How to make a Christmas stocking

• How to make a Christmas stocking
• Making the stocking
• Decorating the stocking

Embracing the craft trend this Christmas? Learn how to make your own Christmas stocking by following Country Homes & Interiors' easy step-by-step guide.

You will need

* Dressmaker's pattern paper
* Main red fabric (we used Melton Grenadier, ref LW106191, £72 a metre, Lewis & Wood)
* Red gingham fabric (we used Suffolk Check 3, £15 a metre, Ian Mankin)
* Tailor's chalk
* Matching thread
* Bondaweb (44cm wide, £2.70 a metre, Cotton Patch)
* White felt (from 45p, HobbyCraft; or 65p for an A4 piece, Willow Fabrics)
* Contrasting thread for top stitching
* Miniature bells or baubles for trimming (we used Rayher 15mm bells, £2.47 for 10, Creations Art & Craft Materials)

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