When I was younger, my mom and her friend handmade ornate personalized Christmas stockings for each member of our family. While they are 2d for decor purposes and not so functional (they don't actually open), they are absolutely beautiful and special! I wanted to create something much more simple and functional for my daughter this year. I told my husband that I wanted to make our daughter a Christmas stocking, and his immediate response was, "It should have owls on it." I. love. this. man! <3 {I *may* have succumbed to a bit of an owl obsession this past year and my husband thought it was only fitting that the stocking should commemorate that.}
One day while I was supposed to just be picking up yarn in Hobby Lobby, I saw Christmas owl fabric and knew I had to have it! I put the bolt in my cart to get cut but then talked myself out of it since I didn't know how to make a stocking yet or how much fabric I needed for the project. I would get home and forget to figure it out. I did this on at least three (probably way more than that) separate trips to the store. By the time I found the perfect Christmas stocking pattern, looked up the exact fabric amount I needed, and went to Hobby Lobby with no other purpose than buying the fabric, it was gone <tear>! My awesome mom searched a few stores by her, but she couldn't find it either.
I posted a call for help in a facebook group, and my amazing WAHM friends came to the rescue! Crafty WAHM friends from all over the nation offered to search their Hobby Lobbys for me. I posted a written description of the fabric but could not find a picture. But the amazing Christina of Livin' Sew Green found a picture of the fabric online based on my description so everyone knew what it actually looked like. As soon as the picture was posted, a ton of the other WAHMs fell in love with the fabric and requested some, too. Ha ha! Then, the fabulous Shanna of Little Britches Bows found the actual fabric and bought a bunch for all of us.
So now I have a homemade special Christmas stocking for my little girl that will always have memories of the year of my crazy owl obsession, proof of her daddy's sweet support and understanding of mama, and memories of the kindness of the WAHM network to go with it. I hope one day it will be as special to her as it is to me. It's simple and made by mama with love!
