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Burlap Christmas Stocking Sewing Pattern

December 18, 2013 by Craft Passion 23 Comments

Sewing, Christmas, Crafts, Home Decor, Novice

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burlap Christmas stocking

It is only a week to Christmas eve, just in time to hang my newly sewn Burlap Christmas Stocking at my fireplace and praying hard to have a surprise on the morning of Christmas day. Ho ho ho!!!! My kids are excited to see me sewing a new pair of stockings since the pair I have sewn 4 years ago. Oops, it is so embarrassing to tell you that I have been using the same old pair of Christmas stockings for 4 years 😋

Perhaps you may think that there is nothing special about sewing this pair of burlap stockings as there are plenty of similar tutorials on how to make Christmas stockings, including the one I did 4 years ago. Scroll down to read through my instructions and you will find that I am sewing it differently. You will be surprised by how easy it is to hide the raw edges into the layers.

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Burlap Christmas Stocking

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I learned a method from bag making, where the lining is totally attached to the external fabric, and the seam allowance is hidden away between the layers. This method is perfect for sewing burlap, which has loosely woven fibers. With a muslin lining, it secures the stitches on the loosely woven burlap without having to afraid of seam lines rupture. And if you get tired of burlap, just turn the lining side out, and you have new Christmas stockings to display. Actual size printable pattern template included for immediate download too.

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Even though I named this sewing pattern & tutorial Burlap Christmas Stocking, you may substitute the fabric with your favorite cotton. You can either add medium interfacing to make the fabric stiffer or add batting to make the stocking looks fuller or just add nothing at all. If you are using cotton, just treat the combination of both cotton and interfacing or batting as a piece of burlap.

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Be it a plain Burlap Stocking or you can decorate it with some embellishment to spice it up. Buy Christmas embellishments from Amazon (affiliate link).

Happy Sewing and Merry Christmas!

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Burlap Christmas Stocking Sewing Pattern

Yield: 10″ x 14 1/2″ Christmas Stocking
Active Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Avid Beginner/Intermediate
Estimated Cost: $2 - $6

Sew a lined Burlap Christmas Stocking with this quick & easy sewing pattern tutorial.

Even though I named this pattern & tutorial Burlap Christmas Stocking, you may substitute the fabric with your favorite cotton. You can either add medium interfacing to make the fabric stiffer or add batting to make the stocking looks fuller or just add nothing at all. If you are using cotton, just treat the combination of both cotton and interfacing or batting as a piece of burlap.

Be it a plain Burlap Stocking or you can decorate it with some embellishment to spice it up.

Enjoy sewing them!

Download and print separately SEWING PATTERN for tracing on the burlap.

Materials

  • Burlap, 2 pcs. of 11″ x 15 1/2″
  • Muslin or cotton, 2 pcs. of 11″ x 15 1/2″
  • Linen or cotton (red/cream strips), 2 pcs. of 9 1/2″ (W) x 7 1/2″ (H)
  • Jute twine, 8″
  • Embellishment (optional)

Tools

  • Sewing machine (prefer to have walking foot presser)
  • Pencil or seamstress chalk
  • Seamstress tracing wheel and paper
  • Scissors
  • Pins, needle and matching threads
  • Quick-dry glue, eg. UHU or Tacky, or Hot Glue (optional, for embellishment)
  • Printer and papers

Instructions

    Remark: Add 3/8″ seam allowance to the pattern template.

MORE DETAILS ON HOW TO SEW
BURLAP CHRISTMAS STOCKING

  1. Gathered all materials and tools as listed above.
    Download the pattern template, open it in Acrobat Reader and print them out without scaling (unless you want a different size). Don’t print from the browser, the scale won’t be correct.
    Cut paper templates and glue to join the stocking template.sew burlap stocking materials
  2. Stack fabrics with 2 pcs. of burlap at the bottom followed by 2 pcs of muslin fabrics on top. If the fabrics have distinguishable right-side and wrong-side, place them with the right side facing each other. Pin.
    Place the red/cream stripes fabrics for the cuff with the right side facing each other. Pin.
  3. Place the stocking paper template on the wrong side of the muslin, ie. on top of the 4-piece stacking, pin, trace the outline with pencil or seamstress chalk. Trace the cuff line of the stocking on the wrong side of the second layer of muslin with tracing paper and a tracing wheel. Cut fabrics with 3/8″ seam allowance.
    Place cuff paper template on the wrong side of the red/cream stripe fabrics, pin, trace the outline with pencil or seamstress chalk. Trace the top and bottom lines on the wrong side of the 2nd layer of fabric.
    Important: Make a marking on the rear side of the cuff (the black dot on the pattern template). Cut fabrics with 3/8″ seam allowance.christmas stocking pattern
  4. Sew sides of the cuff piece.
  5. Sew around the stocking except for the top cuff line.
  6. Clip the seam allowance on the valleys and notch on the mountains.
  7. Turn the stocking muslin side out from the layers between the muslin.
    All the seam allowances will be kept in between the layers and won’t expose in the stocking lining.
  8. Turn the cuff right side out and sew the twine loop on the seam allowance of the rear side.
    Turn the cuff right side in again.
  9. With the twine loop on top, insert the stocking into the cuff, align and match seam lines, pin, and sew around.
  10. Turn the stocking right side out.
    Fold the cuff down, align and match the top seam line to the bottom (the one sewn to the stocking). Tuck in the seam allowance.
  11. Slip stitch along the seam lines.
    Fold the cuff down.
  12. This completes the basic and plain Burlap Christmas Stocking.plain burlap stocking

You may choose to leave it plain or spice it up further with embellishment.
For a fast embellishment, you may glue the accessories to the stocking since it is not going to be washed. Of course, you may sew them on too.decorate burlap stocking

I used pom-pom trim, mini ricrac, and a crochet snowflake (the same pattern I crochet as the Christmas Coasters) for the embellishment.
I hang a spiral paper star on the plain burlap stocking.
You may add store-bought Christmas tree ornaments or any of your DIY ornaments too.embellished burlap christmas stocking

Here they are, hanging at my cozy fireplace. IF you are interested to make the silver star that I attached to the second burlap Christmas Stocking, here is the How-To.

Notes

You may substitute the burlap with your favorite cotton. You can either add medium interfacing to make the fabric stiffer or add batting to make the stocking looks fuller, or just add nothing at all. If you are using cotton, just treat the combination of both cotton and interfacing or batting as a piece burlap.

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Comments

  1. Angela Maus -

    December 1, 2019 at 10:45 pm

    I’m getting ready to make these (8 of them to be precise). I want to add batting but not sure how to stack it as I’m still pretty new to sewing. Help! Lol

    Reply
    • Craft Passion -

      December 15, 2019 at 11:15 pm

      Sorry for the late reply, I hope it is still in time to answer you. Just sandwich the muslin between your batting fabrics (from top you should see batting, 2 layers of muslin, batting, followed by 2 layers of burlap) and sew.

      Reply
  2. Alison -

    November 16, 2019 at 4:09 am

    If I wanted to have a name embroidered on the cuff before I attach the cuff to the stocking, where would I position the name? The best I can tell, it would go approximately where “Cuff” is written on the pattern piece.

    This will be the second time I’ve used this pattern. I made 8 the first round out of burlap. This round will be 3 out of cotton. Thank you for such a wonderful pattern!

    Reply
  3. Pella -

    October 29, 2018 at 1:16 pm

    I used your pattern to make 2 burlap stockings and 2 cotton ones. All turned out beautiful. Thanks so much.

    Reply
    • Craft Passion -

      October 31, 2018 at 12:52 am

      Enjoy sewing more for your Christmas preps 🙂

      Reply
  4. Judy -

    December 23, 2017 at 9:44 am

    What is the reason for the black dot ont the cuff?

    Reply
    • Craft Passion -

      December 23, 2017 at 6:50 pm

      The black dots are the marking for you to match the cuff to the stocking.

      Reply
  5. Thomas -

    August 24, 2017 at 2:38 am

    Great post! Have nice day ! 🙂 garig

    Reply
  6. Brittany -

    October 21, 2016 at 4:19 am

    I’m confused about sewing the four pieces of fabric with two muslin on top and two burlap on the bottom. I just want to make sure I understand that right. Somehow the muslin will turn right side out in the middle of the burlap?

    Reply
    • Craft Passion -

      October 23, 2016 at 11:56 pm

      Yes, you will get the right side out muslin in the stocking if you follow through the steps.

      Reply
  7. Mary Graybill -

    September 16, 2016 at 7:49 pm

    Thanks, I am doing burlap stockings for a craft show and this looks like the best instructions I’ve seen. I was wondering if its better to put batting on it or just use burlap and muslin. Which would sell better

    Reply
    • Craft Passion -

      September 16, 2016 at 9:38 pm

      If your burlap texture is not as sturdy as mine, then adding batting could be a good idea as it will give a thicker and warmer feel to the stocking. Otherwise, burlap with muslin will be good enough. Hope my answer does make sense to you.

      Reply
  8. kathy Holman -

    May 13, 2016 at 12:03 am

    Looking for a pattern for Bell pulls using Burlap strips

    Reply
  9. kathy -

    May 13, 2016 at 12:02 am

    Looking for patterns for Bell Pulls with Burlap strips

    Reply
  10. Olivia Morgan -

    November 13, 2015 at 3:17 am

    About how many yards of each fabric do I need?

    Reply
    • Craft Passion -

      November 13, 2015 at 9:28 pm

      Hi Olivia,
      You will need
      1. Burlap, 2 pcs. of 11″ x 15 1/2″
      2. Muslin or cotton, 2 pcs. of 11″ x 15 1/2″
      3. Linen or cotton (red/cream strips), 2 pcs. of 9 1/2″ (W) x 7 1/2″ (H)
      as stated in the list of the materials.

      Reply
  11. Gisaco -

    October 2, 2015 at 12:58 am

    Thank you! I made 2 stockings with your pattern & instructions. I really like the technique you used to enclose the seams.

    Reply
    • Craft Passion -

      October 2, 2015 at 8:11 pm

      I am so happy to know this. Thank you for commenting here 🙂

      Reply
  12. JoDee -

    September 24, 2014 at 12:09 am

    I have what may be a stupid question. I’m a beginner at sewing, so while this project seems very simple, the slip stitch looks a bit daunting. In the photo, it looks as if you’re stitching the red & white fabric to the burlap, but further down on the finished product, it looks as though the red & white fabric is not attached all the way and is wider than the burlap. Do I sew the contrasting fabric TO the burlap? Or just to itself to hide the cut edge?

    Reply
    • Craft Passion -

      September 25, 2014 at 2:15 pm

      Hi JoDee, the red and white cuff is sewn to the burlap and it is FOLDED down, that’s means with seam is actually at the top of the stocking and hiding inside the fold. Hope this helps in explaining.

      Reply
  13. Jennifer -

    September 5, 2014 at 5:29 am

    Thank you so much for this post! After finding & trying other tutorials (with fails), I finally found yours & it is exactly what I needed! Now, my stockings look how they should! Thanks again!!!

    Reply
    • Craft Passion -

      September 6, 2014 at 12:00 am

      Hurray Jennifer!!!!

      Reply
  14. Sabrina Brooks -

    January 9, 2014 at 10:29 am

    I’ve been looking for a easier burlap stocking pattern. Thanks

    Reply

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