DIY Burlap Christmas Stockings!

It's never too early for Christmas. . . . Right?? At least for me, I can listen to Christmas music YEAR ROUND. . . but I probably won't be doing that I don't think the people around me would appreciate that very much! That doesn't mean that I can't make stuff in preparation for Christmas though! My parents recently moved a house and we've had the same stockings for YEARS now, I mean they're cute but we've all grown up a bit and some of us have moved out and I thought it was time to kind of. . . update the decor a little bit. I had some left over Burlap and thought to myself: Hey, these can be really cute as stockings! So I decided to give it a try! with a little help from my mom, since I'm not the best at sewing and she's a seamstress - she has the "eye" for these things. (I apologize advance for my lack of pictures! I wasn't planning to make a post because I honestly didn't think it would turn out this well!) 

Items needed:
Burlap (I got mine at Hobby Lobby) 
Fur lining (Joann Fabrics) 
Sewing Machine, thread. 
Scissors
Sharpie 
Sponge Brush
Black Acrylic Paint 

First thing I decided to know was use an old stocking I had as the model and literally traced around it onto the burlap. I used a sharpie but you can use what ever works best. 

Now, you're going to need multiple layers of burlap, burlap is see-through because it is threaded (maybe? yeah?) That's also the reason why it unravels very easily. You can either use lining inside your stockings or in my case I just cut extra burlap. I made a total of 5 stockings and I cut out four pieces of burlap for each stocking. You probably don't need that much, but I wanted to be on the safe side and at the same time it'll make your stockings thicker and allow for more items to be put it - which is totally worth it, in my opinion! 

After I cut enough stockings out I decided I wanted to personalize them a bit and I painted each person's initial onto the stocking. You can free hand this but as I am terrible at writing I used a template I bought at hobby lobby. I just used a sponge brush and dabbed the black paint onto the template. And Here's how it turned out! 

After this was dry, it was onto the sewing! 

You will use two layers for the front of the stocking and two layers for the back of the stocking. Make sure that when you are sewing, the painted letter is facing the inside - so it's inside out. You want the sewing to be inside the stocking and after you're done you will make right side out. (Hopefully that makes sense!) 

After sewing the stockings and leaving the very top open, sew on your fur lining or whatever topper you want for your stocking. I also used a bit of that fur and made a little loop to hang the stocking which I sewed inside the stocking on the left top corner. 

Again, I apologize for the lack of pictures! I honestly thought I was going to screw this up. 

Here is the final result! 

The stockings ended up being a little narrow, so If you don't want them to be a bit wider remember to trace wider than your template and give room for sewing. I absolutely loved the way they turned out! And thanks to my mother for helping me with the sewing and tips! 

Hope you guys enjoy and give it a try or gave you some ideas! Hopefully it was understandable, I'm not the best at explaining myself. 

Thanks for reading! Please come back soon!

Until next time . . . . 

Adventure is out there! ;)

-Laura Dang