Fifteen free Christmas stocking patterns, quilted and patchwork, every one checked so each link goes to a real stocking template you can print. Each entry gives the finished size, how the front is pieced and whether the template downloads directly or comes by email, so you can match a stocking to your leftover scraps and to the time you have before Christmas Eve.
They range from a 5 by 6 1/2 inch mini stocking made from ten charm squares to a Tilda stocking about 22 inches long. Some are pieced from strips, squares or half square triangles, some are English paper pieced hexagons, and four from Robert Kaufman are cut straight from a printed panel. Ten of the patterns download directly. The last five are just as free, but the designer sends the template by email after you sign up for her newsletter.
- Quilted Christmas stockings, pieced and patchwork, 6 patterns
- Stocking patterns from Robert Kaufman, 4 patterns
- Free with an email sign-up, 5 patterns
Quilted Christmas stockings, pieced and patchwork
Quilt-as-you-go Stocking
Fifteen to eighteen fabric strips are sewn straight onto batting, so the piecing and the quilting happen in one pass. The stocking finishes at 17 by 10 inches with the lining showing as a band at the top, and the template comes in two parts to print. Amy also shows a log cabin version.
Pattern and photo: Amy Smart, Diary of a Quilter
Argyle Christmas Stockings
Strips are sewn together, cut at 60 degrees into rows of diamonds and stitched onto fusible fleece or batting, then baby rick rack runs down each row. The cuff is fleece, and the template is a free PDF.
Pattern and photo: Caroline Fairbanks, SewCanShe
Quilted Christmas Stocking
The front is pieced from squares and strips around a center diamond, quilted in lines 1 inch apart, then cut to a free cuffed stocking template linked in the post and lined.
Pattern and photo: Suzy Quilts
Hexagon Christmas Stockings
About 42 one inch hexagons, English paper pieced and often fussy cut, make the front. It is fused, lined and quilted in a diamond grid, then bound at the top. The template is a two page PDF.
Pattern and photo: Ingrid Alteneder, Joe, June and Mae
Cosy Christmas Stockings
A large stocking, about 22 inches long, with a scalloped top edge finished with buttons. The one in the photos is quilted, and Tilda explains how to make it in patchwork from 3 inch squares instead. The template is two PDF pages to print and join.
Pattern and photo: Tilda
Mini Patchwork Stocking
Ten 2 1/4 inch squares make the front, so a mini charm pack or a handful of scraps is enough. It finishes at 5 by 6 1/2 inches, big enough for a small gift or one day of an advent calendar, and the template is a free download.
Pattern and photo: Jeni Baker, In Color Order
Stocking patterns from Robert Kaufman
Robert Kaufman publishes free patterns for its fabric collections. Two of these four are cut from a printed panel, so they are the fastest stockings in this list, and the other two are pieced.
Sleigh Bells Stockings
Lined stockings with a contrasting cuff, 9 by 18 inches. The pattern is an 11 page PDF, and Robert Kaufman has published it for several of its Christmas collections.
Pattern and photo: Empty Bobbin Sewing for Robert Kaufman
Grinch Christmas Stockings
The stockings are cut from a one yard printed Grinch panel, so there is no piecing at all. Rated beginner, 10 by 18 inches finished.
Pattern and photo: Robert Kaufman
Jingle Jangle Stockings
Small stockings, 12 by 10 inches, cut from a printed panel, with enough fabric in the list for four of them.
Pattern and photo: Ramona Rose for Robert Kaufman
Stocking 'Stache
A long, narrow stocking, 17 by 7 inches, rated confident beginner, with several piecing variations in the PDF.
Pattern and photo: Liberty Worth of Libby Dibby for Robert Kaufman
Free with an email sign-up
These five are free too, but the template arrives by email once you join the designer's mailing list. The step by step instructions are on the page itself, so you can read through them before you sign up.
Quilted Stocking with Cuff
A full size quilted stocking with a contrasting cuff and a hanging loop, explained in eight photographed steps and a video. The template is sent by email.
Pattern and photo: Stacey Lee Creative, on Diary of a Quilter
Christmas Stockings in Two Sizes
Two templates: a large stocking 17 1/2 inches from cuff to toe and a small one 13 3/4 inches. The small one in the photos has a front of 114 half square triangles, 1 inch finished.
Pattern and photo: Eliane, Patchwork and Poodles
Free Quilted Christmas Stocking
A front of 3 inch half square triangles in pinks, layered with batting, quilted and lined. The template is 11 by 18 inches and arrives by email.
Pattern and photo: Sarah Maker
Free Quilted Christmas Stocking
A red stocking quilted in a grid of straight lines 1 1/2 inches apart, with a holly print lining that shows at the top. The pattern is sent by email.
Pattern and photo: Heather Handmade
Patchwork Christmas Stocking
Thirty-five 3 inch squares, from five fabrics or as many as you like, quilted in straight lines and finished with a cuff.
Pattern and photo: Aboderie
How a quilted Christmas stocking goes together
Almost every stocking above is made the same way. From the stocking template you cut the stocking front, a back and two pieces of lining fabric, flipping the template for half of them. Back the main fabric with batting or fusible fleece and quilt it. Sew the front to the back with right sides together, sew the lining the same way, slip one inside the other and finish the top with a cuff piece or a binding. A loop of fabric or ribbon caught in the top seam gives you a hanging loop. Check the seam allowance in each pattern before you sew, because designers do not all use the same one.
Print the template at actual size, 100 percent with no scaling in your print settings, and check the test square if the page has one. Templates that print across two sheets need to be taped together before you cut.
More free quilt patterns
If you would rather make a quilt this season, our 65 free quilt patterns by theme includes holiday quilts and table runners, and the twelve quilts Marbelia designed for The Fabric Hut are in 12 Free Precut-Friendly Throw Quilt Patterns for Beginners.
