Colorful Christmas Stockings

These stockings are perfect for containing small gifts or enhancing your seasonal decor.

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Festive foundation-pieced trees adorn a pair of stockings. Make several in seasonal colors to decorate your mantel.

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Don't let the sight of all these small pieces scare you. They're actually cut big enough to handle easily, then trimmed to size after they're sewn in place.

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Hang up a stocking-with or without a mantel-this holiday season by making a fusible, framed treat.

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Add sweet pleats to a Christmas stocking. Floral pinks and red polka-dot prints make for an unexpected seasonal color palette.

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Stockings don't have to be elaborate patchwork. For a simple option that comes together quickly, embellish a basic sock pattern with fusible shapes that use up your scraps.

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Easy-to-make yo-yos add bursts of cheery color to this seasonal stocking.

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Set aside a few hours to adorn the mantel with stockings styled for everyone in the family.

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Tuck tiny treats or a few Christmas greens in the tops of the stockings embellishing these fresh-for-the-season pillows.

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Embellish a handmade stocking ornament with bits of ribbon and beads. The ornament has a small pocket, just the right size for a gift card or money.

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