Simple Striped Christmas Stockings

Make these personalized Christmas stockings in a snap. Embellish the final product with copies of old family holiday photographs and letter stickers that bear the name of the stocking's owner.

What You'll Need

Photocopier
Heavy cotton striped fabric
Scissors
Iron
Sewing machine and color coordinating thread
Straight pins
Rickrack trim in coordinating colors
Buttons
Fabric glue
Photocopies of family portraits
Embellishments such as snowflake baubles, letter stickers, etc.
Clothespins (vintage or new)
Ribbon

Download the free stocking pattern.

How to Make It

1. Download and print the free stocking pattern; enlarge the pattern 400% using a photocopier. Use the pattern to cut a stocking front and back from striped fabric, reversing one of the shapes. Fold the top edge of each stocking piece under 1 inch toward the wrong side; press.

2. Pin the right sides of the stocking shapes together. Sew around the edges, using a 1/2-inch seam allowance, leaving the top edge open. Clip the curves. Turn the stocking right side out; press.

3. Trim the stockings as desired with rickrack and buttons using fabric glue to adhere. Decorate around a photocopied picture with rickrack, letter stickers, and snowflake shapes.

4. Tie a clothespin to your stair railing with a length of ribbon. Hang the stocking from the clothespin, and tuck the trimmed photograph between the clothespin and stocking as shown.

Tip: When cutting the fabric for other stockings, vary the look by changing the orientation of the stripes.