How to Make a Makower Christmas Stocking
There's nothing as special as a handmade Christmas stocking, but if you're still feeling a bit unsure about your sewing skills, don't fear! Makower have these fabulous pre-printed stocking panels to help you create a beautiful traditional stocking using basic sewing skills.
By Makower Fabrics
Materials Needed (makes 2)
- Makower Stocking Panel
- 1 metre squared of wadding
- 1m of lining fabric
How to Make
- Cut out each stocking and use as a template to cut one of each shape in wadding and lining.
- Place wadding to wrong side of each stocking and quilt as desired, (if wadding catches on machine dog feeds place a light fabric (eg Muslin) under the wadding).
- Place stocking pieces right sides together and sew round edge leaving the top open.
- Clip into seam allowance around curves for ease of turning. Leave right sides inside.
- Lining - Place right sides of lining together and sew round with a seam approximately 6mm / 1⁄4" larger than the stocking seam, leaving a gap of 15cms / 6" down the middle of one side (to enable turning inside out of stocking). Once again leave top unstitched.
- Clip around curves and turn lining right sides out. Place lining inside stocking matching seams. Insert a hanging tab if required and place between stocking and lining. Next sew completely round top of the stocking.
- Now pull the stocking through the gap in the lining and then sew the gap together. Push lining inside the stocking.
- Top stitch around the top of stocking to keep lining in place and make top more stable. Stitch approximately 1cm / 3⁄8" From the edge.
