It wasn’t until her husband proposed in December 2011 that Kate Stewart realized the holiday pastime she cherished most was exclusive to her family. Throughout her childhood, Kate’s father had tucked a teeny token for her mother into a miniature needlepoint stocking that hung from their Christmas tree, deeming it her bauble stocking. When Kate’s friends were baffled by the concept, and they couldn’t find a trace of the tradition anywhere else, she founded Bauble Stockings to share the heartfelt custom.
Since her mother had hand-stitched the original stocking, it was essential that each design in the collection invoke a similar sense of nostalgia. The initial challenge lay in production, and it took Kate and her husband, Peter, years of research and globe-trotting to connect with a group of more than 400 Haitian needlework artisans through Good Threads Needlepoint who could fabricate Bauble Stockings on a large scale at a fair wage.
