This is it! I'm done! I've completed all the items that I'm sending off for my Christmas Stocking Swap, including, the stocking.

Here's the stocking, itself. What a booger this thing was to make. Considering the fabric I used, I wanted this stocking to have a little more untraditional shape. The only one that I could come up with was an elf shoe design. I made my own pattern, never thinking that once I sewed it up, the curl at the end would sprial down. After thinking about it for several hours, I decided to both tack it to the stocking to give it some lift and to stuff the end (it's not very functional anyway). When I added the lining, I gave it a 'nub' instead of the curl to bypass the stuffing on the end. For the cuff, I gathered some of the lining material to make a flounce. That turned out to be a mess. My machine(s) did not like how thick the material got and the edges looked horrible. I wound up binding the edges to give it a finished look on the inside. It looks better, but if I could do it over again, I would add the ruffle first then the lining.

With this said, my package is finally ready to send off:

The photo on the left is everything unwrapped - in addition to everything I made, I added a candy dish full of kisses and a Kansas mug stuffed with hot chocolate packets and candy canes (two of my swap partner's favorite holiday treats). The picture on the right is everything wrapped up. Sadly, I can get only 3 of these items into the stocking - everything is too large otherwise. I guess if I wouldn't have wrapped them, everything but the kitty would have gone in. Oh well, it's more fun to rip open the paper anyway!