Antique European Grain Sack Christmas Stockings.... Advent Calendar and or 12 Days of Christmas

Hello!

I just want to first thank everyone who participated in the giveaway.

The winner of my giveaway is Shel, who has a blog called Auntie Thesis.

Congratulations Shel....

Thank you Jeff and Kelly of Wintersteen Farms

There will still be opportunities to win a Wintersteen Farms Wreath this season....

I will be hosting a few more giveaways with Wintersteen Farms before the season is over....

On another note....

I wanted to share some images of these petite stockings I made from antique European Grain Sacks the other day....

I have wanted to come up with an idea using grain sacks for an advent calendar and or an idea representing the 12 days of Christmas for my shop.........

I decided to make miniature stockings out of grain sacks and hang them from a birch branch....
These are really easy to make...
My girls helped make these.
It is a fun project to do with your kids....

One of the things I love the most about antique grain sacks and antique linens is that all the seams were hand stitched together....

I can't imagine the amount of time spent sewing up these sacks.....

I wanted to make sure some of the stockings would have the original seams showing....

Here I strung 12 stockings from a birch branch that is tied to a pair of antique french shutters....

I thought they would also be cute hung on my mantle...

If you wanted to use these for an advent calendar they could be strung from two branches or just use a slightly longer branch to hang them from.

You could also string them from twine instead of a branch....

I left enough room at the top of the stocking to place a piece of candy inside the stocking....

I hand sewed the string (from the original grain sacks) 

into the tops of the grain sack stockings.

Each stocking in shaped slightly different and the stripes are placed in different areas on the stockings...

These also make great tree ornaments and or can be used to decorate the tops of your Christmas gifts.....

I will share a few more images of other ways I used these next week.

I will be listing these in my shop today....

along with regular sized grain sack stockings....

I hope you all enjoy your weekend.

Take Care,

Maria

Dreamy Whites Shop

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