Lace Trimmed Stocking (In-the-Hoop)

Combine your favorite machine embroidery techniques to create this charming stocking! Stitch the freestanding lace trim separately, then incorporate it into an adorable in-the-hoop stocking. Perfect for presenting tiny gifts, or decorating the tree!

Supplies

To craft your stocking, you will need:

Lace Trimmed Stocking (In-the-Hoop) embroidery design
Fabric for the stocking (such as linen, cotton, or twill)
Heavy duty water-soluble stabilizer, such as Vilene or Sulky Ultra Solvy
Tear-away stabilizer
40 wt. rayon thread or metallic thread for your embroidery
30 wt. cotton thread for your embroidery
Printed templates of the dieline files, which come with the design and have DL in the filename (here's how to print dieline templates, or stitch if you don't have embroidery software)
Ribbon
Scissors
Masking tape
Temporary spray adhesive
Fabric glue

Products Used

Lace Trimmed Stocking (In-the-Hoop) (Sku: EMP17340-1)

Steps To Complete

Begin by stitching the freestanding lace trim onto heavy duty water-soluble stabilizer using 30 wt. cotton thread. Once you're done stitching, rinse and dry the lace completely. (Here's more on stitching freestanding lace.)

Now that the lace is ready, take the two printed dielines, and cut around the shape. Lightly spray the back of each paper dieline with temporary spray adhesive and smooth it on the right side the chosen fabric.

Then, locate the top corners on both the front piece and the back piece. The corners are cut at an angle to help hide the edges when they are folded over. Find the two lower points of the cut corners on either side of the stocking. Fold the top edge over at these points, making sure to fold the fabric so the wrong sides of the fabric touch. The top edge should be folded over 1/4" on the smaller stocking and 3/8" on the larger size. Use a little bit of fabric glue underneath the fold to hold it down.

Hoop a piece of tearaway stabilizer, and load the stocking file into the machine. The first thing to embroider is the a dieline which shows where to place the fabric piece. Spray the backside of the front fabric piece with temporary adhesive, and carefully place it within the shape. Then continue to embroider the inner details onto the stocking.