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Yo-Yo Stocking
Posted by katy on October 21,
YoYo Stocking
MATERIALS
60 3 1/2 inch Circles of Assorted
Christmas Print Fabrics for Yo-Yo's
1/2 YD 44/45 inch-Red and Green
Christmas Print Fabric (for cuff and lining)
1/2 YD 44/45inch-Red Solid Fabric for stocking
1/2 YD Fleece
2 YDS 2-wide Red Satin Ribbon
3 YDS Gold Metallic Piping
60 Assorted novelty buttons or -Miniature ornaments 1/2inch
1/2 Inch Novelty for cuff
3 Jingle bells gold
Threads to match fabric Scissors
Iron
NOTE: Unless otherwise indicated, all seam allowances
are 1/4-inch and all seams are sewn with right sides facing.
Make a pattern that is 11-inches across the longest
part of the foot and 17-inches from the bottom of the toes to the top
of the cuff. Top of the cuff being 7-inches wide. Be sure to add
1/4-inch seam allowance around the outside of these measurements.
Cut tworeverse one from red solid print. the pattern measurements
are taken from counting the 1 square equals 1 inch graph that was given.
1. From red and green print fabric, cut two 5 1/2inch X
16 inch pieces for the cuff and cuff lining and one 2 X 5
1/2-inch strip for hanging loop. Cut one 5 1/2inch X 16inch
cuff piece from fleece.
2. To make fabric circles into yo-yos, stitch around
each circle from wrong side of fabric, turning raw
edge under 1/4-inch toward wrong side of fabric as
you work and leaving thread tails long. Pull thread
tails tight to form yo-yo, know thread ends together,
and clip close to knot.
3. Baste fleece to wrong side of sticking front.
Aligning raw edges, sew piping to side and bottom
edges of stocking. to attach yo-yos to right side of
stocking front, position each yo-yo with gathered side
up and a button centered on top. Sew button in place,
stitching through yo-yo and stocking. Begin at toe
and sew yo-yos close together, overlapping edges, to 4
1/2 inches from stocking top. Sew stocking front and
back together, leaving top edge open. Trim seam, clip
curves, and turn.
4. Baste fleece to wrong side of one cuff piece. Fold
fleece/cuff piece in half; sew short edges together.
Repeat for cuff lining piece. With raw edge of piping
toward outside, sew piping around fleece cuff piece
bottom edge on seam line. Align seams and sew bottom
edges of cuff and lining together. Trim seam, turn,
and press. Baste top edges of cuff together and sew
to top of stocking, aligning top edges and seams.
Fold loop strip in half lengthwise and sew long edges
together. Trim seam and turn. Sewto back seam of
cuff, with raw edges of loop at cuff top.
5. Sew stocking lining pieces together, leaving top
edge open and an opening in the bottom for turning do
not turn. Clip curves. Place stocking inside lining
with right sides facing and seams aligned. Sew
together along top edges. Pull stocking through
opening in bottom of lining. Slipstitch opening closed
and insert lining in stocking.
6. Make a multi-loop bow with red ribbon and sew to
center front of cuff. Sew jingle bells and novelty to
cuff below bow center.