Luxury Christmas Stocking - Teal Bird of Paradise - upcycled and vintage fabrics

Beautiful Bird of Paradise Christmas Stocking in teal blue and gold. Handmade with reclaimed curtain textiles, this Arts and Crafts style stocking has a plumed bird among leaf and flower motifs. Topped with a luxurious cuff in vintage gold velvet and trimmed with braid, this unique stocking will suit both modern and traditional Christmas decor themes. An elegant design with a narrow ankle and foot, so save your larger gifts for the top of the stocking. One of a kind - each of my reclaimed textile Christmas Stockings have their own Zero Waste story. The floral bird fabric is from a salvaged curtain sample book, and is printed onto 100 percent cotton in shades of teal, aqua and blue on a winter white background. I wanted to contrast these cool shades with a rich warm textile, so I used a gold cotton velvet fabric with a glorious sheen for the mock cuff, and offset both fabrics with a vintage braid trim in a more subtle old gold. The back of the stocking is a lovely check plaid weave from the same sample book, in strong blue and indigo shades with a hint of purple - which looks stunning against the glowing gold cuff. Interlined with cotton wadding and fully lined with teal quilting cotton, and finished with a navy grosgrain ribbon - all my scrap bag. Approximate size: 44 cm by 30 cm, plus hanging ribbon. NOTE - the gold velvet is reclaimed from a vintage curtain; the back of the cuff has two lines where the hem was unstitched.