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A-door-able Christmas Stocking

A-door-able Christmas Stocking

This small stocking is just the right size for doorknobs. Fill it with chocolates, peppermints, gift cards, and other small gifts for a sweet holiday treat. It's a terrific size for teachers, coworkers, book clubs, or even as an extra-special surprise for the cookie exchange, too!

Supplies & Materials:

Project Materials or Supplies
- 1/4 yard linen for outer shell
- 1/4 yard linen for inner lining
- Small pieces of gingham for cuff
- Medium-weight (2.5 ounce) cutaway stabilizer
- Temporary spray adhesive (like Gunold KK100)
- Air-erase pen for marking
- 3" length of 1/4" wide ribbon for hanger loop
- 40" length of 1 1/2" wide ribbon for hanger and bow
- Scotch tape

The designs used in this tutorial include:

- E8061. Elf Esther Sitting on Gifts

Choose designs that are 3" x 4" or smaller for this project.


Finished size:
6 3/4" from cuff to heel
6" from heel to toe
4" opening


To get started, print the PDF of the stocking pattern by clicking the link below. There are two pieces of the stocking pattern that print on standard 8 1/2" x 11" pieces of paper.

Download Project Pattern 

Gather Materials:

Cut out each piece and tape them together.

Hand with a silver ring touching a white paper pattern piece on a wooden table. The pattern is labeled "Section 1," "Section 2," and includes attachment instructions.

Lay the pattern piece on the linen fabric for the outer stocking.

Pin in place. Trace the shape using an air-erase pen.

Hand tracing a two-section paper stocking pattern pinned to a red fabric on a wooden table using a purple pencil.

Print the design from embroidery software to make a template.


We also recommend Wilcom's Hatch software which comes in different levels depending on what you'd like to use the software for. Hatch Organizer works well to view your designs, print dielines and templates, change design colors, and create basic design layouts. (This is an affiliate link. We may earn commission on purchases made with this link.)


Place the template in the traced stocking. There should be at least 3/4" between the outer edge of the design and the edge of the stocking shape.

Mark the center point of the design, as well as the vertical and horizontal axis points.

Hand holding blue BIC marker tracing outline of a Christmas stocking shape on red fabric, with a small black and white elf drawing taped inside the stocking shape.

Remove the template and draw lines connecting the axis points. These lines will be used for hooping.

Hand drawing a stocking shape on red fabric with a blue pen using a wooden ruler for measurement on a wooden table surface.

Spray the cutaway stabilizer with temporary adhesive and smooth the linen on top.

Hoop the fabric and stabilizer together, aligning the marks on the hoop with the marks on the fabric.

Attach the hoop to the machine and load the design. Move the hoop so that the needle is directly over the center point on the fabric.

Embroider the design.

Red fabric secured in an embroidery hoop with faint cross lines marked in the center. The background surface is white.

After the design has finished, trim the stabilizer away from the back of the fabric. Leave about 1/2" around the design.

Hand cutting white stabilizer from embroidered Christmas gift boxes on red fabric using orange-handled scissors.

Cut out the stocking shape.

Red fabric shaped like a Christmas stocking with an embroidered elf holding a green and white gift. Orange scissors rest beside it on a wooden surface.

To prepare the fabric for the back of the stocking, flip the pattern piece over to the wrong side and pin it to the right side of the fabric.

Trace and cut out the shape.

White paper stocking pattern pinned to red fabric on wood table, with hand tracing outline using a blue marker or pen.

To assemble the outer shell of the stocking, align the front and back pieces together, right sides facing.

Pin in place and sew a 1/4" seam around the side and bottom edges. Leave the top edge open.

Turn the fabric right side out and press the seams with an iron.

Red fabric cut into two stocking shapes, layered and pinned together with multicolored straight pins on a wood grain surface.

Next, prepare the pattern piece for the inner lining of the stocking.

Measure and mark 2" down from each top corner of the pattern. Draw a line connecting the marks.


Hand holding blue pen tracing the edge of a wooden ruler on a printed paper labeled "Section 1" with folding and alignment marks on a brown wood surface.

Trim the pattern by cutting along the line you just drew.

Paper pieces labeled "Section 1" with instructions to attach to Section 2 are cut on a wood table with orange-handled scissors, along with a small cut scrap.

Using the modified pattern piece, cut two pieces of the inner lining fabric.

Two green fabric pieces cut in the shape of Christmas stockings lie on a wooden surface next to an orange-handled pair of scissors.

To prepare the cuff fabric, cut two pieces of cotton gingham fabric that are 5 1/2" x 3".

Align the cuff fabric pieces with the top edges of the inner lining fabric, right sides facing.

Pin in place along the top edge and sew a 1/2" seam along the pinned edges only.

Then, press the back seams.

Two green fabric stocking shapes with red and white checked fabric cuffs. One cuff is pinned with sewing pins; a hand is holding the other cuff. Wood surface background.

To assemble the inner lining, align the front and back fabric pieces together, right sides facing.

Cut a piece of 1/4" wide ribbon 3" long. Bring the ends of the ribbon together to form a loop and place the loop at the back edge of the inner lining, just under the bottom edge of the cuff.

Place the loop with raw edges extending about 1/4" out past the edge of the fabric and pin in place. Then, sew a 1/4" seam along the side and bottom edges of the fabric. Leave the top edge open.

Hands holding red-and-white gingham fabric pinned to green fabric, both pieces cut in a stocking shape, on a wooden surface.

Insert the outer shell of the stocking inside the inner lining, right sides facing.

Align the side seams and the top raw edges.

Pin in place and sew a 1/2" seam along the top edge, leaving about 2" open for turning.

Hand holding a small fabric stocking with green top and red gingham cuff, showing red inner lining pinned with straight pins on a wooden surface.

Pull the inner lining out through the opening and then insert the inner lining inside the outer shell.

Turn the fabric of the inner lining in 1/2" and press. Then, top stitch a 1/4" seam along the entire top edge of the stocking.

Fold the cuff over about 2" and then cut a 40" length of 1 1/2" wide ribbon.

Hand holding red fabric with embroidered design of a brown and white dog wearing a red and green scarf and carrying green and white presents. Inside lining is red and white checkered fabric.

Thread the ribbon through the small loop. Then, tie around a doorknob with a pretty bow!

Close-up of a gold doorknob on a white door with a large red satin bow tied around it. A stocking with candy canes, a penguin toy, and a mouse toy is hanging from the bow.

Fill this merry miniature stocking with small treasures and candies for the little ones in your lift, or give it as a gift for friends and family!

Red Christmas stocking with an embroidered girl in a red dress holding a gift, a red-and-white gingham cuff, stuffed gray mouse toy wearing a striped hat, candy cane, and other small toys, hanging on a door knob tied with a red satin bow.