Advent Calendars and Christmas Stocking panels

Yes, sad as it may seem, we’re thinking about Christmas already, because we recently had a delivery of some new Christmas fabrics, Advent calendars and Christmas stockings from Makower.

This year’s advent calendars are certain to be popular. In fact we’ve sold several already.  What you get is a panel with the calendar printed on one side and pocket pieces on the other.  You cut the pocket pieces out and sew them on to correct place on the calendar.  Everything is clearly marked where to cut and where to sew.  You can then put some wadding and a backing piece of Christmas fabric on and voila!  All you need to do is hang it and fill the pockets with treats for your kids (or even yourself )

See our post from last year for more details on how to make advent calendars from these sorts of panels.

The first design features a cheerful snowman with a glittering night sky behind.

Snowman Advent Calendar

And the second is a stack of Christmas presents on a cream background with gold stars.

Christmas Presents Advent Calendar

We’ve also got some Christmas Stockings this year too.  These are even easier to make.  On the panel there are two stocking shapes to cut out.  One shape features a snowman, the other Father Christmas.  If you want to make one stocking, just sew the two shapes together.  If you want to make two stockings then buy some additional Christmas fabric and back the panel pieces with that instead.  They could be lined and quilted if you wanted, but if you don’t feel confident enough to do that, they they’d work just as they are!

Make some Christmas stockings