what was I thinking?!?!?

So, it is the week before Christmas...

Why do I always do this?

So, here's the thing...

We have four grey stockings in our family

which I made from an old wool blanket,

many, many, many years ago.

Over the years,

we had exchange students from other countries

and I shared with them some of our families traditions.

One of those traditions being these same gray wool stockings.

All of the exchange students took home with them their own grey wool stocking.

All except for one.

When my daughter got married a few years ago,

she brought home a store-bought white and blue stocking

with a big silver initial on it for her new husband,

so he would have a stocking on our mantle.

A nice enough stocking,

but not grey wool,

hand stitched and lettered with love.

So our mantle had

four grey wool stockings & one white store-bought stocking.

Anyway, this year,

I realized that I have an extra grey wool stocking

left from an exchange student. 

So I tore out the lining

and picked out the hand-stitched lettering from his name.

 

And it's ready to put on my S-I-L's name and re-attach the lining.

What could be better than a re-purposed re-purpose, right?

 But that got me to thinking...

That's the catch phrase here...

"got me to thinking"...

My son has a girl friend that he has hinted that "this is the one".

And said girlfriend has a daughter(!-my excitement)

So I am now, again, grey stocking short - two grey stockings short.

And can I find another grey wool blanket?

NO.

But I did find this...

A cool cream with red stripes wool blanket...

Sooooo......

my creative mind

decided that I could make

all of the girls (me, my daughter, girlfriend and her daughter),

the cream/red striped wool stockings. 

(That would free up two grey stockings for future "guy" use.

Yep, that's me, planning ahead for more family! :)

The girls would all have matching stockings

 in white/red stripes,

and the guys would all have matching grey wool stockings. 

And they would all go together

because they all have the same stitched tree with button ornaments!

But, like I said,

that was my creative mind.

My rational mind

is saying what in the world are you thinking?!?!?

So, that nice cream/red strip blanket is now this:

And this

 Awaiting these:

Also awaiting the red cording, names and lining!

So, what was I thinking?!?!?

All I can say is Happy Stitching!!!