Stocking Finishing

Your canvas becomes a Christmas stocking, blocked back to true, lined, backed in a complementary fabric, and finished with a hanging loop at the cuff. A stocking is an heirloom piece, and it is finished as one.

Because stockings are worked to a set silhouette, we ask that you write to us before beginning if you are planning a stocking from a canvas that was not designed as one.

Two prices. Any Pierrepont design, wherever you bought it, is finished at the Pierrepont price; a canvas from elsewhere is finished at the price for other canvases. Choose the one that applies when you order, and tell us in the order notes which design it is. We confirm when the canvas arrives, and if the wrong price was chosen we will write to you before finishing begins.

Before you send your canvas. Please leave at least two inches of bare canvas on every side; this margin is essential for blocking and construction. There is no need to trim, press, or block the piece yourself — that work is ours. Once you place your finishing order, we will write to you with detailed shipping instructions.

Turnaround. Approximately six weeks from the day your canvas reaches us. Stockings intended for Christmas should reach us by early autumn; we will publish the year's cut-off date each season.

Shipping and terms. The price includes the return postage on the finished piece, sent by a tracked service. Please post your canvas within thirty days of placing the order so that we can hold your place in the schedule, and send it tracked, since a completed canvas represents many hours of your work. Once Finishing has begun, the order cannot be cancelled or refunded. A tassel or charm, cording in a chosen color, and other treatments may be added from our Finishing Add-Ons.