Making Stockings for Christmas next year

I'm putting up this tutorial so that if I make Christmas Stockings next year, I won't have to re-learn  the details over again.

1 Pattern

1, Get a pattern from a loving sister who carries a Christmas Stocking in her suitcase hundreds of miles for you. Make a pattern from it.

2. Cut out doubles

2. Cut out 2 pieces per stocking - for as many stockings as you want to make or have fabric for.
Not pictured is fluffy fabric for Stocking top - I use minky as it is super soft and feels so soft.
I cut a double piece extra long of minky to fold over instead of using a front piece with a lining like my "pattern" stocking had. (Cut up rectangles to fold in half lengthwise.

3. Right sides together sew middle seam half way down

3. Sew down the middle of stocking but only part way so material can lay flat

Sewn half way down

4. Lay right side to right side of Stocking top (white minky and plaid stocking)

Right sides together

4-a Roll down stocking to almost the edge

Roll down stocking fabric

4 -B Fold down right side of minky top to create a 'burrito' with two sides of the minky sandwiches top edge of stocking material with the rest of the plaid rolled up inside.

Minky sandwiches top of stocking with the rest of the stocking rolled up to almost the edge inside the burrito

 5 Sew seam and invert so raw edges are inside

After sewing seam invert (perfectionist would probably iron seam)

6. Flatten out seam and smooth fabric even

Note extra long minky fabric (I found it much easier to sew when not too narrow in the seam)

Minky is a slippery, difficult fabric to work with - hence the extra fabric. Tuck in ends till almost even with stocking

TAKE NOTE LA - THIS IS THE TRICK TO NICE EDGES WHEN DONE

7 Fold raw edges inside to sew up just the minky top of stocking (4 layers of minky in one seam)

Right side out

7 A Only sew minky fabric together (Use pins!)

Sew through all four layers of Minky

8. Hand sew top of stocking at the bottom of the minky seam, inverting plaid seam as the machine cannot sew close to bulk of minky top.

Sew a little way down by hand as machine will leave a gap due to bulk of fabric

9. Invert again to sew up the stocking - use straight seam and re-enforce with zigzag unless you are lucky enough to have a serger. This needs to hold all kinds of goodies!

Invert and sew up the rest of the stocking

10 Invert again to finished stocking - pull out all the edges of the stocking

Invert to right side

11 Fold down minky stocking top with clean seam on the side

Fold down stocking top

Enjoy filling the Stockings!!!

Have fun making stocking for all the grandchildren and others you want to surprise!