Need a unique gift for the royal enthusiast in your life?

Consider a Christmas stocking crafted from curtains that once hung at King Charles III’s Sandringham estate, hand-sewn by members of a sewing group at Dumfries House in Scotland. The King’s Foundation, which aims to preserve traditional crafts, oversees the work done at the estate.

Members of the Dumfries House Sewing Bee recently completed the stockings, delicately stitching the repurposed royal fabric as they chatted over warm drinks while rain tapped on the windows of the 18th-century home, located south of Glasgow.

“It’s been absolutely wonderful,” said 72-year-old Christine Wilson, a retired finance officer. “The sewing bee has such a lovely atmosphere—we’re great friends—and we support many charities too.”

Wilson and her fellow volunteers produced 25 stockings, each individually numbered. The final piece, No. 25, will be presented to King Charles as a Christmas gift.

The auction, which runs until midnight on Dec. 12, will raise funds for the King’s Foundation, which trains more than 15,000 young people each year in practical fields such as hospitality and animal care.

“We hope the winners will treat these stockings as future family heirlooms, passed down for generations,” said Sarah McClymont, lead tutor for the foundation’s Future Textiles program.

This marks the foundation’s third such auction. The first, in 2023, featured kimono jackets made from former Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle drapes. In 2024, students at the Highgrove Gardens furniture school created footstools upholstered with more repurposed royal curtains.

And there’s no fear of running out of fabric—Buckingham Palace alone boasts 760 windows, meaning an almost endless supply of gently used royal textiles.