DIY Drop Cloth Christmas Stocking

This beautiful Christmas stocking was an experiment from the beginning. After seeing a neutral stocking in a holiday magazine I thought I'd try to make one for myself! 

The Sherpa Christmas trees were another recent DIY project that were easy to make and used recycled Sherpa.

To begin this project I grabbed some scraps of drop cloth fabric I had laying around. 

I sketched out a long stocking shape onto the drop cloth fabric and cut out 2 stockings. 

I positioned the stocking so that the seam of the drop cloth fabric was the top of my stocking so it had a finished edge. 

I made my vintage stocking nice and long. 

I drew it a little wider than I wanted it so I would have a seam for gluing.

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Yes, I said gluing! 

I am using Surebonder fabric glue to hot glue my stocking pieces together. 

On the toe and heel of the stocking I added a frayed patch to the stocking with the fabric hot glue. 

You can do this with drop cloth fabric or with a contrasting colored fabric. 

Once the glue dried, I turned the stocking inside out and ironed the stockings flat. 

At this point you can either print out a font from the computer and use graphite paper to trace it onto the stocking or draw the word freehand. 

I added a font to the drop cloth in this project using the pencil method. 

I decided to write the word BELIEVE using a permanent oil based sharpie paint pen freehand. 

I made sure the paint was dry and then soaked my stocking in a watered down coffee mixture to stain the fabric.

I dropped the stocking into a large bowl and used a mason jar to hold it down into the coffee for a couple of hours. 

When I removed the stocking from the coffee I used a brown marker to add more brown stain to a few areas. 

I then hung the stocking to let it dry. 

When the stocking dries it lightens up.  

I then ironed the fabric once more. 

I added a loop of drop cloth to the top of the stocking for hanging. 

That's it! 

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I turned my stocking around to show you how it would look if you made one with no writing for a different look...

Either way, the stocking came out adorable! 

Fill it with greens and hang it on the front door with a wreath hanger! 

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