- Optional: Embroider, embellish or appliqué the stocking front.
- Place the stocking wrong sides together and pin in place, leaving the top of the stocking open.
- Sew the 1/4” seam, leaving the top open.
- Apply a seam finish.
- Press and turn right sides out.
Free Pattern and Directions to Sew a Christmas Stocking
By Debbie Colgrove, About.com
Assemble the Body of the Christmas Stocking
Seams of the body of the stocking sewn and a zigzag seam finish applied.
Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.comPrev
- 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
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