Bucilla Sugar Plum Fairy Christmas Stocking Felt Applique Kit, 85431 18-Inch

Made this for my nieces daughter. lots of details but it was worth it to know it will become a traditional piece for years to come

it looks nice --will update on the material and difficulty of putting it together

Enjoyed putting this one together. Its a pretty design and my niece loves it. These kits are a lot of work, but they last a really long time, especially if you reinforce the hanging loop and be careful about the knots on the back.

Missing pieces

Details on how to make stocking were not thorough enough. The stocking is too hard to make as a novice.

It certainly turns out adorable when you’re finished. Because it’s so incredibly time consuming, it’s not very easy. It took me about a solid week and a half of 8 hours a day to complete, with one or two days nearing 12 hours. The numbers on the pieces are illegible. I ran out of white embroidery floss. On some pieces, like the legs, the preprinted guideline shows and I couldn’t really think of any way to hide it except wait for time to rub it off. In the directions, it wants you to see the large piece onto the stocking itself and then bead or embroider or appliqué the smaller pieces to that. That’s impossible. For example, it wants you to sew the green tree to the stocking and then attach the pieces to the tree but only to sew through the felt of the tree, not the stocking. It’s nearly impossible to not go through all of the felt layers when attempting to attach a bead. So i attached all pieces to the tree and then sewed the tree to the stocking. I also did this for the top cuff and the purple skirt and the hairpiece. It’s much easier to do it this way so be sure to read ahead.

I love doing this kind of stitchery.

Always nice quality and very good instructions.

This turned out really cute, but it took me about a month to finish it, and I was working on it 6-8 hours a day.

Gave this as a gift and found it to be a very complete kit. Will definetely purchase more of them in the future.