The sewing project that I’ve been working on for the last few days is almost completed. All that’s needed is a little ironing, a little hand sewing and some loops to hang the stockings.
Yep, I made “Omani” Christmas stockings. I was at a fabric and notions store where they sell all the beading and trimming for the abayas that the women wear here when inspiration struck. I decided to make abaya styled stockings for Camille and me and dishdasha stockings for the boys.
I taped a few pieces of printer paper together and cut a stocking shape out to use as my pattern. Then I cut out and sewed up the black fabric, applied the trims and embellishments by hand and then created a second plain stocking to use as a lining (the abaya fabric is lightweight so it would droop without a lining to help hold its shape).
For the boys I used little boy sized dishdashas. I turned them inside out, pinned the pattern to the front, sewed around the edge of the pattern, and cut away the excess. The toe of the pattern hung over the edge of the dishdasha so I used the side seam as the edge (that’s why they have a blunt edge at the toe). I was going to add fabric to create a toe, but I like how it looks.
Camille’s finished stocking. I’ll snap a photo of them once I get them all hanging, but couldn’t wait to share them.