Silverware Stocking

• Tracing paper
• Two colors of silk fabric
• Embroidery floss
• Needle and sewing thread
• Sew-in craft-weight interfacing
• Wired pom-pom trim

1. Trace the stocking and cuff patterns, found in the link below, onto tracing paper; cut out. Use a 1/2-inch seam allowance with right sides facing when sewing the pieces together.
2. Use contrasting two-ply embroidery floss to satin-stitch a 7/8-inch-tall monogram onto one piece of silk fabric. For the cuff front, trim the monogrammed silk into a 6-x-5-inch rectangle, centering the letter 1 1/8 inches above a 6-inch edge. For the cuff back, cut a second 6-x-5-inch rectangle from the same color of silk fabric.
3. From the second silk fabric, cut two 6-x-8-inch rectangles for the stocking front and back. From the interfacing, cut two 6-x-8-inch rectangles and two 6-x-5-inch rectangles. Pin the interfacing rectangles to the wrong side of the corresponding silk rectangles. Sew the bottom edge of the cuff front to a 6-inch edge of the stocking front. Sew the remaining rectangles together in the same manner for the back. Press the seam allowances open.
4. With the interfacing side up, position the stocking pattern on the front rectangles, aligning the cuff line on the pattern with the seam line and centering the monogram on the cuff. Trace around the pattern onto the interfacing. For the facing, draw a 2-inch line upward from each top corner of the traced stocking shape; connect the ends. Cut out the silk/interfacing stocking shape 1/2 inch beyond the traced lines. Cut the interfacing only along the top traced line of the cuff. For the stocking back, flip the pattern over and repeat on the pieced back rectangles. To hem the facing, press under 1/4 inch on the top edge of the stocking front and back; sew 1/8 inch from each pressed edge. Sew the stocking front to the back, leaving the hemmed facing edge open. Trim the seams, and clip the curves. Turn the stocking right side out. Finger-press the seams. Turn the facing down into the stocking and press. Tack facing in place at the side seams.
5. Wrap pom-pom trim around the bottom edge of the cuff and sew in place.

Stocking template