Stocking Border SVG

About this design

Here is the whole family’s mantel in one design. A wide, plain bar runs across the top like a fireplace mantel, and five little stockings hang in a row beneath it, each with its toe pointing a different way. The bar is plain, ready for a family name, and the stockings below make a cheerful border for cards, signs and shirts.

The bar and the stockings are one connected piece, with two small cut-outs. The shapes are bold, so it passes our cut checks from just 2.5 inches wide, though it looks best larger, where each stocking has room to show.

Color layers

• Backing in cream, which shows in the small gaps
• Design in red, the bar and stockings

Family projects

• Family name signs with the name on the bar.
• Holiday card borders.
• Family shirts for Christmas photos.
• Mantel decorations in wood.
• Classroom door borders.
• Mugs with a family name.
• Gift wrap bands.

Size and cutting tips

It passes our cut checks from about 2.5 inches wide, but each stocking is tiny at that size. For a card, 4 to 5 inches wide. For a sign, 12 to 16 inches. For a shirt, 10 to 11 inches.

Step by step: family name sign

1. Set the border to 14 inches wide and download the solid style.
2. Type your family name in a bold font in your software and size it to fit the bar.
3. Use Slice in Cricut Design Space or Subtract in Silhouette Studio to cut the name out of the bar.
4. Cut it from red or white adhesive vinyl.
5. Apply it to a painted board; the board color shows through the name.

Color ideas

• Red, the classic
• White on a dark green board
• Gold on black for an elegant sign
• Red and green by cutting the stockings twice in two colors

Design notes

There are five stockings, a common family size, but you can easily change the number. Ungroup the design in your cutting software and delete a stocking, or copy one and add it, then weld everything back together.

Good to know

To write a different name on each stocking, cut the design and then add small names or initials in a contrasting color below each one. It makes a lovely personalized mantel sign or a family shirt with everyone included.

Variations to try

• Add or remove stockings after ungrouping to match your family.
• Use the editor’s offset border for a die-cut sticker.

Pairs well with

The Pair of Stockings is made for two, and the Classic Hanging Stocking is a single stocking.