Bold and cheerful, this folk art cat stocking is filled with mustard yellow, teal, red and white cats drawn in a simple folk-art style. Their bodies are decorated with stripes and little lines, and tiny flowers, leaves and curly sprigs fill the gaps on a black background.
This listing is for one stocking.
🎨 Scandinavian-style color on black
The black ground makes every color glow, a bit like painted folk furniture or embroidered textiles.
It brings a playful, crafty look to the mantel without a single snowflake or reindeer.
The folk cats up close
- Mustard cats: sunny yellow cats with patterned bodies.
- Teal cats: cool blue-green cats with leafy markings.
- Red cats: bright faces that add warmth to the mix.
- White cats: small pale cats with big round eyes.
- Tiny flora: little flowers and sprigs scattered between them.
Ideas for this stocking
- For the cat: a stocking of its own, hung where curious paws cannot reach it.
- Folk art fans: it matches painted wood, embroidered linens and Nordic-inspired decor.
- Black-and-color homes: it suits modern mantels with black frames or dark walls.
Folk style, explained
Folk art grew out of decorating everyday objects: painted chests, embroidered blankets, carved spoons. Its look is flat color, simple outlines and small repeated details, and that is exactly how these cats are drawn. Each one carries its own stripes or leafy markings, and the tiny plants between them keep the background busy in a cheerful way. Against black, the yellow and teal feel bright without being neon. Hung beside plain red stockings, it adds variety; hung on its own, it reads like a little piece of craft art.
Materials and printing
The stocking is sewn from polyester fleece and then printed by dye sublimation, a heat process that bonds the ink into the fibers instead of leaving a coating on top. The same pattern covers the front and the back right up to the top edge, so there is no separate cuff. A dark red twill loop, about three inches long, is stitched at the top corner for hanging. Keep it away from candles, open flames and heaters.
Stocking facts
- Fabric: polyester fleece
- Print: both sides, edge to edge, sublimated after sewing
- Cuff: none; the print runs to the top edge
- Loop: dark red twill, about 3 inches
- Size: one standard size; pieces can differ by up to about 1 inch
- You get: one stocking, sold empty
Ordering and delivery
We make each stocking after the order comes in. Production usually takes 2–5 business days, then the parcel goes to the carrier. Every delivery date we show is an estimate, and December is the busiest month for post, so order early. Fulfillment + Shipping lists times by country. The design also comes as wrapping paper and a pillow.
