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Upcycling my Tweed Jacket into Christmas Stocking

Upcycling my Tweed Jacket into Christmas Stockings
A few weeks ago, I checked the nearest Christmas shop in our town, and I couldn’t believe how much expensive the Christmas decorations and trinkets are nowadays. Is it because of the pandemic? 

Nevertheless, I couldn’t bear spending money on the new Christmas decorations. 

So, I did what I am always good at – DIY-ing and upcycling!





Luckily, I have this old tweed jacket in my studio which has been sitting there waiting for the right purpose. I love this jacket and wear it for many occasions (I got it from the local charity shop!), but now it is about time to use it as a material for my DIY Christmas stockings.

Upcycling my Tweed Jacket into Christmas Stockings
The tweed fabric still looks lovely but doesn’t look great anymore for wearing. I took off its gold-plated buttons (they look so fancy indeed!) and started to unstitch them all into a material.

Upcycling my Tweed Jacket into Christmas Stocking

Upcycling my Tweed Jacket into Christmas Stocking

Upcycling my Tweed Jacket into Christmas Stocking
I made a stocking pattern out of a cereal box and traced the pattern into my tweed fabric. I also found faux fur scraps from my stash which I had sewn into the Christmas stockings to make it look fancy.





Upcycling my Tweed Jacket into Christmas Stocking
Adding an inner lining is optional, this time I chose not to add a lining.

Upcycling my Tweed Jacket into Christmas Stocking
I used some safety pins to attach these fancy Christmas baubles! You can opt to add more, and the designs are unlimited.


Upcycling my Tweed Jacket into Christmas Stocking

Upcycling my Tweed Jacket into Christmas Stocking

Et voila! My fancy Christmas stockings! 

Total costs – Zero money spent / Only my creativity, and time!

You can do this upcycling project using your old t-shirts. Time to unleash your creative side, and minimize textile waste!

For more DIY Christmas projects, check our posts here




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9 comments :

  1. How creative and pretty! It's a good idea to upcycle an old jacket and make a Christmas stocking out of it.

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    1. I still have the rest of the fabric remnants which I will use for other upcycling projects.

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  2. Very nicely done! I cannot see the old item from the finished product.. It looks very classy and neat for a christmas stocking though but beautifully done! That is talent.

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  3. I consider Christmas decorations to be such a waste of money. Like there’s no need to keep buying. I like this idea and your stockings look absolutely amazing!!

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    1. I rarely but Christmas decors, except a few pieces from the charity shops. Sayang kasi! And I kept them all.

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  4. Your Christmas stocking now is so posh! it fits perfectly with your personality! Make more of it! What did you do with the other fabrics?

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    1. I made a few Christmas stockings as well to be gifted to the family, and some Christmas baubles.

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  5. How I wish I can learn how to sew but I'm so scared of the sewing machine. When I was young, my mom accidentally sewed on her finger and I can't get it out of my head.

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    1. Modern sewing machines have safety features to avoid such accidents.

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