I bought different sheets of felt at the same time as the stockings, so when unpacking my Christmas decorations it was all right there.
I had initially thought to use embroidery thread and sew the felt down, but as that would take more skill and time than I currently had, I reached for the Fabri-tac glue. This stuff is amazing for felt and yarn.
I had ideas in mind already: Lovecraft-y tentacles for the hubby and a christmas Totoro for myself.
I sketched out the shape of the stocking on some old sheets of packing paper and then drew out the design I liked in the space. Then I cut out the template shapes onto the felt and cut out the felt shapes. After about two hours I had most of the large pieces and details cut, with more time for all those tentacle dots.
You might notice that the totoro in the picture above has an embossed pattern in the gray. I decided I didn't like how it looked and simply flipped the shape over and use the plain back.
This whole project was fairly quick and simple, and the certainly look much less boring on the wall now.
Of course I could go back and add embroidery in the future too...
Time to complete: 5 hours + drying time
Difficulty: Easy
