Easy Christmas stocking sewing pattern

Sew Christmas stockings for your family and friends with our easy sewing pattern!

Quick and easy to make, the pattern is beginner-friendly and great for batch sewing. And it’s oh so fun to sew!

Plus you’ll be doing good for charity – we are donating 100% of the proceeds to Action for Children’s Secret Santa appeal to help vulnerable children.

So dust off the xmas tunes, crack open the mince pies, and start your festive sewing!

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THE PATTERN DESIGN

The stocking features a simple quilted sock, with lining, fold over cuff and hanging loop. Plus you have the option of adding a cute trim - think pom poms, ricrac, or whatever you fancy!

Finished length: 44cm (17 1/4in) long

Opening: 19cm (7 1/2in) wide

FABRIC + SUPPLIES

We recommend using medium-weight “quilting” cotton for all pieces. For the cuff, you could use teddy fleece or similar.

The pattern is designed to fit on "fat quarters", so you have the option to mix and match cute prints without having to buy different fabrics by the metre or yard.

You will need:

• Outer fabric – 0.5m (5/8yd) long x 75cm (29 1/2in) wide – or 2 “fat quarters”
• Lining fabric – 0.5m (5/8yd) long x 75cm (29 1/2in) wide – or 2 “fat quarters”
• Cuff fabric – 0.4m (1/2yd) long x 50cm (5/8yd) wide – or 1 “fat quarter”
• 5-10mm (1/4-3/8in) thick batting (wadding) – 0.5m (5/8yd) long x 75cm (29 1/2in) wide
• Thread in matching and/or contrast colours to your fabrics
• Optional: 0.5m (1/2yd) pompom trim or embellishment of your choice
• Sewing machine and basic tools, incl removable marking pen

PATTERN FORMAT

The pattern is in PDF format. After checkout, you will get an automated email in an instant with a link to download your pattern. You can print it on 6 sheets of A4 / Letter paper or one sheet of A0.

As well as the pattern, you will get a full colour instruction booklet, featuring photos of each step so you can see what the project is meant to look like as you sew it. Our patterns are known and loved for being extremely beginner-friendly and great for visual learners!

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We’d love to see your stockings! Please share with us @TillyButtons #TATBstocking

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Photos: Jane Looker Photography

How to sew an invisible zip

An invisible zip, sometimes called a concealed zipper, does what it says on the tin! Unlike normal zips, an invisible zip has teeth which are hidden on the underside of the garment, so that it blends seamlessly into your garment, giving a polished and professional-looking finish.

While it might seem intimidating at first, sewing an invisible zip is actually quite simple once you know the steps, and when you've mastered it you'll feel like a pro!

In this tutorial, I'll be demonstrating this fancy fastening on the Tilly and the Buttons Ramona skirt sewing pattern, where the zip is in the left side seam - but you can follow this method for a centred zip too, and apply it to lots of other sewing patterns.

How do you sew an invisible zip?

Watch our step-by-step video tutorial on how to sew an invisible zip or, if you prefer to learn via photos and text, keep on reading.

Remember, we are demonstrating on the Ramona skirt sewing pattern - if you're using a different pattern, your garment might not look exactly like the one in the video and photos, but you'll still be able to use this technique.

Fitting the Ramona skirt

Making the Ramona skirt sewing pattern and looking for some tips on how to get a great fit? Well, you're in exactly the right place. In this blog post, we're going to go through some of the most common fitting adjustments you might need for making a gorgeous, fitted skirt.

Ramona is pretty easy to fit, thanks to its four waist darts, centre back seam, and gently curved waistband - I know, we're spoiling you!

In this post we're going to cover:

• Making a toile and fitting as you sew
• Choosing your size
• Lengthening and shortening
• Combining sizes
• How to do a full bum adjustment on a skirt with darts
• How to do a sway back adjustment on a skirt with darts

How to do a full bum adjustment on a skirt with darts

Do you find that ready-to-wear skirts tend to feel tight around your bum, and that the waistband dips down at the back instead of sitting level all the way around? Or maybe the skirt hem lifts at the back, you have excess fabric pooling at your lower back, and the side seams point diagonally towards the back rather than straight down to the floor? If you're vigorously nodding your head then you might benefit from doing a full bum adjustment on your me-made skirts!

A full bum adjustment adds width and length to the hip area of the back skirt to accommodate a fuller booty. It's a great adjustment to know if you often find you need a little bit more room across your bum, but the skirt fits comfortably on your waist.

I'm demonstrating on the Ramona skirt pattern. You can also use this adjustment on any similar darted skirt pattern.

For this tutorial you’ll need a very quick toile of your skirt, a flexible tape measure, your back skirt pattern piece (trace this off so you're not chopping up your original pattern), a pen or pencil, a ruler, some scissors, some tape or a glue stick, and a bit of paper slightly bigger than your pattern piece. 

So, once you’ve got those handy, let’s get started!