Christmas Stockings...

I was all intent on being super mummy this year and making Cian a Christmas Stocking (after totally bombing last year, he got a gift bag ) and DH and I have decided that we're just going to play santa for each other instead of spending heaps of money on gifts, so need new stockings for us as well...

just wondering what everyone else uses? did you make your own or is there a cool one somewhere you can buy that isn't too cheesy? and if you make them - what from? DH says just to sew a pillow case into the right shape, but mine as a kid was made from felt...

help? please?

Spotlight has a section of materials for stockings and they have just plain fabrics (felty type stuff) or they have a full patterned ones that you just have to sew together

My Mum makes really neat stockings, they are really big but we loved them as kids. I'm 26 and still have mine.

She uses .7m of christmas material, the cotton quilting stuff from fabric/quilt shops, folds it in half and cuts out the stocking shape. She then lines it with that iron on lining stuff (or she may do that before cutting I can't remember. She sews it together with bias binding. Then adds a fluffy white fur top. If you use less material you can make cute little ones.

To carry on a bit of a family tradition, I have made my two their santa sacks - they are pillowcases that I have embroidered with their names, and each year they get to choose a picture that I will add. I had one when I was a kid and I treasure it now.

This is a picture of DS's (DD's is still a work in progress at the moment)



There is a Trademe seller who does personalised ones too
Link

wow that's beautiful potato! do you hand embroider (sp?) them or use the sewing machine?

there are so many tutorials out there for making xmas stockings. I have only just started sewing, but have been able to pick up some things from people's blogs. google "xmas stocking tutorial" and you should be able to find something

potato that is a really nice idea..i think i might have to do that as well.
i think i am gonna have to embroider a stocking for this baby, all the kids in our family get one but my mummy is a bit behind on them at the moment and three babies this year!
i embroidered my own one and have to do one for DH as well now ...i suppose anyway haha.
We had christmas material ones as kids, ie mum got christmas material and sewed into stockings, i am sure you can find a pattern online. i am gonna have to do a makeshift one for bubs coz i aint gonna be able to do one before xmas haha.

Lol she keeps telling me that she's really busy and I should learn how to do them and make Esme's one!
In saying that I could get a good little income happening selling them on trade me. Hmm might have to try that next year

just an update - finally got around to making it... although i went a little crazy at the fabric shop and spent $90!!! that'll make 3 stockings though, so not too bad

check out number 1:



It's got a plain red back so trying to decide whether to put his name on that side, or the patterned side...

Edited by gypsynita

sooo cute!
We had santa sacks as a kid, they were xmas themed pillow cases mum bought, i still have it