Personalise your own Christmas stockings

I was looking for small personalised stocking on the internet and was amazed that they were around £20.

I know these aren't quite as good, but they cost me £3.75 each, and were very simple to make. In fact if you have older children, they might be able to do this themselves.

You'll need

• Christmas stockings (£3 from Morrisons)
• Coloured felt (50p per sheet from Hobbycraft)
• Embroidery thread
• Needle
• Sharp scissor
• Pen
• Paper and laptop (optional)
• Glue (optional)

Let's get on...

ok, so the laptop is optional, but helps if you want to trace the letters onto paper first.

I usually use WordArt to create the letters in the correct size and then trace them onto paper.

Next, cut out the letter templates and draw around them on another piece of paper to create a second slightly smaller letter.

Draw around the larger letter (reversed - so the pen is on the back) on the white felt, and the smaller letter (reversed) on the coloured felt.

It may then help to glue or pin the two letters together and then on to the stocking.

Finally, using 3 strands of and backstitch, sew the letters on to the stocking with a single line.

Simples!