Hey everyone! Today I’m going to show you how to make these felt Christmas stockings with retro stencils, available here: https://www.hammerandaheadband.com/di...

You can sew these stockings or use hot glue for a no-sew option.

Start by tracing out the front and back sides of the stocking on your felt fabric. It helps to use an old stocking as a template.

If your fabric is one-sided like this glitter felt, you’ll want to make sure to flip over your template for the second piece. That way the right side of the fabric will be facing out on both sides of your stocking.

Once you’re done tracing, cut out the two stocking pieces.

Then add ribbon to the front of the stocking. I placed my ribbon three to four inches down from the top.

If you’re going to sew the ribbon, you can pin it in place to sew later. Or hot glue it in place now.

Next, create retro felt Christmas shapes to add to your stockings. You can get these stencils on my website (https://www.hammerandaheadband.com/di..., or trace and cut your own shapes by hand.

I’m using the cat and star stencils to make a mid-century cat stocking.

Trace around the stencils on your felt fabric, and cut out the felt shapes.

Then arrange each shape on the front of your stocking, making sure the glitter side is facing out.

If you’re going to sew, pin the shapes at least half an inch from the edge of the stocking to leave room for the seam. Or hot glue them now.

Next, cut out a strip of felt to use as the hanging loop. This one is six inches long by three-quarters of an inch wide.

Fold it in half and pin or hot glue it inside the top left corner of the back stocking piece.

Now if you’re sewing, start by sewing that hanging loop in place.

Then sew the ribbon and each of the Christmas shapes to the front of the stocking.

Finally, pin and sew your two stocking pieces together, with a quarter-inch seam along the sides and bottom.

Or if you’re hot gluing, you can glue the two stocking pieces together along the sides and bottom now.

You can make a variety of stockings with different shapes for a mid-century Christmas. And add some Christmas cats to complete the look!

Music Credit: Up on the Housetop (Instrumental) by E's Jammy Jams, and Jolly Old St Nicholas (Instrumental) by E's Jammy Jams