This tutorial uses the Pear motif from the Partridge block

and is based on a tutorial I published on my blog in 2016

 

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You will need...

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1 3½" x 4½" piece and 1 2½" square of pear fabric

1 1½" x 2½" piece of leaf fabric

½ yd fabric for the outer 

½ yd lining fabric

2 8½" x 18½" pieces of fusible batting

4½" piece of ribbon (for the hanger)

Stocking Foot template, which you can download here

Washable pen/chalk pencil to draw around the template

 

To prepare the template you will need to add the 'leg' of

the stocking to the 'foot'  -  as shown on the template

-  by  cutting a 7" x 11½" rectangle from A4 paper, then

sticky-taping the two pieces together. I folded over the

top of my template by ½" when I cut my outer back piece.

CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE VERSION OF THE TUTORIAL

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Cutting...

 

1.           From the outer fabric cut as shown, below:-

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{The diagram also shows the background pieces for the Pear block are cut from the same piece of fabric}

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2.           From the lining fabric cut as shown, below:-

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Please read through the pattern before you begin. Fabric is always placed rights-sides-together and joined with a ¼” seam allowance unless otherwise noted.

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Piecing the Pear...

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3.          To make the bottom of the pear, mark a diagonal line on the back of 4 1½" outer squares and pin, right sides together, to each corner of the 3½" x 4½" pear piece. Stitch on the line - to snowball the corner - flip the square 'open' and press the seams towards the pear, trimming away the back layers.

 

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4.          Snowball the top left-hand corner of the 2½" pear square with a 1½" outer square. Then join the 1½" x 2 ½" leaf piece to the top, pressing towards the green.

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Next, join a 1½" x 3½" outer piece to each side, pressing towards the outer, before joining the two halves of the pear, pressing the seam open.

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Preparing the front of the stocking...

 

5.           Join a 1¾" x 6½" outer piece to each side of your Christmas Tree block, pressing away from the tree; then join the 3½" x 7" outer piece to the top and the outer 'foot' to the bottom, again, pressing away from the tree.

 

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6.           Trim you fusible batting to size and fuse to the wrong side of the stocking front and quilt as desired. I chose to outline my pear, then add a simple crosshatch design to the background. Quilt the stocking back in the same way.

 

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Assembling the Stocking...

 

7.           Lay the quilted back outer, right sides up, and position the piece of ribbon - folded in half - ½" away from the edge, as shown. Pin or glue baste in place.

 

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8.           Join the lining pieces to the top of the matching outer pieces, pressing towards the lining.

 

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9.           Lay out the front and back pieces, right sides together, and pin together, marking a 6" opening in the lining.

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10.         Sew around the edge, starting and finishing at the opening with a few back-stitches. Clip the corners and make little cuts in to the seam allowance around any curves - taking care not to snip through your stitching - then turn right sides out.

 

11.         Press lightly and slip-stitch or machine-stitch the opening closed and gently push the lining into the outer stocking.

 

12.         Press around the top - your lining should be peeking above the edge - then top-stitch.

 

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13.         Fill with treats - no live birds, please - and gift to your true love...

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With my warmest wishes for a wonderful Christmas,

 

Nicola xx

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