Cute Christmas stockings

Festive cheer for children big and small

It won’t only be children’s eyes that light up when they discover these beautiful Christmas decorations. These Christmas stockings can be hung up and filled with delicious treats or little gifts for the festive period. And the great thing is, you can make these fabric stockings yourself with total ease – even if you don’t have a sewing machine to hand. That’s because they can be created without the need for any sewing at all. The two halves of the stocking are glued together and can then be decorated using textile markers in whichever way takes your fancy. Textile markers are ideal for drawing and writing on light-coloured cotton fabrics. There are 20 different shades and two stroke widths to choose from. For the round motif bearing the word “Joy”, we’ve provided you with a template.

Copyright images: MMOS

Category: Christmas
Products: Textile markers and pens
Materials: Textile
Difficulty: A bit more challenging
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

To ensure the ink of the textile pens is absorbed well by the fabric, we recommend that you first wash, dry and iron the material. In this Idea, we’re using edding 4600 textile pens and edding 4500 textile markers in red, green and black.

Step 2

Download the template and transfer the stocking to the material. For each stocking, you’ll need two pieces of material. If you want to use a contrasting colour for the toe and the rim of the stocking, cut out corresponding sections from the red material. Cut the edges with the pinking shears to prevent fraying.

Step 3

Stick the red pieces of fabric in the appropriate place using fabric glue. Next, decorate the stockings to your heart’s content using the textile pens in red, green and black. We’ve got a template available for the round motif. You can neatly place this under the material before tracing with a pencil and colouring in using the textile pens and textile markers.

Step 4

To fix the colours for future washes up to 60°C, you’ll need to iron the material once more (don’t use steam). Next, glue the stocking parts together: To do this, apply fabric glue on one side all the way round (but not at the opening at the top) at a distance of approx. 0.5cm from the edge. On the back of the rim, insert a piece of string on which the stocking will be suspended. Apply a little bit more glue for a firmer hold.