Beaded Stocking 2
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This holiday stocking, made in traditional Christmas red and green, gets its whimsical look courtesy of a pointed toe. The stocking
cuff is richly finished with velvet ribbon edged with rows of bugle beads. Beaded fringe hangs from the lower edge of the cuff and a beaded
drop dangles from the tip of the toe.
Materials
) ¾ yard of 45"-wide red silk dupioni
) ¼ yard of 45"-wide green silk dupioni
) ⅝ yard of red velvet ribbon, 15 mm (Mokuba)
) ¾ yard of lining fabric
) ⅝ yard of 20"-wide fusible knit interfacing
) ⅝ yard of 45"-wide flannel
) Thread to match fabrics
) ½"-wide fusible tape (Steam-A-Seam 2)
) Masking tape
) 1 hank of green bugle beads, 2 mm x 4.5 mm
) 1 hank of red silver-lined seed beads, size 11
) 90 green diamond-shaped beads, size
5 mm x 7 mm
) 1 ruby pressed-glass bead, size 10
) 1 jewelry head pin from 20-gauge wire
) Beading needle and thread
) Pliers: round-nose and chain-nose
Instructions
1 Cut two stocking pieces each from red
silk dupioni, interfacing, and flannel
(pattern is on page 7). Cut two stocking lining
pieces, trimming the toe as indicated on the
pattern. For the cuff, cut two 7" x 17½" rectangles
each from green silk and interfacing.
2 Fuse the interfacing pieces to the wrong
sides of the red stocking pieces and
green cuff pieces, following the manufacturer's
directions. Pin the flannel stocking pieces to the
wrong sides of the red stocking pieces and baste
⅜" from all edges.
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3 Pin the stocking pieces right sides
together. Stitch ½" from the curved
edges. Trim seam allowances to a scant ¼";
notch convex curves and clip concave curves.
Pin the lining pieces right sides together. Stitch
the curved edge, increasing the seam allowance
to ¾" around the foot and leaving a 4" opening
in the back seam. Trim the seam allowances to
¼". Press the front and back seams open on
both the stocking and lining.
4 Pin the cuff pieces right sides together
on one long edge. Stitch ½" from the
long edge. Trim the seam and press open.
5 Cut a 17½" length each of velvet ribbon
and fusible tape. Position the adhesive
side of the tape on the wrong side of the ribbon.
Remove backing paper from the tape and position
the ribbon on the stocking cuff, 1⅛" above the
seam line. Press in place with an iron.
6 Thread a beading needle with a 20"
length of beading thread. Stitch bugle beads
along the edge of the ribbon. Position the first row
on the edge of the ribbon, starting 1" from one short
end of the cuff. Bring the needle up at 1, go through
one bead, insert the needle down at 2, and then come
back up at 1. Insert the needle through the same bead
again and then through a second bead and down into
the fabric at 3. Bring the needle back up at 2 and
through the last bead. Continue in the same manner
across the cuff until you reach 1" from the opposite
end (knotting thread on the back side after every 1"
of beading). Stitch a total of two rows of bugle beads
on each side of the ribbon.
Designer's Tip
Bugle beads vary slightly in length. When
stitching the second row of beads on each side
of the ribbon, take care with each stitch to select
a bead that matches the length of the bead used
in the previous row. This keeps the ends of the
beads in both rows aligned for a neat finish.
7 Cut a piece of masking tape the length
of the cuff and make marks on one edge,
⅜" apart. Place tape on the cuff with the marked
edge of the tape along the seam line.
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8 Thread the beading needle with a 24"
length of beading thread. Insert the
needle along the cuff seam line, to one side of
seam allowances from the back side, about 1"
from one short end of the cuff. Thread as follows:
seed bead, bugle bead, seed bead, bugle bead,
seed bead, bugle bead, seed bead, diamond bead,
and a final seed bead onto the needle and slide up
to cuff seam line. Thread the needle back through
all beads except the final seed bead added and
insert the needle into the back side of the cuff to
make a short length of fringe. Take a stitch ⅜"
from the first length of fringe using markings on
the tape as a guide. Thread as follows: seed bead,
bugle bead, seed bead, bugle bead, seed bead,
diamond bead, seed bead, bugle bead, seed bead,
diamond bead, and a final seed bead onto the
beading needle and slide up to the cuff seam line.
Thread the needle through all but the final seed
bead to make a long length of fringe. Insert the
needle into the back side of the cuff at the seam
line and take a stitch ⅜" away. Continue stitching
the fringe along the remainder of the cuff seam
line, alternating between short and long lengths.
Stop about 1" from the opposite end of the cuff.
9 Pin the short edges of the cuff right sides
together and stitch ½" from the edges.
Trim the seam allowance to ¼" and press the seam
open. Turn the cuff right side out, fold it along the
seam line, and baste the raw edges together. Finish
filling in beaded edging on the sides of the ribbon
and beaded fringe along the lower edges of the
cuff at the back seam.
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10 Pin the cuff to the upper edge of the
stocking, matching the back seams.
Fold a 7" length of ribbon in half crosswise and pin
its ends, raw edges matching, over the cuff seam.
Baste ⅜" from the raw edges all around. Slip
the stocking inside the lining, right sides together,
and pin the top edges together. Machine stitch
½" from the raw edges, trapping the cuff and
ribbon hanger in the seam. Pull the stocking
through the opening in the lining and turn the
lining right side out.
11 Slip-stitch the lining opening closed
and push the lining down inside the
stocking. Roll the cuff ⅜" to the inside and lightly
press the upper edge.
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12 Thread the ruby bead onto a head pin.
Trim the head pin to a scant ⅜"
above the bead. Grasp the end of the wire in the
jaws of the round-nose pliers, near the tip, and
roll forward to make a loop. Remove the round-
nose pliers and, with the chain-nose pliers, grab
the base of the loop along the longest length of
wire. Rotate your hand back, bending the loop at
a sharp angle. Remove the chain-nose pliers and
reinsert the round-nose pliers into the loop as far
as they will go. Rotate forward to make a complete
circle, with a stem that is centered exactly under
the circle.
13 Stitch the loop at the end of the bead
to the toe of the stocking.
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