Free Pattern and Directions to Sew a Christmas Stocking

Tips and Ideas

A regular sized stocking and an enlarged stocking.

Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

• Enlarge or decrease the size of the pattern, using a copy machine to make a stocking the perfect size for any gift.
  
  
• Personalize a stocking by using a novelty print to match the person who will own the stocking.
  
  
• One of my favorite gift to give my adult friends is a small stocking filled with sample size bottles from the liquor store.
  
  
• Save your scraps all year and make a Crazy Quilt front on the stocking.
  
  
• Add machine embroidery to personalize your stocking.

• Gather the Materials
• Prepare the Pattern
• Cutting the Fabric
• Assemble the Body of the Christmas Stocking
• Assemble the Stocking Top Pieces
• Attach the Top of the Stocking to the Body of the Stocking
• Tips and Ideas