Fashionable Christmas Stockings with Sewing Instruction

When our niece was born I made her a stocking for her first Christmas. I liked it so much that I had to make two more for Klaus and myself. The one on the bottom image has a real fur collar. The fur was recycled from an old coat I used to own.

It takes about two hours to sew one of these stockings. Use them for yourself or fill it with a gift and give it to a loved one.

Material

20″ by 24″ of fabric for stocking
20″ by 24″ of fabric for lining
2 pieces of 3-3/4″ by 8″ of Santa uniform fur
8″ ribbon

Instructions

• Click here to download the PDF file of the stocking pattern or use your own.

• L = left side| R = right side
• pink = stocking left side | red = stocking right side
• Fold the fabric in half, right side in, hold together with sewing pins.
• Lay the stocking pattern onto the fabric, secure with pins, and cut it out.
• Repeat this step with the lining.

• Lay 1 piece of the stocking fabric and 1 piece of lining, right side together, on top of each other. Sew along the top.
• Repeat with the other half.

• Open the halves, lay them flat right side up. Pin the Santa fur on top of the outside of the stocking as close to the seam es possible. Sew along the top. The real fur collar was sewn on stocking by hand at the very end.
• Repeat with other part.

• Lay both halves, right sides facing inside, on top of each other.
• Include the ribbon on the outside part of the stocking.
• Pin down the pieces, and sew all around the outside of the stocking and lining.
• Keep the bottom part of the lining open.

• Trim off extra fur.
• Turn stocking inside out. Zick-zack the bottom opening close.
• Stuff lining into the stocking.

2005

This stocking is the latest creation. I used suiting fabric for the outside and dark blue velvet for the inside. The brown faux fur is giving it a touch of luxury. The pattern used is the same as for the two stockings above.

2024