{"id":4901,"date":"2009-12-16T22:50:08","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T03:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=4901"},"modified":"2011-05-14T21:35:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T01:35:12","slug":"crazy-patch-stocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/16\/crazy-patch-stocking\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Patch Stocking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingwhole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4907\" title=\"Crazystockingwhole\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingwhole-536x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"955\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingwhole-536x1024.jpg 536w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingwhole-157x300.jpg 157w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingwhole.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>I have always\u00c2\u00a0loved crazy patch quilting but hadn&#8217;t\u00c2\u00a0used this technique\u00c2\u00a0for several years until I\u00c2\u00a0began this project.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Made for my dear friend, my daughter-in-law, it was a perfect diversion from my sewing marathon of baby\/children&#8217;s items.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are so many things I love about doing crazy patch.\u00c2\u00a0 I like\u00c2\u00a0combining\u00c2\u00a0fabric with a\u00c2\u00a0variety of textures like\u00c2\u00a0silk dupioni, corduroy, velvet, satin.\u00c2\u00a0 I can&#8217;t think of another kind of sewing that would allow that.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adding little snippets of interesting lace, odd buttons, special ribbons and all the decorative stitches available on our sewing machines\u00c2\u00a0transforms crazy patch\u00c2\u00a0into a potpourri of sewing delights.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Another reason I\u00c2\u00a0enjoy crazy patch is the\u00c2\u00a0opportunity it gives\u00c2\u00a0to personalize to the nth degree.\u00c2\u00a0 That is also what I love most about machine embroidery.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0But with crazy patch you can incorporate machine embroidery and so much more.\u00c2\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4946\" title=\"Crazystockingscan1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingscan1-947x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingscan1-947x1024.jpg 947w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingscan1-277x300.jpg 277w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingscan1.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Shelly asked if I would make a Christmas stocking for her.\u00c2\u00a0 Hanging\u00c2\u00a0from their mantle were the \u00c2\u00a0stockings I had made for Laurel and Robert&#8217;s first Christmases and the one\u00c2\u00a0I\u00c2\u00a0had knitted for Ryan when he was a baby.\u00c2\u00a0 Shelly&#8217;s was the classic red fleece with the white fuzzy cuff and she wanted something more personal.\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/crazystockingclosemid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4905\" title=\"crazystockingclosemid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/crazystockingclosemid-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/crazystockingclosemid-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/crazystockingclosemid-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/crazystockingclosemid.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pattern was simply hand drawn on a piece of newsprint, but I do wish I had made the toe a bit longer and the cuff shorter.\u00c2\u00a0 The embroideries recognize this stay-at-home mom&#8217;s devotion to her husband,her home, her\u00c2\u00a0honey\u00c2\u00a0haired\u00c2\u00a0daughter and tow headed son.\u00c2\u00a0 As a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, she has fostered literally hundreds of orphaned squirrels and released them back to nature.\u00c2\u00a0 The rooster button acknowledges her habit of rising with or before the sun.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingtoe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4906\" title=\"Crazystockingtoe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingtoe-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingtoe-1024x690.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingtoe-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Crazystockingtoe.jpg 1274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Christmas season\u00c2\u00a0four specially made stocking hang from the mantle.\u00c2\u00a0 I hope Santa fills Shelly&#8217;s to overflowing.\u00c2\u00a0 She must be high on his\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;Been Nice&#8221; list.\u00c2\u00a0 She is a very good 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