Friday, November 29, 2013

How to Make a Drop Cloth Burlap Stocking


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Hey ya’ll!! I have been busy as a bee around here decorating for Christmas!   I wanted to show you the cute little stockings I made for my dining room chairs.  They were SO easy!

First I just hand drew a stocking shape to use as a template and cut it out of some printer paper…

stocking template

I laid it out on some drop cloth I had leftover from making the pillows on my window seat. I just doubled the drop cloth fabric and put the template on top. Notice I used the finished edge of the drop cloth for the top of the stocking…no hemming! (I did iron the drop cloth first…this was just a picture I took to show you how I laid it out) :0)

how to make a christmas stocking

I cut out all of my stockings, I did eight…

dropcloth Christmas stocking

Then, I sewed a straight line all around the stockings..leaving the top open of course.  I used the side of the presser foot as a guide for my seam allowance….

how to sew

Turn your stockings right side out. (see that finished edge I was talking about on top…makes for a nice finished edge)

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I wanted a cuff for the top of my stockings and I started to use lace, but then I found this adorable burlap at Michaels for $6.99, and then used my 40% off coupon! I LOVE coupons!

burlap Christmas stocking

The burlap was a little wider than I wanted the cuff of my stockings to be, so I just turned the edge over about and inch and hot glued it into place.

how to make a burlap Christmas stocking

Then I lined the turned down edge of my burlap, with the finished edge of the stocking and hot glued it all the way around….

how to make a burlap stocking

I finished it off on the back by gluing the edges together…

burlap stocking tutorial

Here’s all eight of my stockings with their pretty burlap cuffs. :0)

Christmas burlap stockings

They were looking a wee bit plain, so I decided to take some extra plain burlap and make some rosettes to adorn the cuffs with….

burlap rose

I basically folded over some burlap and began wrapping and twisting it, tacking as I went with a needle and thread until it looked like a rose. Then I tacked it onto the stocking.   I used some ribbon and sewed it to the inside edge of the stocking so I could hang them on my dining room chairs.

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I just LOVE how they turned out, and they look really cute in my dining room!

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These were so inexpensive to make!  Basically the cost was just the money I spend on the burlap from Michaels, which was less than $10.00 for both kinds!

Hope you like my stockings, and I’d love to know if you make them!

Blessings to all of you!
Missy

7 comments:

Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces said...

Those stockings are so fun...and look beautiful in your dining room, Missy!

Karen H said...

Missy, the stockings are just adorable! Darn, I wish I could sew!!! You always make the cutest things! <3

My Repurposed Life said...

LOVE your stockings Missy, the rosette really adds so much "charm" Pinning!

gail

Deanna Rabe - Creekside Cottage Blog said...

Very cute!

Deanna

Diann said...

I love these Missy! Very sweet.

Unknown said...

Those are ADORABLE! What a great idea! Thank you!

Savannah Attic said...

I Love these akso. You are just so gifted. Talented in all you do. I wanted stockings so bad for Christmas and I have tons of material and trim I could have made them. I love this also. .

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