Felted Wool Christmas Stocking

December 5, 2011 at 3:41 pm (tutorial)
Tags: Christmas, decoration, recycled, repurposed, sewing, stocking, upcycled, wool

I accidentally shrank a wool blanket in the wash this week. Although I’m sad not to have the blanket anymore it proved to be excellent material for a Christmas stocking!

First I drew a stocking shape on a paper grocery bag, cut it out and pinned it to a double layer of the blanket.

I then cut out the pieces.

Then I sewed around the sides and toe of the stocking and turned it right side out. The toe seemed too long to me, so I turned it back inside out, marked a new line with a sliver of soap. Once that line was sewn, I trimmed away the excess material.

I wanted the stocking to have a cuff without the raw edges of the seam showing so I cut off the top of the stocking. 

With the stocking turned inside out, I flipped the top around so the finished edge from the top of the blanket was now facing down and pinned it. After sewing it to the top of the stocking, and turning the stocking back right side out, I now had a cuff that could be folded down with finished seams facing outwards.

To embellish the stocking I decided to add a snowflake design. I used three strips cut from an old t-shirt. After pinning them in place I stitched them on with embroidery floss. Then I added a few flat shell beads from a broken necklace to finish the design.

Lastly, I opened up the cuff seam to insert a length of ribbon for a hanging loop. After resewing the seam closed the stocking was complete!

This stocking is in my Etsy shop Folk Haven Creations.

Thanks for reading!

Karen

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