December 6, 2019

Easy Christmas Stocking Tutorial

Create your own Christmas stocking with this simple sewing tutorial. Dress up your mantel or use as a gift bag!

Use up those holiday fabric scraps and make Christmas stockings for the whole family or create just one. If you don’t have Christmas fabric scraps, you can use any fabric scraps or you can use this tutorial to make your stocking using one fabric piece as well.

Create a fabric bookmark, fabric luggage tag, or a mini zipper pouch key chain for some fun Christmas gifts or stocking stuffers.

Here are the easy to follow instructions on how you can make your own Christmas stocking.

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***You can find the ad-free, printable PDF version of this sewing tutorial available for purchase HERE. Includes 13-pages of step-by-step instructions with pictures. Print a copy to keep next to your sewing machine for easy reference.***

Christmas stocking supplies needed:

Fabric scraps – cut into strips – my favorite fabric shop
Christmas stocking template – see below download button
Pellon 830 Easy Pattern – to use for your stocking template
Rotary cutter
Cutting mat
Clear ruler
Sewing scissors
Matching thread
Ribbon
Sewing machine

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Download and print your Christmas stocking template

Download and print the Christmas stocking template.

Christmas Stocking Template

Once you have printed the Christmas stocking template, tape the two pages together, lining up the stocking.

Cut out your template. Tape the back of the paper template to Pellon 830 Easy Pattern and cut out with your sewing scissors. I like to use Pellon 830 Easy Pattern because I plan on making multiple stockings and the templates will last much longer. You can use the paper template for the stocking if you don’t have the easy pattern.

Cut your scraps

Using your cutting mat, clear ruler, and rotary cutter, cut your Christmas fabric into strips. I cut my scraps into different widths but you can cut them any way you want. Be sure the length of your strips is longer than the width of your stocking pattern. Cut enough for the front and back of your stocking.

Lay out your pattern

Lay out your fabric scraps in the pattern you want your Christmas stocking to look like. Over lap them a little bit because you will be sewing them together and you want to make sure you have enough to fit your template.

Repeat this step using the rest of your scraps for the other side of your stocking.

Place your template on top of the fabric strips to make sure you have enough strips for your stocking.

Sew the fabric strips together

Using your sewing machine, sew your fabric strips together. Be sure to keep them in order.

Press the seams flat.

Be sure your template still fits after your fabric scraps have been sewn together.

Cut out your stocking pieces

Pin your template and cut out your stocking pieces using your sewing scissors.

Time to sew

Place your stocking pieces right sides together and pin.

Sew around the sides and bottom, leaving the top of your stocking open.

The above picture shows the outside stocking piece sewn together.

Create the stocking lining

Cutting out the Christmas stocking lining

Fold your fabric in half wrong sides together. Place your template on top of the fabric, pin and cut using your sewing scissors.

Attach your ribbon

Cut a small piece of matching ribbon and fold in half. Sew the ribbon to hold in place as show above. This is what you will use to hang your stocking. If you won’t be hanging your socking, you can skip this step.