~ruffle stocking tutorial~

Hello everyone!!

sheesh ~ we are having major rain and wind

today......lovely little storm to welcome in

the holidays....:}

lucky for me I don't have to go out in it too much...

I mean, certainly wouldn't want to head to the gym

or anything crazy like that......

and even though I have rain gear....I certainly won't be running outside in

this....I mean, if I did that, I might accidentally burn a few calories.....

so I'm excited to show you this tutorial on

making ruffled stockings....seems everyone

was pretty excited to give it a try ~ so

here we go!! 

If you need a stocking pattern you can find one

here

once you have your pattern cut out

you can cut out your stocking pieces

*you'll be cutting:

2 stocking pieces in white linen

2 lining pieces in white muslin

one piece of linen for the ruffle

one piece of linen for the hang tab

~side note: you'll need approx. 1/2 yard of each

fabric~

~*~

first, pin and then sew together

the muslin stocking pieces &

the linen stocking pieces.

but....leave a 3 inch opening in the muslin

piece~ about half way down between the top

of the stocking & the heal of the stocking.

now set those aside & let's work on the ruffle!

 

for this pattern, the stocking opening

is about 17 inches around (8.5 inches wide at the top)

so cut approximately one yard

of linen 3.5 inches wide

(for this ruffle as shown, I used about

2x the fabric for gathering)

first: hem the strip if you want a hem,

(just fold over 1/2 inch, iron & fold over 1/2 again and iron for a nice hem)

or

leave it and pull 4 or 5 "rows" of  threads

if you want the frayed ruffle

second: gather the fabric

here is a good video tutorial on gathering

if you would like to see a neat technique I use!

except I use quilting thread not dental floss :)

third:  fold the ruffle over (right sides together)

to form a loop ~ measure it to make sure you

have the right size to match the opening of

the stocking, for this pattern it will be approx. 8.5 inches across, for a total

of 17 inches around

 and leave yourself a 1/2 inch for

seam allowance.  Now sew the little seam to

form a loop.

next, you're going to pin the ruffle to the linen

stocking piece that has been sewn together and

is now right side out

pin the raw edges together, with the ruffle

also right side out

(I know it seams weird to do it that way, but trust me...hee hee ;} )

now go ahead a sew the ruffle on to the top, using

a 1/2 inch seam allowance, or so......making sure

you line up the seams of the ruffle piece & the stocking piece...

{just looks better that way}

next you need to make your little hanging tab....

just cut a piece of linen approx. 8x2 inches and

fold the edges over 1/2 inch (both long edges)

iron, then fold over again, so there's no raw edges...

then stitch down the side

you'll end up with a nice finished tab like this.....

now pin that piece onto the ruffle (raw edges together)

and make sure it's on the heal side of the stocking!!!

{not that I did that wrong once or twice....argh....Mr. T & T was like well,

it looks fine that way....ahahahahahah....I'm like, no honey, you can't hang

stockings like that....hee hee....what a cutie}

if I were you, I would quickly stitch that little

guy on, cuz that little tab is known to aggravate & terrorize

certain linen shoppe owners by slipping out while

stitching the whole piece together....ahem....

and one more thing.....make sure you line up the tab

with the ruffle seam & stocking seam....

ok next the fun & magical part....:)

tuck the whole linen piece into the muslin piece....

the linen piece will be right side out, tucked into

the muslin piece which is inside out

like sooooo..........

next you're going to pin all the raw edges together

and sew around the whole thing.....

now for the a.m.a.z.i.n.g. part.....

remember the little 3 inch section you remembered

to leave unstitched...

oh you forgot?

yup....so did I....only every single time though....

for you smarties out there who didn't forget,

good job!  for the rest of us....get out your seam ripper

and open up the muslin seam about 3 inches...hahahaha

now reach in there & start pulling the stocking out

through the opening...

keep pulling it through.....see how cool this is?

voila!!!!

a lined ruffle stocking!!

just like magic :)

you did it!!

now after you admire your amazing work ~ you

can pull out the lining and stitch down the little opening...

I just top stitch over it right along the edge....

there ya have it!

any questions??

send 'em over to me & I'll see if I know the answer :)

Remember there's still time to enter

the 2 stocking giveaway!!

click here to enter

the winner will be announced Thanksgiving morning....

Have a wonderful day or 2 of baking, and

enjoying time with family & friends!

xoxoxo,

Shellagh