The Stockings Were Hung...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwRq_bPj41ZBWEHV4nnoCZvI83iGCIiR-DpgILYy14TEVgwAiqVoqhSfJ7tsrna45lnU6XYkN7kHTs2KUUk4V8B_zvxiQPRSi6mndU5AxzPZSQtbMu05fZc288PeeJPmQaDzIjFYM3_4/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_3389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwRq_bPj41ZBWEHV4nnoCZvI83iGCIiR-DpgILYy14TEVgwAiqVoqhSfJ7tsrna45lnU6XYkN7kHTs2KUUk4V8B_zvxiQPRSi6mndU5AxzPZSQtbMu05fZc288PeeJPmQaDzIjFYM3_4/s640/Copy+of+IMG_3389.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">T</span>he<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"> Stockings</span> at StoneGable are <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">hung</span>, but not by the chimney with care. We hang them on the back of our<span style="font-size: large;"><em> kitchen chairs</em></span>. It is just much more practical! And goodness knows these old chairs could use a little sprucing up too! The tree in the background is my <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">Kitchen Tree</span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7s3VLzRTB1Uv2h7OvrYYtnZQwa3CgKWhyOgaBRnWj6sEUYlcCQtLh_q-ZjaygKaIY2684TjGG-bnajNr0KTl3zL2474FkKKZ47crgBNj7FyyrPaGib7VFI0apcQ3qF6Lu-tJ0bP7wmx4/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_3395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7s3VLzRTB1Uv2h7OvrYYtnZQwa3CgKWhyOgaBRnWj6sEUYlcCQtLh_q-ZjaygKaIY2684TjGG-bnajNr0KTl3zL2474FkKKZ47crgBNj7FyyrPaGib7VFI0apcQ3qF6Lu-tJ0bP7wmx4/s640/Copy+of+IMG_3395.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">M</span>y stocking is made from an <span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">antique quilt</span> and embellished with some <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">old lace</span> and antique<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> muslin</span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftsfvilJFbiB4brTszfeRyoRX-7hbBhtJdv4q3a_CZibDs01eVFDNfG6cb5F0ow5mfFieLR9w27YZ2Oab5VMSJfzUThejMTNX-jxiL2fVtIP3k02RWD5SVz39Kki_Nwzkh6lczTYnR2s/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_3403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftsfvilJFbiB4brTszfeRyoRX-7hbBhtJdv4q3a_CZibDs01eVFDNfG6cb5F0ow5mfFieLR9w27YZ2Oab5VMSJfzUThejMTNX-jxiL2fVtIP3k02RWD5SVz39Kki_Nwzkh6lczTYnR2s/s640/Copy+of+IMG_3403.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtfZCehh3tIcJEfuEL53baaQiyQ4KuoahoPgyjsgvs6XIVfVBXHR6_BPAU7Yal6JODZElnYc7Y89mTFW3aNZ_-NbGZryA_VvdfveKWGWBtcrFryraNeFLoUKjUFhCT7uZVO4kshWfXzc/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_3423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtfZCehh3tIcJEfuEL53baaQiyQ4KuoahoPgyjsgvs6XIVfVBXHR6_BPAU7Yal6JODZElnYc7Y89mTFW3aNZ_-NbGZryA_VvdfveKWGWBtcrFryraNeFLoUKjUFhCT7uZVO4kshWfXzc/s640/Copy+of+IMG_3423.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOlnr-m3OIIavkwCnQkJmIuklRkVj_QD5bUl_54FN1XqXW7oBbg7KKTf3q23ntQvqpPRKlXTekOLCtBXbdFSE60oYkTJkLPymt7fR-YQ5CV_rRoxtQ-kDRCT9HPUnXzkhM5M_06bntas/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_3425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOlnr-m3OIIavkwCnQkJmIuklRkVj_QD5bUl_54FN1XqXW7oBbg7KKTf3q23ntQvqpPRKlXTekOLCtBXbdFSE60oYkTJkLPymt7fR-YQ5CV_rRoxtQ-kDRCT9HPUnXzkhM5M_06bntas/s640/Copy+of+IMG_3425.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">M</span>y children's<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"> stockings</span> were made more than 20 years ago when they were babies. They are made from my <span style="font-size: large;"><em>GREAT Grandmother's</em></span> muslin flour sacks. The sacks were <span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">passed down</span> to my Grandmother and I remember her washing them once a year and putting them back into her hope chest (that I now have).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tS5dq70qt3AONVqfHgV9z5VqChSelNKoxUzZr6Q_1ue6WkIB8bFptD02AwjIwWC7lbiT2Km1oy4-DxhVVwTjiozf6jmFYlffVfJI4W_cjJ7SM8xYTGSC5cR_pCQ0zHrJVglP_z5M7hQ/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_3446.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tS5dq70qt3AONVqfHgV9z5VqChSelNKoxUzZr6Q_1ue6WkIB8bFptD02AwjIwWC7lbiT2Km1oy4-DxhVVwTjiozf6jmFYlffVfJI4W_cjJ7SM8xYTGSC5cR_pCQ0zHrJVglP_z5M7hQ/s640/Copy+of+IMG_3446.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">S</span>o when the muslin sacks were passed down to me I knew that a few would be used for <span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Christmas Stockings</span>. When grandbabies come<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"> some day</span></strong> I will make each of them a stocking made out of their <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">GREAT GREAT GREAT</span> Grandmother's muslin flour sacks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2LyY4yBBMZFfk8eSdyYefOikbVGhHJFKPZ_ZV4BIR0LQkkKlIOMsYg23ZO5TJ8RA__AhyphenhyphenBzJyBCWIi5o61hTnkEVeI6QhVjO2UGzx6idp6PvIx40J3RW1QhaoooAvc9NMG3pq5oMwPY/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_3445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2LyY4yBBMZFfk8eSdyYefOikbVGhHJFKPZ_ZV4BIR0LQkkKlIOMsYg23ZO5TJ8RA__AhyphenhyphenBzJyBCWIi5o61hTnkEVeI6QhVjO2UGzx6idp6PvIx40J3RW1QhaoooAvc9NMG3pq5oMwPY/s640/Copy+of+IMG_3445.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">T</span>he Stockings are attached to each chair with a big<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"> ribbon</span> and filled with greens for an extra<span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"> festive</span> touch!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIzZhuRfK4HxBslI0UwOXPllisk6307xw4cCSJpWOxBWLJu-UdZ2iB2oxo7x-yZEL3btufFCYHBENn4jWmcgW126fYOL7bY2ULOZi7lwTMSP0eHi5jymL881OdPW4f5PAYzVCgXfpMTA/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_3440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIzZhuRfK4HxBslI0UwOXPllisk6307xw4cCSJpWOxBWLJu-UdZ2iB2oxo7x-yZEL3btufFCYHBENn4jWmcgW126fYOL7bY2ULOZi7lwTMSP0eHi5jymL881OdPW4f5PAYzVCgXfpMTA/s640/Copy+of+IMG_3440.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The Stockings Were Hung...

T he Stockings at StoneGable are hung , but not by the chimney with care. We hang them on the back of our kitchen chairs . It is just muc...

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