I love handmade personalized Christmas stockings! I grew up with Santa stuffing my stocking that was made by my grandma. It was super cute, very girly, with my name sewn on in felt lettering. So, I want my kids to grow up with some handmade stockings too. I came across these super cute pompom stockings on Anthropology a couple of years ago (they no longer sell them, sad I know), so I thought I’d use them as inspiration to create some personalized Christmas stockings for my own family.
When Corbin was born I made 3 of these matching pompom stockings, and when Ivy was born, I made one more! The Christmas stockings didn’t have names on them however, so, recently I used my childhood stockings as inspiration and added felt lettered names on the cuff! Check them out!! I Love how they turned out!!
DIY PERSONALIZED CHRISTMAS STOCKING TUTORIAL
MATERIALS NEEDED:
To Make the Lettering:
- Stockings (you can use any stocking that doesn’t have a name already on it!)
- Felt in different colours
- Sequin string (I used flat 4 mm sliver sequin string, I bought it at fabric land for 40 something cents a meter)
- Liquid thread in a bottle (fabric glue)
- Scissors
To Make the Pompoms:
- Pompom maker
- Yarn in lots of different colours
METHOD TO MAKE PERSONALIZED CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS
Step 1: Write the person’s name in fabric glue on your coloured felt. I decided to do script writing because I wanted the sequin string to be continuous. You can do each letter separate if you choose!
Step 2: Lay your sequin string on top of the fabric glue. Like this…
Step 3: Repeat for every stocking and let dry for a few hours. The bottle of “thread in a bottle” says that it takes a full 48 hours to set, but after just a couple of hours, it adheres enough to move onto the next step.
Step 4: Cut felt around the name, and fabric glue the felt right to the cuff of your stocking. Like this…
Step 5: Add a loop at the back top of the cuff, to hang your stocking up with. This loop also provides a place to tie on the pompoms that you can make in the next step.
To make these loops I just…
- took a 1 1/2 inch by 5 inch piece of fabric,
- sewed the long sides together face side to face side,
- turned it right way out,
- tucked the ends in,
- hand sewed it (with a needle and thread) to the top back side of the cuff.
Step 6: Make some super fun pompoms!! I have 4 different sized pompom makers, but I just used the smallest 3 to make the pompoms for these personalized Christmas stockings.
I don’t currently have a tutorial for making pompoms at the moment, but they are super fun and easy to make, and the instructions come on the package when you buy a pompom maker.
Step 7: Attach pompoms to personalized Christmas stockings! To attach mine I just left one sting extra, extra long, and made a grouping of 4 pompoms for each stocking. Then I just tied the long strings around the stocking loop that you just made in step 5.
And…. That’s it!! DONE!! Time to enjoy your stockings!!
I hope this tutorial inspires you to create your own super cute personalized Christmas stockings for our own family. If I get around to it I’ll make a tutorial on how to make the actual stocking it self. But that might have to wait till I have another baby… which isn’t anytime soon. One day!!!!
Until then, here is a super helpful tutorial on how to make stockings so that you can get started! It’s called the “Easy Stocking Tutorial” by Amy Smart, found on her blog called “Diary of a Quilter”. It’s a great tutorial to help you to create a beautiful cuffed Christmas stocking!
Until next time, enjoy creating you own personalized Christmas stockings, and creating beautiful things!
XO JCL
P.S. Here is a link to some more of my DIY tutorials!
P.P.S. Here are some links to items like the ones used in this tutorial…
These are fantastic stockings. I tried making pompoms as a child and failed miserably. #bloggerpinparty
Thanks Helena. I used a pompom maker. So fast and convenient. Lol. I did look into making my own pompom maker as there are lots of tutorials to make them, but then the cost of a real one wasn’t that much so I splerged and just bought one. Happy creating!!
I love this project! It reminds me of a modern day version of my childhood stocking. You know those furry red ones with the glitter script names glued toto white fuzzy top, that we all had. Such a fun nod to the past but a much more modern take by adding the pom poms!!!
Thanks so much Jen! Yes that’s where I got the inspiration for the lettering was the felt names on my childhood stockings that my own grandmother made for my family! Merry Christmas!
This is such a great idea and the stockings look simple but so cute!
Thanks so much Sarah! X
Those are absolutely adorable! I’m pinning this for later and adding them on my to-do list. Have a Merry Christmas!
Thanks so much Heather! Merry Christmas to you and your family too!
Oh love what you have done with the lettering! It really stands out and gives a little extra to the stockings. You’re very creative!
Thanks so much Yustine! It was so easy! Marry Christmas!
This is SUCH a cute idea!!!! I love anything with pom poms but would have never thought of this. Thank you for sharing!
xo,
Joi
https://joi-knows-how.com
Thanks D’Ana! I know… I have a little pompom obsession right now too! Love them! Happy Holidays!
This is fantastic!!! You are so talented. These look so fun and vibrant I actually want to make one lol!
Thanks so much Angela! You so should! I would love to see your creations! Happy Holidays!
This is a great DIY Christmas activity to do with the family! Plus all the items used are easily accessible to purchase.
Thank you Maria! Yes so easy! Id love to see what you and the family create! Have fun being creative!
Those are the most beautiful stockings I’ve ever seen! Plus it looks simple enough to try!
Thank you so much Susannah! Pompoms are so easy to create! You can do it! Id love to see what you come up with! Happy Holidays!
These are gorgeous. Thanks for joining #bloggerpinparty
Thank you, and thank you so much for having me! X
What a fun idea and a great Christmas activity for the family.
Yes the kiddos love them! Merry Christmas!
These are lovely! i really love the lettering- it looks very professional. Thanks for sharing. #bloggerpinparty
Thanks so much! I had fun creating them! thanks for commenting! Happy Holidays!
They came out soo cute! I love this DIY
Thank you so much Kristin! Merry Christmas!