I'm really pleased to be sharing this lovely festive "how to", courtesy of my friend Emma, who like me is a little bit homes-craft-mad. I met Emma over a work meeting, but we quickly realised we had far more interesting things to talk about when she showed me her homemade felt iPod case - and since then, we've shared nuggets of craftiness (well, I have to say she has more than me!) finding lovely books and fairs to go to and so on. Emma told me she was making these, and since I have a bit of a thing for anything monogrammed with an initial, I just had to get her to share her "Christmas stocking" how to. Thank you so much, Emma!
1. Take a large piece of felt and fold it double (it doesn't necessarily have to be red - think how cool black felt would look, or deep greens and navies, or grey with a red trim too)
2. Using tailor's chalk, sketch out the outline of a large novelty stocking
3. Pin the two layers of folded felt together and using fabric scissors, cut around the outline
4. Put the back piece of felt to one side
5. Then, find a font you like, type out an initial (to a fairly large size, or a size that's in proportion to your stocking), print out the initial and then cut it out and use it as a template to cut out around the initial on the felt (pin to the initial and use a craft knife to cut around it). Or, freestyle the initial straight onto the stocking with tailor's chalk, and cut it out with the craft knife.
6. Select a different coloured felt to back the front of the stocking where the initial has been cut out (Emma used white).
7. Select some co-ordinated fabric (nice off cuts you might have lying around) and cut out to fit the shape of the heel and toe.
8. Then, using runner stitch, sew the fabric on top of the felt in the heel-toe position
9. After this, you can always add more embellishment on the front, like sequins or buttons
10. Retrieve the back piece of felt, already cut to the stocking shape (from step 1) and pin both pieces of the stocking together again.
11. Using blanket stitch, work your way around the perimeter (except for the mouth of the stocking that is!) and you can always stitch on a loop of ribbon so you can hang your stocking on a doorknob or off a mantlepiece.
12. For a little extra festive fun, you can add little bells (Paperchase sells a box of bells for £3.95) for a few jingles!
And there you have it, a lovely clear guide by Emma Neate on how to make your own Christmas stocking. If you, like Emma, are a crafter by nature then please do sign up to the Craft Council's Make Craft Count campaign, to support UK craft - sign up here.
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Lovely lovely idea! I need to get started on those holiday decors.
for more crafty present ideas too - check this guide in the times - lots of lovely links to rather ambitious sounding presents but who knows, maybe worth a try!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/real_food/article6950135.ece
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