Very soon New Year and the whole country is eagerly awaiting this holiday. The Christmas trees have already been decorated, the rooms have been decorated, outfits have been selected, a list of ingredients for preparing original dishes has been compiled, and suitable recipes have been found.

And there is time to relax a little before the main night of the year. And remember about the next holiday - Christmas. Currently in Russia it is not celebrated on such a grand scale as the New Year, although it used to be considered the main holiday, and in the West this day is celebrated more. So this is a good reason to arrange family celebration in the circle of relatives. The main decoration of the celebration can be a Christmas boot or stocking.

There is a legend that explains why stockings became a symbol of Christmas and why they should be hung over the fireplace. One day Saint Nicholas, patron saint New Year's celebrations, I found out that girls with a sick mother live in the same house. The family was on the verge of starvation, and the virtuous Nikolai decided to help them. But he did not want to do this openly.

And so, on the night before the holiday, he threw several bags of gold down the chimney from the fireplace. By chance, each of them ended up in a separate stocking, which was dried over the extinguished fire. Having learned about this story, the townspeople also hung their stockings over the fireplace.

Of course, few people now have fireplaces, but this will not hurt to decorate the room beautifully. And if you imagine the joy of the children who will receive unusual gifts, that will help. Such things can be hung on walls, cabinets, doors. Decorate the table or chairs with them.

If you look, you can buy such a souvenir in a store. It's easier to do it yourself. This will not only allow you to have a wonderful time with your family and friends, but also show off your design inclinations.

Christmas boots are divided into decorative and gift ones. The first ones are usually small in size and already have filling. These can be dried leaves, dried flowers, decorated tree branches, small Christmas decorations, even fruits and small ones Plush Toys or dolls.

Gift bags are large in size to accommodate a surprise. And each boot should be decorated with the name of the owner, so that the gift delivery person does not make a mistake during delivery. The name can be written with a felt-tip pen, embroidered with threads or ribbons, laid out with sequins or rhinestones, or made of paper or fabric. In general, completely surrender to your imagination.

The stockings themselves can be made from a wide variety of materials. They can be any color, not necessarily the traditional red or blue. You can also decorate it entirely according to the taste of the manufacturers.

Here are a few ideas to help needlewomen choose the best one for themselves:

• From paper. This is the simplest thing. You just need to take a sheet of paper. Cut out two pieces according to the pattern and glue them together, leaving a small space inside. And the flat boots can be stuck on a window or mirror to make a cute Christmas frame.
• Their old socks. It is desirable that they are not torn. Although... holes can be mended on a light bulb (who doesn’t know this method, let them ask their mother or, better yet, their grandmother) with contrasting threads. Now all that remains is to decorate them and the Christmas miracle is ready.
• Made from fur. Cut out the two parts again, sew them on a machine or by hand with the fur inward and turn them inside out. To obtain an additional effect, you can not turn the parts inside out, but sew them over the edge with a contrasting thread. This way you will get charming chuni.
• Made from plasticine. This is quite painstaking work, but such a souvenir can be placed on the table and used in the form of a pencil holder or vase.
• From yarn. This is for knitting lovers. In principle, it is no different from knitting a regular sock. Can be knitted or crocheted.
• From old jeans, sweaters, shirts. This is an economical option. Or you can buy a beautiful new fabric or felt and make beautiful craft from this material.

All crafts are usually decorated with beads, sequins, buttons, and ribbon flowers. Snowflakes, Christmas trees, snowmen and Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens look good. Small stockings can be used as a cutlery case for the Christmas table.

Having attached such legs to New Year's wreath, you can make a wonderful person. And if you insert a photo in the middle, you get a charming art gallery. You only need a few wreaths. By attaching small tin or galvanized “blades” to the stockings, you can get unusual skates that will bring even more comfort to your home.

Master class New Year's stocking for DIY gifts

Most often, Christmas socks are made from fabric.

To make it, you will need fabric (front side and lining) that is quite dense and bright, although you can use dark colors, scissors, threads and jewelry.

Step 1. You need to make a pattern from a sheet of paper; you can download it from the Internet or draw it yourself.

Step 2. We cut out the details from the fabric. To do this, the pattern should be pinned to the fabric and outlined with chalk or a pencil. Now it remains to cut out 2 parts. The same procedure should be carried out with the lining.

Step 3.

Step 4. Now all that remains is to fold both parts of the product right sides inward and sew them together, leaving a small area unstitched for easy turning.

Step 5. Turn the stocking right side out and sew up the unsewn area.

Step 6 Carefully tuck the lining inside and smooth out the resulting stocking.

Now, if desired, you can make lapels and decorate the resulting craft.

Christmas socks are usually made quite high and look like felt boots, but charming booties and shoes in oriental style, ballet pointe shoes.

If the work is done in good quality, such crafts will remain in the house for a long time and will last for many years, filling the house with comfort and warmth. Also, having made such a stocking with the whole family, the craftsmen will receive a huge boost positive energy and great memories.

Every year in our New Year's traditions More and more new things are appearing - coming from other cultures, countries, continents. Some people like it, others are so old-fashioned that they resolutely reject everything “non-native”, however, the fact remains: our children are already starting to celebrate winter holidays somewhat differently, differently, in a new way.... Let's not discuss how good or bad this is, just take it for granted and try to adapt to the children - their expectations and desires. And they expect that this year Santa Claus, in addition to the traditional boxes on the Christmas tree, will definitely put something in... a Christmas stocking, which they hung on a window or mantelpiece, attached to a chair or secured to the door handle. Is it difficult for you to extend your child’s childhood a little, play along and, after working as Santa Claus, hide it in a specially prepared New Year's stocking, a little surprise? Not at all! Well, if you want to get a little creative, you can do it - there are many simple and accessible ideas.

Christmas stocking - 5 simple ideas:

1. No-sew fleece Christmas stocking

If you, having thought about making a Christmas stocking with your own hands, suddenly decided to give up, citing the fact that you don’t want to bother with needles and threads, we hasten to disappoint: this number will not work for you! It is possible, quite possible, to make a sock for gifts without any help. sewing machine. Follow the link for evidence and instructions.

2. The simplest knitted Christmas stocking

If you are good at knitting, the task of knitting a Christmas stocking will not cause you any difficulties at all. One or two evenings - and a wonderful homemade “house” is ready for a small gift that Santa Claus has prepared for your child. The joy of a baby is actually so easy to organize!...

3. Christmas stocking made from fabric scraps

You probably have a bag lying around your house with the remnants of a variety of beautiful fabrics that you don’t want to throw away - cut faux fur, red silk, a piece of velvet, shiny satin ribbons... Collect all these treasures in a pile - and you will have a wonderful stocking that you can sew with your own hands without much effort.

4. Felt Christmas stocking

Felt is a completely simple and affordable material for creativity and handicrafts. Without much effort, without special patterns and complex instructions, you can easily and quickly sew several Christmas stockings that will not only make your child happy, but will also decorate your home - bright colors, embroidered snowflakes, silver decor.

These little stockings are designed to hold treats and small gifts for the New Year. The great thing is that you can easily make the same DIY Christmas socks, choosing the fabric and size you like.

You will need:

• Sewing machine
• Fabric in several colors
• Scissors
• Paper
• Pencil
• Stocking template (patterns can be found)
• Pins

Instructions:

1. To get started, print out a template or draw your own. The requirements for the fabric are minimal - it should be quite dense, of course, it is better to use a cheerful and festive pattern. You will need two colors of fabric (for the front and lining).

2. Take the fabric that will be used for the front of the stocking and fold it in half (so that the back of the design is on the inside and the front on the outside). Pin the paper stocking template to the fabric.

3. Cut out two (!) fabric sketches along the contour of the template. Do the same with a fabric of a different pattern that will be used as a lining.

4. Now you need to correctly sew the sketches of the stockings. Take the 4 sketches you cut out (2 of each color) and arrange them as in the picture. Make a seam where indicated by the arrows in the picture.

5. Place one double stocking on top of the other, back side up. Align the sketches to the edges. Sew two double stockings together; to do this, make a seam along the contour of the double stocking with an indentation of 1 cm from the edges. Leave a small area unstitched to make it easy to turn the stocking inside out.

6. After you turn the stocking right side up, wrinkles may form in the folds. To avoid this, make cuts near the edges after the bends, as shown in the photo below.

7. Now turn the stockings outside and iron the seams. Sew up the area that remains unsewn with a neat seam.

8. Carefully place the lining (top of the double stocking) inside the stocking (bottom).

9. Roll up the cuff and decorate it as you wish.

The Christmas stocking is ready! Now is the time to go looking for gifts that you can put in these stockings on New Year's Eve :)

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From films, cartoons or illustrations in books, you probably know that there is such a tradition at Christmas - to hang stockings or socks by the fireplace or on the wall in the room so that Santa Claus will put gifts in them. Children believe that for those who have behaved well all year, Santa will put sweets in their socks, while hooligans and naughty children will find a piece of coal in their socks. Where did this tradition come from?

The legend of Christmas Stockings

There is a legend that a long time ago there lived a noble man. His wife died, leaving him three beautiful daughters. Misfortunes followed this family, they became poor and lived in a modest village house, the girls did all the housework themselves and cooked, sewed and cleaned all day.

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It's time beautiful girls get married, but they had no dowry. And their father was constantly sad about this.

One evening the girls washed their clothes and went to bed, hanging their stockings by the fire to dry. Saint Nicholas passed by (and it was he who later began to be called Santa Claus). He knew what beautiful and hard-working girls lived here, and he knew what their father was sad about. He looked out the window and saw that the whole family was already asleep. He also noticed stockings hanging to dry by the fireplace. Saint Nicholas decided to do a good deed. He climbed onto the roof and threw 3 small bags of gold into the chimney. The bags landed right in the hanging stockings.

Imagine the joy of the girls when in the morning they saw gifts in their stockings. Now they had a good dowry, they got married and lived happily ever after and gave their father wonderful grandchildren.

Since then, the tradition of hanging stockings or socks over the fireplace on Christmas Day began.

The children very quickly realized that if you hang up your socks bigger size, then you can get more sweets, so from Christmas to Christmas the socks got bigger and bigger!

Lately, children have been finding their gifts under the tree, packed in boxes. These gifts won't fit in your Christmas stocking anymore! But along with such gifts, children still find candy, nuts and other sweets in their socks.

Christmas is just around the corner, so don't forget to hang some Christmas stockings by the fireplace or on the wall in your room! In the meantime, we suggest you learn a few little poems and songs about Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

On paper, draw the profile of the stocking. It can be big or small. You can even make a very small stocking to hang on the Christmas tree.
Cut out the drawn stocking. We now have a template for further work.

Step 2

Attach it to the prepared piece of fabric. For now it will be a single layer to make it easier to work with. Trace the resulting template with chalk.

Step 3

Place a second piece of fabric on the bottom side. If desired, the second side of the stocking can be made in a different color. Fasten both pieces with special needles with a round eye.

Step 4

Take a needle (preferably one with a larger eye) and thread a bright thread or yarn through it. You can use shiny threads or threads of several colors. And start sewing along the drawn outline with large stitches. It is best to start from the corner of the stocking and come to the opposite corner. Then you won’t have to interrupt the seam throughout and the slot at the top where gifts will be placed will be easier to securely fasten.

Step 5

Step back a centimeter from the seam and trim the fabric. It will turn out more beautiful if you use scalloped scissors.

Step 6

Make a hole in the corner of the stocking. It will be more convenient to do it with a punch, but you can use scissors with sharp tips from the manicure set.

Step 7

Thread a ribbon, ribbon or lace into the resulting hole. The main thing is that it turns out bright and beautiful. Tie the ends so that you end up with a knot from which the stocking can be hung. If there are bells or small Christmas decorations, then before tying the knot they can also be threaded onto the braid.