme. So this design seemed appropriate.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed adding the three dimensional details–the button propeller center and the bugle bead blades. The heart at the top of the gingerbread house is a button. The Christmas trees are topped with small beads, as is the front of the gingerbread boy.<\/p>\n

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Red polar fleece makes up the toe, heel and cuff of the stocking. Black piping accents the color separation and the outline. Robert\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name is stitched in a candy cane font. I spent a lot of time editing the letters so that they grew taller as the cuff became wider.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I failed to take into account the depth of the polar fleece.\u00c2\u00a0 He could go into the Witness Protection Plan with this stocking and be safe from identification.\u00c2\u00a0 I love Christmas, both the reason and the season. Grandchildren make it more special that I ever could have imagined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before I learned to sew, I knitted Christmas stockings for both my son and newborn daughter. Their names were knitted into the cuffs and Ryan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s featured a choo-choo train, Rebecca\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a doll and wreath. I really dislike those stockings now, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,43,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4677"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4694,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677\/revisions\/4694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}