Who did not make caskets from postcards in school ?!The most simple and beautiful crafts! Previously, their beauty was due to the original drawings, but now the craftsmen have learned to create whole masterpieces. Let us consider in more detail how to make several types of caskets from postcards, and start from simple to complex.
Rectangular simple casket
For work we will need:
- Any postcard is the same size;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- needle;
- Thread (contrast or color of postcards);
- scissors.
Now pay attention to one more thing.If the box will stand just for beauty, then its walls can be made from two postcards. If you want to store decorations in it, small things, then make the walls thicker and take stronger strings.
Two long walls, the bottom and the lid of the box will berectangular shape and match the size of the postcard. The two short sides must correspond to the width of the rectangle. This is the standard parts of the casket of postcards.
Once all the material was prepared - 8 wholeand 4 cropped postcards, then connect them to the wrong side of each other so that the picture is on each side. And you process each edge with a "fence" - a stitch seam (nnn). Then for these overlapping all the details will be connected. Remember that the rows should be even, and for this, the stitches make the same size. To help you draw a barely noticeable line with a pencil.
Once all the details have been processed, now apply adjacent elements to each other and sweep for the "crossbeams" of the seam. The product is ready!
How to make a casket of cards for jewelry
For this craft, you need to take:
- postcards;
- scissors;
- thread for crocheting ("Iris", cotton);
- pencil;
- cardboard;
- the cloth;
- needle.
Four solid postcards are sealed with a seam stitchat the edges. Next, make one square and four triangles, whose side is equal to the length of the rectangle. Sew all the details and attach the triangles to the square, forming a lid.
Теперь из картона вырезаете 5 квадратов по the size of the casket. Tighten with a cloth. To the sides of the box you sew rectangular cards, which become convex. At the corners of the box, wide petals form. Make a pattern, sweep these details and sew to the product. The last stage fastens the lid.
Обратите внимание:the sides of the box can be made square, then a miniature casket of postcards is obtained. The pattern corresponds to the width of the rectangle. If the marginal petals slightly bend inward, then the appearance will be different. When stitching the details, you can take beads for beauty.
Figurine casket for beginners
Try to complicate the task and make the product onlegs, but with a simple circuit for beginners. For work you need postcards, a pencil, scissors, a needle and a thread. Each side is done separately, two of them will be rectangular and two - square. At the same time, the inner postcards need to be cut slightly so that the outer "wall" forms a bulge when stitching.
Make the blanks as follows:
- Two whole postcards stitch together from two long sides (you need 2 parts).
- Two squares with the size of the inner width of the rectangle are connected from two parallel sides (2 pieces).
- You sew all the "walls" to the whole postcard.
- You make a lid from a whole postcard and four triangles, whose base is equal to the sides of the rectangle.
- The legs are also designed according to the size of the rectangle: strips cut into 2-3 centimeters, the outer side can be cut out figuratively (for example, triangular teeth or oval waves).
- Then they sew up with the bottom of the casket from the postcards.
- Now make a stencil petal, measuring its length and width.
- Sew all the petals with the sides of the box.
- Attach the cover.
Casket-turret
For this work you will need:
- four whole rectangular postcards;
- seven squares from the postcard, whose side is equal to the width of the rectangle;
- four triangles, where the base is equal to the width of the rectangle;
- eight legs in the form of a trapezoid, where the upper side is equal to the width of the rectangle;
- eight lobes in the form of a circle, where the diameter is equal to the width of the rectangle, and the height of the petal is the distance of the convex wall of the casket;
- one small square for the lid; dimensions correspond to the top of the triangles.
Make the sides of the box from the cards, stitchingsquare with a rectangle. You get four convex walls that sew with the bottom, consisting of two cards. Do the legs as follows: draw a rectangle with the side of a square of the desired height and then draw triangles at both ends. Define the middle and draw the semicircle that you cut.
Spread legs and sew with a casket.Next, cut off the triangles at the same height of the top. Sew all the triangles to the bottom of the lid. Further, at the base of the apex, cut out a square and connect it with the whole detail.
To make the petals have the correct shape,cut out a pattern from paper, measuring the distance of the wall of the casket. Next, connect the petals between themselves and with the sides of the box. The last step sew cover on one side.
Decorative box from the cards. DIY schemes
The patterns are easier to make if there is an image of a finished box. Just mentally divide it into parts and draw them on the sheet. Let us show by the example of a box in the form of a wine glass.
The shape of the square box is considered in the previous example. Let's go straight to the cover drawing:
- draw the required size square corresponding to the side of the box;
- in its shape, draw any upwards - triangular, oval, and other shapes.
When the cover is formed, the parts close and form a dome.
Далее формируете ножки, высота которых будет match the length of the postcard, and the width is equal to the side of the box. Now just cut the postcard along the length, making concave edges, and cut the bottom of the legs in the middle with a semi-oval. For the stability of the casket, draw a square on which you measure the semicircles on each side. Now you can connect the legs with the bottom and with the box.
And finally ...
You can build any form of crafts: caskets from cards in the form of a temple, a locomotive, train, bus, sofa, armchair, tower, bottle, clock, ship, samovar. To do this, you need to make the scheme correctly.
Make an external image of the box and divide it.on geometric details. On a sheet in a cage it will be convenient to see the shape of the product. In this case, complex crafts will have the main bearing parts and decorative. Learn from simple album sheets with glue or scotch, and then reproduce everything on postcards and threads.
