DIY Tiny Stocking Bunting — A Free Tutorial

I have a fun little tutori­al to share with you today.    This sweet Tiny Christ­mas Stock­ing Bunt­ing is a  great way to dec­or­ate your fest­ive table or room.   It’s per­fect for Christ­mas in July cel­eb­ra­tions and just as great for any­one want­ing to start their Christ­mas sew­ing early this year!

Here’s what you’ll need to make your own Tiny Stock­ing Bunting:

  • scraps of fab­ric approx­im­ately 8″ square
  • wad­ding
  • stock­ing tem­plate (click here to print yours now along with the step by step tutorial)
  • coordin­at­ing embroid­ery floss to make the stock­ing hangers
  • coordin­at­ing string, ric rac or ribbon
  • a skew­er or small crochet hook
  • gen­er­al sew­ing supplies

Ready to get star­ted?    I’ve been try­ing out a little bit of video edit­ing (be kind to me!) so today’s tutori­al is com­ing right at you in two forms.   The first is this quick video…

And of course, there’s step-by-step pho­tos you can fol­low as well -:).

For each stock­ing you will need one 1 14″ x 8″ strip and one 4 12″ x 8″ strip.   With right sides facing sew the strips togeth­er using a 14″ seam allow­ance.   Press the seams open when your done.

Pop the tem­plate (if you haven’t already you can do so by click­ing here) on to the pieced strip.  Make sure that the top edge of the tem­plate is lined up with the top edge of the pieced strip.   Trace one stock­ing then flip the tem­plate over and trace a second stock­ing in the oppos­ite dir­ec­tion as shown.

Care­fully cut out each shape.

Pop the two stock­ing shapes togeth­er with right sides facing.    That’s always a tricky photo to take so make sure yours are cor­rectly aligned!   Pay par­tic­u­lar atten­tion to make sure the seams on both sides match.   Once you’ve done that pin everything in place to make sure it does­n’t slip while you are sewing.

Reduce the stitch length on your sew­ing machine to make it easi­er to man­age the curved sec­tions of the stock­ing.  Start­ing at the top of the stock­ing shape sew around the stock­ing shape using a 1⁄4″ seam allow­ance leav­ing a gap in the top of the stock­ing so you can turn it out the right way.   Back­stitch at the start and end.

Turn the stock­ing out the right way.  These stock­ing are pretty teeny so it’s help­ful to use a skew­er or small crochet hook to make sure that all of the seams are turned out prop­erly.   When you are happy with the shape give the stock­ing a quick press mak­ing sure you turn the raw edges at the top of the stock­ing inside.

Use a small amount of wad­ding to puff the stock­ing shape out.   Less is def­in­itely more when it comes to the wad­ding, you’re going for slightly puffy not overly stuffed.

Cut a length of coordin­at­ing embroid­ery thread approx­im­ately 4″ long.  Fold it in half and then double it over and tie a knot in it.  The knot will need to be no more than 34″ from the top of the loop and is used to hold the ‘hook’ in place inside the stocking.

Place the knot­ted end of the looped embroid­ery thread inside the stock­ing.   Pin to hold the hook in place and the open­ing closed.

Sew the open­ing at the top of the stock­ing closed using a scant 18″ seam allowance.

Thread lots of tiny stock­ings on to a piece of string approx­im­ately 5″ apart and then hang it everywhere!

The num­ber of tiny stock­ing needed depends entirely on the length of bunt­ing you’re mak­ing.  Make them as long or as short as you like!

If you like the look of the fab­ric I used keep an eye out for Makower Fab­rics Mod­ern Metal­lic range.  I love how it works with the decor in my house.   Christ­mas without being overly Christ­massy and super cute for little pil­lows as well as bunt­ing!    The pil­low here was made using my Christ­mas Tree Mini pat­tern, I left the bor­ders off to give it a clean­er, mod­ern look.   PDF and paper pat­terns are avail­able in my shop which has a new look and easy to nav­ig­ate menu’s!   You can check out the new look by click­ing here.

Have a happy week,

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