Hello friends, this is Jennifer Long from, Bee Sew Inspired, fabric designer with Riley Blake Designs and doll and quilt pattern designer.

It’s that time of the year when we start thinking of all the fun crafts we want to make and how we want to decorate our homes for the Holiday Season.
These cute little stockings can be made with or without the Nutcracker embroidery and applique detail on the front.  This project is even available as an in-the-hoop embroidery project just in case you have a home embroidery machine!  YAY!
Why not make a bunch of mini stockings and string them up as a garland, place gift cards in them for little gifts to a teacher or neighbor, or even use them as a place setting at the table.
Let’s get creative! Just gather the supplies below, then download the pattern/files. Don’t forget to share your project on social media using the hashtag #BSImakerscluband tag @beesewinspired.

What You Need:

Tools
  • Sewing Machine or Embroidery Machine – requiring a 5″ x 7″ hoop or larger.
  • Rotary Cutter
  • Quilting Ruler
  • Self-Healing Mat
  • Iron and Wool Mat
  • Scissors
  • Hand sewing needle
  • Embroidery hoop
Materials

Instructions:

1. Download the Nutcracker Stocking Ornament Pattern designed by Bee Sew Inspired. You can choose either the PDF Pattern to hand cut your shapes or the SVG Cut File and follow the directions to have your Cricut Maker cut the felt shapes. Make sure to use your rotary blade and set the fabric to felt.
 
2. Fuse the Heat n Bond LITE SEWABLE to the wrong side of your decorative fabrics BEFORE cutting the shape. This will help keep the fabric stable while cutting out all those curved edges of the Nutcracker’s main skin tone as well as the heal and toe of the stocking
3. If you are planning on doing embroidery and applique work on the stocking just trace the template onto your main stocking fabric. Using the template, cut out the Nutcracker’s skin tone for his face. Fuse the face to the main stocking fabric. Use your templates to make sure everything lines up correctly. Trace the facial features (eyes, eyebrows, nose, cheeks and teeth) onto the skin tone fabric.
Use scrap pieces of felt for the hair, mustache, beard and hat applique. Keep these pieces in place using a little bit of Fabric Fuse Quick Bond Fabric Adhesive. Hand stitch on machine stitch these elements to the stocking.
4. Using the templates, cut out two stocking shapes (mirror images). Now cut out the heel and toe pieces. Fuse them to the right side of the stocking on the same side as your Nutcracker. Embellish with some hand embroidery or use a triple stitch or blanket stitch if you have those available on your sewing machine. Place the two stocking pieces with the right sides together. Stitch around at a 1/4″ seam allowance leaving the top open. Clip curves to make nice smooth edges when turning your stocking right side out.
5. Press the top edge down 1/4″ in towards the inside of the stocking and stitch them hem. Stitch a small piece of ribbon forming a loop to be able to hang the stocking.
Thank you for joining me today on the Thermoweb Blog.  Christmas is my favorite season and I am so grateful to share this little project with you today!  Merry Christmas!
If you liked this tutorial, please come join our Bee Sew Inspired family at http://www.beesewinspired.com
Hi Friends! I am so happy you are here. My name is Jennifer Long, and I am a Riley Blake Designs Fabric Designer, Quilt & Doll Pattern Writer, Machine Embroidery Digitizer, and online educator. I am also the founder of the Sew A Story Pattern Club and the Modern Rag Doll Membership. I am married and a mom to (4) pre-teens / teens and live on a little hobby farm in rural Prairie Canada. I grew up training to be a professional ballet dancer, and later studied Early Childhood Education. I taught ballet and ran my own dance studio all the while sewing and designing costumes for myself and many of my colleagues and students. I am passionate about all things FABRIC, imagination and design and am so blessed I can share this passion with others. This journey has inspired me to make a positive difference by designing dolls and quilt patterns and fabric for others to be EMPOWERED to sew themselves! I have designed dolls and quilts for individuals, organizations, companies, designers, authors of children’s books, and international companies for mass production. What I LOVE the most about creativity is finding INSPIRATION everywhere and, in turn, INSPIRING others to do the same! Thank you for joining me on this creative journey.
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