Making your own Christmas stockings

Turtle143

Anyone made their own Christmas stockings?
I am not super crafty but I somehow think I can make them my own.

Am I delusional? LOL

If you've made your own, do you mind sharing a picture? Thanks so much!!

getitdone

I have never made my own, but I have seen some cute stocking kits at the local craft stores. They do not look too hard to do. I would suggest buying 1 and trying that before you buy more.

BeckyOff

What do you want the stockings to look like?   Do you have an inspiration pic to share?

 

I made a felt ones.  I just drew a stocking shape and cut it out of felt.  You could hand stitch the edge with a blanket stitch and then embellish with whatever you want.

I'm assuming you won't need to wash the stockings, so you could totally use glue.  I used Christmas clip art as a pattern, cut out holiday shapes from felt and stuck them on.

I don't have a picture, but this approximates the level of detail I have on mine, a simple shape and a few embellishments:

 

 

TBHCJS

Here's my post from last year:

http://pineapple-grass.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-stockings.html

Good luck! 

amaretto*sour

Maybe you could buy plain ones and decorate them first? Just to get a feel for it.

BLM10

A few years ago, I bought plain satin ones at Michaels and dressed them up with ribbon, fringe and beads. Here is the link to my old blog post...

 

http://memorableholidays.blogspot.com/2008/11/cute-crafts-christmas-stockings.html

Anne1387

I've cut out the fabric to make ours, but haven't sewn them together yet. I'll post a picture as soon as I do!