No-Sew Stocking (Tutorial)

     Hey there! I hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving! I know we did. But man, there were a LOT of people in a not so large house! But now that Thanksgiving has passed, it's Christmas time... and you can't have Christmas without stockings!

     I decided to make our own stockings this year. So many people use old onesies and outfits to make a quilt, but my kids have so many quilts already, why add on? So, I made old-clothes-stockings!

Eden's

Jax's

I'm not a huge fan of Jax's, but it'll do for now. And I put their hospital blankets as the back. I thought it was a cute idea. 

Then I decided to make mine:

I'm very happy with it. So then I made Brice's:

He's a huge Boston fan. If you can't tell.

So how did I make these suckers? Well first, pick your fabric or your favorite clothes of your little ones' and get to piecing. I used an old stocking as a template so I knew how many pieces of clothing to put on the kids'. If you choose fabric, trace a stocking or make the shape of a stocking on the fabric. Make sure you make one for the front, and one for the back.

**Helful Tip: make sure you give yourself some room on all sides of the fabric, as you'll be folding the fabric in so nothing frays.**

Once you have everything laid out how you want it, start folding the pieces under to make your "seam".

Do this allllllll the way around on ONE stocking cut out. Then, place the other stocking cut out under the cut out that you have "hemmed" and fold the extra fabric to the inside of the stocking and glue. (Check out my "No-Sew Pillow" Turorial if you are having a hard time understanding what I mean). I chose not to fold both sides and then glue together because the chances of them being an exact match was pretty slim.

Once you've done your "hem" all the way around except the top, now it's time for the hanger.

Get a piece of left over fabric (or any fabric) and cut it straight. I did mine about 6-8 inches long. Fold it in half.

After you have folded in half, glue the tips together:

**Helpful Tip: use a pretty good amount of fabric/hot glue- whatever you're using. I used about the size of a dime.

Then, glue one side of the hanger piece to the inside of the stocking OPPOSITE of the toe. Make sure you let enough pole out. Once you've glued one side, glue the other:

TADA! You've made your stocking!!! Congrats!!! Now you can decorate (if you want to) and get this Christmas rollin'!!! Merry Christmas, y'all!!!