Рукодельницы всего мира обожают фетр!What it is? This is a fertile material for making brooches, trinkets, magnets, flowers, cards, boxes, topiary, sewing soft toys, educational rugs, vegetables, fruits, Tild dolls, handbags, Christmas-tree decorations, appliqués on clothes. Let's take a closer look at the properties of felt and master classes for making various toys from it.
Felt: what is it?
This material is synthetic and natural.fibers. Artificial felt is also called felt or fleece (but these are equivalent terms). Natural material consists of the dried remains of rabbit fluff, hair, sheep wool. All fibers are turned into a nonwoven fabric by curing and shaking. Thanks to this structure, the felt can be cut, bent, glued, without fear of crumbling and damage to the material.
He has no inside and face, so stitches can beimpose on the front side without turning parts, as they do when sewing toys from ordinary fabric. The thickness of the material can be from one to nine millimeters, so the patterns from the felt are suitable for coasters and artificial flowers.
The most sought after by masters ismaterial from wool, acrylic, polyester, viscose, mixed, simulated. Each of these types has its own positive qualities and disadvantages; therefore, it is important to take their properties into account when creating one or another craft, jewelry, and appliqués.
Wool, wool blend, simulated
- Woolen.The thickness is from one to five millimeters. In the composition of more than 90% of natural wool, but because products from it have the same properties ("sits down" after washing, shaggy and rolls under friction). The material is very soft and crushable. Suitable for making jewelry and decorative accessories. Sets of eight colored sheets (19.5x28.8 cm) cost from 132 rubles.
- Simulated felt.What it is? This is a material that is treated with a special impregnation, which, when wetted with water, takes any forms, bends, and after drying continues to preserve them. There is one sheet of German production (30x45 cm, thickness 2-2.5 mm.) From 288 rubles.
- Wool blendIt has 50% wool and the same amount of acrylic or viscose. This look is smoother, softer, and more flexible than wool felt. It has a rich color palette. Not suitable for sewing large items, bracelets, necklaces, non-abundant toys, because it does not hold the shape and shag. Ready-made applications, stickers, sets of creativity cost from 200 rubles.
Acrylic, Polyester, Viscose
- Acrylic felt.What it is? This material is obtained from recycled plastic, but because it has a huge variety in colors, keeps its shape, is easy to clean, does not fade. But at the same time it glitters, creaks and slips, which many craftswomen do not like. Felt is not suitable for sewing stuffed toys, because the material does not stretch, and therefore the seam just burst. Also has the ability to slide, does not tolerate high temperatures.
- Фетр-полиэстер.The material is dense, but at the same time soft, does not wrinkle, keeps its shape, does not fade. From it turn out beautiful New Year's toys. From the felt pattern each detail is made in two or three additions, since the material is thin and transparent. But after washing the product from polyester fiber will look like new.
- Felt-viscose.Smooth to the touch, durable, but plastic. Does not collect static electricity, because it is suitable for the manufacture of pins, headbands, rubber bands, soft toys, appliques on clothing. The material keeps its shape perfectly, does not shrink after washing, but can wrinkle.
Christmas toys do it yourself from felt
Christmas tree can be decorated with any toys.They can be printed and non-abundant from thick felt. Any kind of material will suit any, as the size of the toys is small, so do not be afraid of the deformation of the form.
Thinner felt is used as an ordinary fabric.Transfer the template to the material, cut, grind from the inside and turn it over to the front side. To bend sharp, with the wrong side at all edges make small cuts to the seam. Such toys are stuffed with padding polyester. Decorated with decorative buttons, beads, ribbons.
Christmas toys from felt thicker than fivemillimeters can not fill and turn out. That is, attach the paper template to the material, cut exactly on the sample. Sew the parts on the front side (the edges of the product are visible). Sometimes between layers of material enclose an integral synthetic winterizer to give volume to a product.
Using a different thickness of felt, you can makedifferent snowflakes. Small decorations do not fill with padding polyester, just sew and decorate with beads or a button in the middle. Large snowflakes (more than ten centimeters) grind and fill loosely with padding polyester. Sew a ribbon loop, decorate with a button.
Christmas Buns
Interesting Christmas souvenirs - lambs made of felt. Patterns will be as follows:
- two large circles with zigzag edges for the body;
- two ovals for the head;
- two parts in the form of a cloud for bangs;
- two petals for the ears;
- four long strips with oval ends for the legs.
Стачивайте на лицевой стороне новогодние игрушки (made of felt). Patterns bangs sew, a little stuffing padding polyester. Connect the details of the head, sew on top of the ears and bangs. Each ear at the base of the fold so that formed in the middle of the details of the crease. Sew the beads, embroider the slingshot-shaped nose, paint the cheeks with acrylic paints.
Stitch the legs (they can not stuff), put intorso. Before stuffing, sew a head of a lamb and an eyelet (if it is a Christmas-tree decoration), a blank for a key fob or a magnetic tape. Decorate the toy with a bow. It turned out a beautiful souvenir lamb made of felt with their own hands. The toy can be monophonic and multi-colored.
And you can combine two techniques.For example, sew a schematic sheep in a side cut out of felt, stuffing it slightly with a padding polyester. And to sew wool at the expense of yarn (special for sale, with lumps, from 270 rubles for a skein). Each lump folded ends to each other and sewn around the product. Next, the eyes and nose are embroidered with thread.
Birds made of felt
Птицы из фетра могут быть набивными, multi-layered, embroidered, one-color, multi-colored. Such toys can be used as Christmas-tree decorations, didactic material and as pendants for educational mats. The easiest way to do this is to transfer the details of the bird to felt, cut, sew the parts. Lightly fill the body with padding polyester, sew a loop to the back, beads-eyes and wings to the head. Most of these birds do younger students in the classroom work.
If you use floss, you can getextraordinary birds of felt with their own hands. Patterns consist of a body and a wing. For this purpose, suitable light-colored material. Cut out the details, all the lines, curves, feathers, embroider multi-colored floss. Then sew the parts, fill with padding polyester, sew a loop and get a decorative bird.
Multi-layer birds are more difficult to do becauseIt will take several colors of felt, dozens of small details. Since each feather in the wings is cut separately. Then, all the details of the bird (beak, every feather, “cheeks”, crest, etc.) are sewn in the right places. These are realistic non-printed felt toys with their own hands; they are used as didactic material.
Tilda Hares
Many Tilda toys are full-cut and sewn fromfine felt, although there is with fine detail. Sheep, dolls, angels, bunnies, deer are sewn with clothes, but ducks and some rabbits go without clothes. For the manufacture of the latter will need to make only two parts, sew them together and fill with padding polyester. The ears and legs are separated by a seam, and the eyes and nose are embroidered with thread, the cheeks are drawn with acrylic paints.
Other felt toys are more popular with children. Patterns do the following:
- two torso with a head in a side section;
- two solid parts for the outer and inner surface of the ears (similar to a propeller);
- four hands;
- four legs.
Put linen cloth and felt together,translate the detail of the ears, cut, grind. Their padding is not necessary. If you want standing ears, then sew each ear separately, filling it with padding polyester. Then separately sew the arms and legs, turn out on the front side, fill with padding polyester. Insert the wire base into your legs so that the hare can stand. Then sew the torso with the head, at the same time filling and sewing all the paws. It remains to embroider the eyes, mouth, paint the cheeks, sew clothes.
Original trees
Felt trees look unusual, theirhand crafted Needlewomen make them flat for postcards, murals, pillows and voluminous for room decoration. With flat trees, the principle of operation is clear (the same as with paper applications). Consider how bulk trees do.
- Конусные.Any cone (foam, plastic, stitched) is taken, leaves of felt are stitched or glued to it. Most of the trees are made in this way. Then they are decorated with beads, buttons and other decorative material.
- Branched.Such trees are made as easy as felt sheep. Patterns of the trunk with branches cut from brown felt, leaves - from green shades. Fruits can also be stitched from this material or use ready made material (cones, plastic fruits, knitted products). The trunk is sewn together with a seam, filled with padding polyester, a wide bottom of a tree is sewn. From above, fasten with thread or glue ordinary leaves of thick felt and fruit.
- Branched with a ready trunk.The barrel is made of twigs, wire as for artificial Christmas trees. Then the branches grow leaves. So do some Christmas trees made of felt. Draw whole branches, resembling oak leaves, zigzag lines. Sew parts, lightly stuffed with padding polyester, put on a branch and secure.
If you need to make a hanging crown, then dovolumetric stem (process describes the second master class). Cut the leaves out of felt, sew them on a long thread. Further you sew these branches to a tree trunk.
Educational toys
Due to the fact that the felt keeps its shape,excellent educational mats and toys are obtained. For example, vegetables, fruits, food. They are made in a flat and volumetric form. For kids, it is enough to make figurative "benefits." Then two halves for a vegetable, a leaf with a sprig is enough. Consider how to make pepper, eggplant, carrots, peas and a banana from felt with their own hands.
- Pepper. Cut two halves of a vegetable and two twigs. You sew patterns of pepper, fill it with padding polyester, insert a branch, grind the details without filler.
- Carrot.It will take two details of carrots and the same halves of greens. The manufacturing process is the same as that of pepper. Next, horizontal stripes are embroidered with carrot threads. If you sew a loop, then vegetables can be used as Christmas toys. From felt you can sew bulk carrots, but then make a conical pattern, as for strawberries.
- Eggplant. Cut in two halves of a vegetable, twigs, sepal. The eggplant is sewn and filled with padding polyester. Insert a twig, on the sides attach the sepal, sew stitches.
- Peas.It will take two details of a long wide sheet for the peel and six circles for peas. Pea stuffed with padding polyester, sew. You grind off the details of the peel between you, fold it in half horizontally. At each end, sew the edges, insert the peas inside and attach. By the way, peas, like many felt toys with their own hands, are used by needlewomen as didactic teaching material. To do this, a lock is sewn to the peel, the peas are made in different colors and are stuck on Velcro. Then the kid develops fine motor skills, learns the color and develops the score.
- Банан.The middle is made of two parts in the form of sharp-pointed leaves. Sew them, fill with padding polyester. Further, from a felt of a different color, cut out the same parts, but of a larger size. Sew it in half and insert the core, fasten with thread. To keep the banana skin in shape, use modular felt.
Didactic aids
Felt make the whole educational mats andbenefits. To do this, take a blanket (cover) and sew on it all the details of one topic. For example, in order to study the rules of the road with your child, you will need a road with markings and road signs, cars, traffic lights, buildings, trees. These details can be sewn and used as a background for the game.
There are visual didactic toys made of felt.Patterns do, based on the topic. For example, to study the time of year, you sew a tree trunk with branches on a canvas. Then sew separately the sun, clouds, clouds, rain, snowflakes, green, yellow, red, brown leaves, grass, berries, mushrooms, flowers.
On the canvas and to the wrong side of the details sew Velcroor buttons. Bottom to the canvas is attached bag with these items. Then the child on the instructions of an adult fastens this or that time of year. In such didactic aids, volumetric elements (vegetables, fruits, animals, for example, the same lamb) are especially important.
From felt themselves create whole fairy tales withall fabulous characters. Such toys will help not only to restore the events of your favorite fairy tale, but also to develop the speech of a baby. They are made stuffed, "finger", flat on a stick. The last two types of toys used for theatrical performances. Felt allows you to make each craft original, and applications from it will decorate any design.
