Christmas Stocking Hangout

Patchwork Christmas Stockings

Hello!  For those of you joining me for the first time for the

Christmas Stocking Hangout
 

... welcome to my quilty corner! 

For those of you from the Monday Morning Link-up, I am happy your found your way back to my little scrapatch.

For those of you who have been following along for awhile, thanks for reading and  leaving kind comments. It makes me feel all warm and quilty.

I started these stockings here a week ago and I have the first four completed.   I have a few more to get ready for Santa so more stockings are in the works and ...

... this one is on my sewing table waiting for me now.

Although I used the template and patterns from  Maywood Studios Free Quilts & Projects as an inspiration, I have designed my own tops and I have found a way to sew these that I find easier than their instructions, which call for leaving an opening on the side to turn the stockings inside out and hand stitching the opening closed.  My method is all machine stitching and I leave the opening at the top and attach the cuffs with a ...

double seam to cover the cut edges.

 

Note:  This method is similar to a French Seam, where you would sew right sides together and then turn wrong sides together and sew a wider seam to cover the raw edges.

Here is my method, step by step ...

My first stocking was made with some 1.5" scrap strips that I had strip pieced a few years back for another long forgotten project.

Pin the template to the front, right side up, and use scissors to cut around the curves.

Cut the back with the pattern template facing down
 

so it is the mirror image of the front

 

cut the lining pieces together at the same time

from fabric that is folded double

 

add toe pads to the front using  a sew, flip, press and trim technique
 

add heel pad details the same way
 

press and trim and your top is ready

pin and sew front to back, right sides together, leaving top open
 

pin and sew lining together, removing pins as you go, 

leaving leaving top open
 

Turn stocking right side out, seams inside. and press.

Press lining wrong side and seams out.
 

Important Note:  Insert lining into stocking so that the seams are hidden between the layers and only the top is open.  Then make the cuff and hanger to pin to the top opening.

cut a 6.5" WOF  strip for cuff,
 measure top ...
my top openings were 16.5" so I cut the cuff strips at 17"
 

 

cut a 6" x 1.5" strip for hanger, fold in half right side together and sew
 

 

using a safety pin to turn hanger right side out
 

 

press cuff seam open and then press in half, right sides outward

The next step is to assemble

and to stitch the top closed.

Pin the folded cuff to the open top ...
 

make sure the hanger is up; reinforce hanger with stay stitching

 

Stitch the top opening closed through all layers, cuff, stocking and lining, removing pins as you go. 

First cuff seam is done.

 

The raw edges of the top seam will be covered in the next seam.

 

Press the cuff seam down, making sure the hanger is straight down

 

 

Turn the cuff inward and press

 

 

Stitch the second cuff seam about 1/2" from top being sure that the your new seam is below the seam that had been turned inward and that the hanger is straight. You can feel the bulk of the seam through the layers.

Turn cuff upward and press

 

Turn cuff outward and down and press.

 

 

Stocking #1 is Done!

Time to sew my current stocking project.

If there is a part of this tutorial that is confusing, please let me know and I will try to taker pictures to better explain the method.

Have a happy sewing day!

 

Ho! Ho! Ho!