✂ Decided to decorate your house with cute felt toys? Great, there are ready-made patterns for this!
In the history of New Year's decorations of houses and apartments, there was so much: paper was used, and cardboard, and illumination, and sparkling tinsel. It's time to go beyond the usual and make an unusual Christmas tree decoration for the New Year. The editors of the online magazine homemaster.techinfolux.com/en/ have prepared New Year's patterns for felt toys, and assures that such products are within everyone's reach!
The content of the article
- 1 Nuances of work: how to make felt decorations for the New Year with your own hands
- 2 New Year felt crafts: decorating the interior
- 3 Cooking New Year felt toys for the Christmas tree: patterns, master class, tips
- 4 Crafts from felt for the New Year to decorate the festive table: patterns and master classes
- 5 Crafts from felt for wrapping a gift for the New Year: sock, mittens and a box
- 6 Video: DIY felt toys
Nuances of work: how to make felt decorations for the New Year with your own hands
No matter how much you would like to download the first pattern you come across and plunge into an exciting workflow, it is worth, nevertheless, to get acquainted with the nuances of working with such material as felt.
The material is non-woven, which will be convenient during work: the edges of the product will not sprinkle. It's not even worth stopping at the choice of color: the color palette is extensive, there will always be something according to your taste.
Advice! For making toys, the best option would be wool blend Italian felt. But the synthetic material is suitable for allergy sufferers and, moreover, is less fluffy.
If you are planning a voluminous toy with different small details, then it is better to take a 3 mm thick material for the base, and 1 mm thick for decoration.
The products are stuffed with synthetic winterizer or holofiber, and the threads are used of medium thickness. If you take thin ones, the edge will tear, and thick ones will leave noticeable holes.
New Year felt crafts: decorating the interior
If you have already decided on a felt New Year's interior decoration, then when choosing colors, consider which colors will become a bright original addition, and which will be invisible and will not create the desired mood. The result depends on what kind of product will serve as decoration.
Garlands of felt
Paper garlands are torn, and even the most beautiful ones rarely "live" for two years. But felt beauty will remain pristine for many years.
The work goes like this. On a piece of paper, it is better to try to make a sketch of the future garland. What does your soul want? Christmas trees, snowflakes, snowmen, goodies and candy? Based on the choice of subject matter, we buy material suitable for the colors, select the decor, prepare threads, a needle and non-woven fabric (if necessary).
We place the template closer to any corner and edge on a felt sheet, outline it with a simple pencil and cut it out. This is not paper, you should not crease the material, anyway, it will not be possible to perfectly cut through all the figures at once. Therefore, we take patience to help and cut the required number of identical elements.
Once all the parts are ready, we begin to sew the edges of each figure, leaving a small part unstitched. We fill the hole with filler and finish the work. After decorating, you need to sew a ribbon to each figure: you can hang a garland.
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"How many colored balls on the tree": how to make an original felt ball
We buy polystyrene foam blanks for Christmas balls, prepare beads, felt of different colors, ribbon, thermal gun and thread for hanging. The colors can be alternated in any order, so we are guided by the general idea of decorating the design of the holiday tree.
Details can be glued with hot glue to the base, all joints are hidden under an elegant tape.
Advice! If you buy a ribbon not in a sewing store, but in a specialized store for Handmade, then it will not be difficult to find a New Year's ornament or a special print on the ribbon.
The hanging thread can simply be sewn to the star right in the center.
Snowflakes and felt stars
Snowflakes and stars, in general, are prepared according to the same working scenario. We will prepare a non-woven fabric depending on your color wishes.
To make a star, we take two colors of felt, floss threads to match one of the colors, zigzag scissors or braid, filler (you can also take cotton wool).
Sequence of work:
- Cut parts out of the fabric.
- If there are curly scissors made of felt of a different color, cut out a carved strip to decorate the edge, if they are not there, use the braid. If you want to decorate the star with decor, we do it at this stage.
- Sew the two halves, without reaching the final point with the seam, stop and insert the filler. The work can now be completed.
Chubby snowflakes are made according to the same principle.
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Cooking New Year felt toys for the Christmas tree: patterns, master class, tips
You can attract a child to such an activity as sewing felt toys on a Christmas tree. He will be happy to sew a felt tree according to the pattern, help with the decoration of the products and himself will suggest an idea for decoration. Snowmen, angels, animals, birds and even flowers are made for the New Year.
Snowmen made of felt
The snowman is a great felt toy for the New Year. The white color of the nonwoven fabric will look good on the tree, so don't miss the opportunity to cut and sew a cute snowman.
The work process is simple:
- We make a pattern of two circles: one is larger than the other.
- Draw circles on the felt and cut them out. Two circles of different sizes for one snowman.
- Cut out scarves from felt of a different color using curly scissors.
- On a smaller circle, create a face for the toy: beads or beads become eyes, cut out small carrots from orange material.
- Handles can be made by crocheting a pigtail. In the absence of such an opportunity, the braid will be completely replaced by a braid of black or brown color. Cut out small mittens from a different color and glue them to the braid.
- We will prepare loops for hanging from braid or ribbon.
- We sew a larger circle, not forgetting to fill it with padding polyester or other filler. Then we sew a smaller circle, also filling it. Before closing the hole on the head of the toy, insert a loop for hanging. Now you can sew up!
- We sew two circles together, one slug goes after the other. Immediately sew on handles and tie a scarf.
It turns out several figures of snowmen, which can also be used as a set for creating a garland.
Felt angels
To create the most delicate angel we use pastel colors of non-woven material: cream, light beige, pale yellow, milky brown. It is not necessary to embroider the face, you can simply draw it: the eyes are painted with black acrylic paint, and dry pastels are applied to the cheeks.
The workflow can be described as follows:
- We cut out all the template parts, and then use them to prepare the felt parts. We only need two, apart from the wings. They are cut in a single copy.
- We start by stitching the legs. Fill them with padding polyester and set them aside for now.
- It was the turn of the dress. With threads to match the dress, we move in small stitches from one edge to the bottom. When we sew the bottom, we immediately sew the legs to the dress. We continue to sew the dress and when we reach the neckline, we make a knot and fill the body with filler. You can push it with scissors.
- The head is sewn together immediately with the hair. But first, a face is drawn on one detail. Blush is applied with a soft dry brush, and eyes - with the tip of a toothpick. The head is filled from the side of the neck and sutured.
- Superglue glue the neck of the dress and the head of the figure with a little overlap.
- We fill the handles and sew them together with the dress, pointing them slightly down.
- We sew the heart, not forgetting to fill it, and glue it to the hands.
- At the last stage, from the back, we glue the wings, which will hide the junction of the head with the body.
If you want to use a toy as a pendant, it is better to sew a small button to your head, and then attach a thread for hanging through it.
Animals and birds made of felt
Various birds and animals are also referred to as wonderful New Year's toys, which are made from felt with their own hands.
Crafts from felt for the New Year to decorate the festive table: patterns and master classes
The table is also decorated with felt crafts. For festive decoration, napkin rings, cutlery stands, Christmas trees and symbols of the coming year are made.
Napkin rings
To make a beautiful napkin ring, use strips of nonwoven fabric and a decorative element. It can be a branch of holly cut out of felt, the face of Santa Claus, a Christmas tree.
Cutlery stands
If in autumn beautiful felt leaves are placed under the mugs, then in winter snowflakes under the cutlery will give a wonderful mood.
Felt Christmas trees
Let's make wonderful little felt trees with our own hands to decorate the festive table?
Piglets made of felt
Making the symbol of 2019 out of felt will be a pleasure. The main thing is not to rush and, before touching the fabric with the needle, attach all the elements in the right order and figure out what and where to sew.
Crafts from felt for wrapping a gift for the New Year: sock, mittens and a box
The tradition of putting presents in socks has long been wandering from house to house. To see a coveted sock with gifts over a real or artificial fireplace is the true happiness of the New Year for many. We will not disappoint our beloved household members and create a fabulous beauty with our own hands by making a sock for gifts and a box for small gifts
The sock is cut out according to the pattern and one side is first decorated. The decor includes felt figures, buttons, beads and beads, lace and ribbons.
Do not forget that, first of all, we please ourselves and our loved ones with a creative approach to the holidays! If you have your own master class, please share it with those who wish - maybe it is your idea that people need so much!