Materials:
1/2 yard fabric for stocking body
1/4 yard fabric for cuff (fleece works nicely & doesn't need to be lined)
1/2 yard plain white cotton for lining
1/2 yard of a variety of trims, bells, fringe, rickrack, etc. to adorn cuff
4 inches rickrack, ribbon, etc. for hanging loop
fabric glue
scissors
pen and paper to make pattern, optional
Note: The amount of fabric you need is determined by the size of your stocking. And there's no rule when it comes to stockings--yours can be long and skinny, short and wide, or anything in between!
Steps:
1. Use any stocking pattern or just draw a pattern on paper. An easy way to start is to trace a stocking you have, or trace a wide margin around a real sock and then adjust it until you have a good shape for the stocking body. Or, scroll down this page to the Acrobat icon to use our pattern.
2. To make the cuff pattern: Determine how tall you want it to be (top to bottom); 4-5 inches is standard, depending on the size of your stocking. The width (side to side) should be the same as the width of the stocking, allowing a 1/4-inch seam allowance.
3. Cut the cuff pieces out of the cuff fabric.
4. Cut two lining pieces out of the lining fabric.
5. With the stocking body fabric folded in half, wrong sides facing, cut two stocking body pieces out of the fabric at the same time.
6. Pin the front of the stocking right side up onto a lining piece and stitch across the top. Then pin the other lining piece onto the back of the stocking, wrong side up, and stitch across the top.
7. Pin the front cuff piece, right side (if there is one) facing the lining side of the front stocking piece. Stitch across the top, fold up and press seam flat. Note: Some fabrics like felt and fleece make great cuffs and don't have a 'right side'.
8. Then pin the back cuff piece, right side (if there is one) facing the lining side of the back stocking piece. Stitch across the top, fold up and press seam flat.
9. Layer the front and back stocking panels together with right sides of the stocking facing, lining pieces on the outside and cuff pieces pressed flat at the top, right sides up. Pin the two layers together and sew around the stocking, stopping at the edge before the cuff and backstitching at both ends.
10. Turn the stocking inside out and press flat. If the cuff pieces aren't even at this point, trim off any excess so that they are perfectly even.
11. Depending on what type of fabric you're using for a cuff and where you plan to decorate your cuff with trims, etc., you might have to hem the cuff pieces at this point. If so, here's how: Fold toward you and press flat a small hem on the tops of the cuff pieces and stitch. Be sure to hem the front cuff piece and the back cuff piece separately or you'll sew the stocking closed at the top. Note: If you 're using felt, fleece or another fabric that won't fray, you don't have to hem the cuff. Also, if you plan to use trim on the edges of your stocking's cuff, you don 't have to hem the cuff because the trim will hide the raw edge and prevent fraying.
12. Pin the two cuff pieces together then and stitch along the sides from the top down toward the stocking, stitching into the stocking body about 1/4 inch or less.
13. Fold the cuff down over the outside.
14. Fold in half a piece of ribbon, rickrack, braid or other trim about 4 inches long and sew the cut ends by hand to the inside of the stocking as a hanger. Make sure the loop extends far enough out of the stocking at the top of the cuff to allow you to hang the stocking.
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