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How to Sew Perfect Quilted Christmas Stockings

22/11/2021

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Do you ever wonder where certain Christmas traditions come from?
Well if you do and want to know more about Christmas stockings here is the story:
The Christmas stocking tradition started in Europe, I have to add, a lot of Christmas traditions have, not sure why though, I have to get into that some other time.
Christmas stockings traditionally have the owners name written on them, makes sense, otherwise Santa wouldn't know where to put the presents, right?

                                 " The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
                                    in hopes that St.Nicholas soon would be there."
                                                       - a visit from St. Nicolas
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Quilted Christmas stockings

Why People Hang Stockings

The Christmas stocking tradition is said to have started with the good deeds of a king noble man named Nicholas, who was born 280 AD, in Patara a city on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. ( If you ever visit Turkey , you have to visit that coast, it's beyond beautiful).
Nicholas became a priest and used all his money to help the poor, the needy, sick or suffering. He was very religious and was made Bishop of Myra at a young age.
He never married or had children. But he loved children and gave gifts often, this is why he also became known as the gift giver of Myra.
He was a rich man and traveled all over the country and gave his gifts generously.
He didn't want his identity to be known, so he gave his presents late at night.
Children were told to sleep early, otherwise Nicholas wouldn't come.
He became known as Saint Nicholas the patron saint of children and sailors.

The most popular legend about why stockings are hung on Christmas is this:
A very poor widowed father of three girls was worried his daughters weren't able to get married because of their impoverished status.
St. Nicholas heard the story of the man and wanted to help, but he knew the father wouldn't accept any charity. So he slid down the chimney of the family's house and filled the girls' recently washed stockings, which were drying by the fire, with gold coins.
When the girls woke up in the morning, overjoyed with the generous gift, they were now eligible to marry and they all were happy ever after...

And there you have it, the Christmas stocking tradition was born.
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How To Make a Christmas Stocking From Hexies

Now lets make some great Christmas stockings ourselves:

Fabrics
needed for a Hexie stocking:

- fabric scraps for about 42 - 1" hexies
- 2 pieces of fusible interfacicing 16"x 9"
- 2 pieces of fabric 16"x 9" for front and back lining
- 1 piece of fabric 16"x 9" for the back
- 1 strip of fabric 2"x 28" for binding
- optional: tassels, fabric hangtag

To make this process easier, you can download our Christmas stocking template.
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Sewing the hexie Christmas stocking:

1. Print the stocking template and glue the two pages together and cut out the template.
Find the PDF to the template here .
2. Baste about 42 - 1" sized hexies and place them on your stocking template. Depending on how you place them, you'll only need half hexies on the sides.
This is a perfect way to use up all your adorable Christmas fabric scaps and do some
fussy cutting.
Christmas stocking
Christmas stocking made with RBD fabric
Christmas stocking
Riley Blake Designs fabric
Christmas stocking
RBD fabric 'quilt fair'
Even if you don't feel like using Christmas fabrics for your Christmas stockings, they look especially cute with all sorts of other fabrics too. I could not resist and had to make some with this uber adorable fabric line from Riley Blake Designs called 'Quilt Fair' by Tasha Noel.
Don't you agree, Christmas stockings in 'non-Christmas-fabrics' are equally cute?
But let's get on with our sewing.
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3. Sew together your hexies.
Add the fusible interfacing to your 'hexie fabric' piece and add the lining as well, wrong sides together  and quilt as desired.
I quilted diamonds.
Repeat the same for the back of the stocking. Add the fusible interfacing to the back fabric, add the lining fabric wrong sides together and quilt as desired.
Quilted hexies
Quilted hexies
4. Now cut your quilted pieces into stocking shapes , use the stocking template.
5. Place front and back of your Christmas stocking right sides together and stitch along the outside edge using a 1/4" seam allowance.
stitch along the outside edge
stitch along the outside edge
6. Turn your stocking inside out.
Attach the binding strip to the top edge of your stocking right sides together and raw edges aligned. Add a little hanging tab to the back of your stocking made out of the same binding strip. Clip or pin in place and stitch along the top edge with a 1/4" seam allowance.
Fold over to the inside and stitch in place by hand.

7. optional:
Add pompoms and/or tassels.
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8. Make a little name tag.
I used white fabric and embroidered the name on it. I added some fusible interfacing, to give it a little volume and topped it off with another piece of white fabric.
I stitched the 'sandwhich' in place with a small piece of fussy cut motif and cut the outer edge of the white fabric with zig zag shears.
Add a metal eyelet, or just use a hole punch and thread a little ribbon.
Attach your name tag to your stocking.

Et Voila .... all done!

Now let your phantasie go wild and create stockings with all sorts of different patchwork techniques and styles. Whether you're using clamshells, triangles, hexies or just simple squares, these Christmas stockings will definitely make a lasting impression.

If you are celebrating Christmas, What's your choice of Christmas stocking?
Are you making one yourself? let me know in the comments.

happy sewing

Ingrid x

c

3 Comments
Ompompali
8/12/2020 01:40:39

Erstaunlich! Die Ähnlichkeit der Geschichten und immer hat es mit Nikolaus und einem Schuh oder Strumpf zu tun. Ob hier bei uns oder in den USA und England und wohl noch in anderen Ländern. Ich wußte nicht, dass es auch Nikolaus war, der den Kamin herunter rutschte, von daher habe ich noch etwas dazu gelernt! Dankeschön und liebe Grüsse Ompompali

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ingrid link
8/12/2020 03:29:09

Liebe Ompompali,

da hast du recht, und ich wusste das mit dem Kamin auch nicht, ich dachte das käme aus irgendeinem Film.
Ich fand es leichter als bei uns früher der Nikolaus am 6.12 und dann das Christkind kam, an Weihnachten.
Jetzt kommt der Nikolaus, das Christkind und der Weihnachtsmann, meine Kids kommen da ziemlich durcheinander und ich merke, das Christkind rutscht immer mehr in den Hintergrund.
Wünsche dir eine schöne Vorweihnachtszeit,
Liebe Grüsse Ingrid

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Jennifer link
8/12/2020 17:02:14

WOW! Your stockings and material are so beautiful! Thanks for the great pattern and directions. This came at just the right time :)

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