Garland of felt can be made according to the simplest schemes. It is enough to prepare the necessary material and tools and custom decoration for any holiday is ready. The material for the manufacture of this type of decoration is simply perfect, as it is easy to process, can be used for a long time, it looks beautiful and original.
Features of Felt Garland
Soft and voluminous decorations made of a special fabric, namely felt, have become popular recently. The needlewomen immediately drew attention to such a fashionable trend and began to actively experiment with designs, shapes, sizes, functional features. A garland of felt has a lot of advantages compared to many analogues:
- After active and prolonged use, it does not lose its aesthetically attractive appearance.
- Not afraid of mechanical influences, since the base material is very strong and dense.
- The product looks very original and unusual, stands out against the background of the most expensive jewelry.
- You can make a garland in accordance with your preferences and design ideas.
- It can be used for decorating holidays, used in everyday room decoration.
The list of features can be continued for a long time, since the number of points is determined by the specific “model” of the garland and its elements.
To decorate which holidays can a garland of felt be used
In the year there are about 5 significant holidays for each person or family. Each option has its own external differences. A garland of felt can be used to decorate such holidays:
- New Year Christmas.
- The birthday of any member of the family.
- Valentine's Day, angel's day.
- March 8 or Defender of the Fatherland Day.
- Wedding anniversary.
- Discharging from maternity hospital.
- Return from a long business trip or army.
Felt decor with simple motifs can be used to decorate children's rooms. A textile garland will be an ideal toy decor for a crib. At the same time, children can safely play with the decor item, without fear of damaging or breaking such an original toy.
A personalized garland of felt is a universal type of decoration that can be used for a birthday, for everyday decoration of a room in the contexts of other holidays. By placing this design option above the bed, you can give the interior of the rooms a certain comfort, charm and originality.
Which felt can be used to make a festive decor?
To make the product neat and beautiful, you need to choose the right material. There is a huge variety of types of felt, where each option is different in density, namely thickness. For the manufacture of garland felt, you can use only a few types:
- Woolen. Very warm, but prickly. It is not used for the manufacture of decorative things, as it is wrinkled, crumpled, shagged, sits down after washing, loses color. A significant nuance is the high cost. This version of the material is used to make practical things.
- Wool Blend Pleasant to the touch, does not shag and does not sit down after washing. It has a huge variety of colors. Suitable for making small figures and decoration. The texture is soft, so the product may lose its original shape over time.
- Acrylic. Synthetic look of felt. It is suitable for making small things, as it is pleasant to the touch, has many colors, is easy to process, and is cheap. The disadvantages are: brittleness, thinness of the canvas, short periods of use.
- Polyester Cheap, durable, easy to handle, good to wear and use. Disadvantages: a fully synthetic fiber that can shine if the colors are too light.
- Viscose. Used to create small items. Easy to clean, sturdy, easy to use, soft. Problems with shapes and color can occur during the washing process; special care conditions must be adhered to.
The best option for making garlands will be a polyester felt. Polyester material looks attractive, there are many colors, it is easy to work with, easy to care for and use.
What additional materials should be used in the process of creating jewelry
To make a beautiful, bright and functional garland of felt with your own hands is quite simple if additional decorative materials are used:
- Satin or kapron ribbons are used as a basis, namely a stretch, for attaching garland elements. You can use ribbons to create bows or loops for each toy.
- Beads, beads and glass pebbles are wonderful decorative materials that can be embroidered over the entire surface of each figure. An alternative may be rhinestones.
- Other types of textiles. Topical is jeans, mesh, lining fabric. Leather or metal parts may be used. Often used knitted parts and yarn.
- Diverse accessories: zippers, rivets, buttons, hooks.
Depending on the further purpose of the garland, Christmas tinsel, sweets, fresh flowers can be used. These add-ons are temporary.
Types of felt garlands: forms, designs and functional purpose
Conventionally, garlands can be divided into three-dimensional and flat in appearance. By type of mounting on horizontal and vertical. If we talk about the complexity of the elements of the garland itself, then complex and simple forms and figures can be present here. The same applies to color design.
Flat garlands are a strip on which the simplest geometric shapes of different colors are sewn or strung. Volumetric - similar to flat products, but each element is a two-piece part sewn together and filled with filler.
Horizontal versions of products are more common - they are easier to fix and they look more profitable against the background of a festive decor. Vertical more original in design. One figured element is sewn onto the lace, tape. You can string a few beads or pebbles.
Features of working with felt
Several advantages in working with felt:
- The garland pattern turns out very neat, without disheveled cuts and edges. No overlay required.
- The basis of the material is soft, therefore does not create discomfort during the work.
- Making patterns is simple due to the simultaneous elasticity and resistance to deformation of the felt fabric.
- The canvas does not have a wrong side, which simplifies the stitching process and the selection of elements and parts of one pattern.
The resulting garland elements look neat and attractive.
Options for creating an everyday garland
A universal option is considered to be a personalized garland of felt, which can be made with such tools and materials:
- Several sheets of felt of different or one color.
- Scissors, thread with a needle.
- Sintepon or holofiber.
- Ribbon or lace.
- Chalk or pencil.
How to make a garland of felt for a child’s or girl’s room in a few hours.
- Fold each sheet of felt in half and make sketches of letters.
- Cut sketching with scissors. You should get 2 parts of one letter.
- Using a needle and thread, sew two parts of the same letter. As they are stapled, voids are filled.
- Sew finished volume letters to a tape or lace. The garland is ready.
Additionally, each letter can be embroidered with beads or sequins.
Making Christmas garland from soft material
New Year’s decorations made of felt are relevant due to the fact that such a toy will not break, can be any figure, eco-friendly and can be made independently. Such is the Christmas garland of felt, which can be made with the same tools as the nameplate. Additionally, you can take sequins, Christmas tinsel.
The manufacturing principle does not differ from a personalized garland. The peculiarity lies in the choice of the figures themselves. Actual are: snowman, felt boots, lollipop-hook, Christmas tree, Santa Claus, asterisk, Snow Maiden, house, angel, snowflake, New Year's hat.
It is not necessary to make such garlands voluminous. You can cut a figure out of the material, make holes at the top. Through the holes, pass the tape, which will be the main fastener of the entire structure.
Spiral garland of letters for everyday room decoration
For a teenage girl, a vertical felt garland letter will be the ideal decoration for the room. It is necessary to prepare such materials:
- Felt sheet.
- A ribbon.
- Thread with a needle.
- synthetic winterizer
The principle of manufacturing the letter:
- First, a sketch is made. It is worth making the first letter of the name. You can use latin.
- Fold a sheet of felt in half and use a chalk to sketch the future product.
- Sew two parts of the part with an edge seam. Fill the gradually formed voids with a synthetic winterizer.
- Sew the tape to the letter, leaving a tip with a length of 20-22 centimeters. From it it will be possible to form a bow, which will be placed on top of the part.
Such a product can be tied to the head of the bed, a carnation in the wall, above the window. There are a lot of use cases.
Toy garland for the little ones: principles of manufacturing and decoration
Garland from felt to crib is a great alternative to low-quality plastic toys. For manufacturing you will need:
- Several sheets of multi-colored felt.
- Lace or ribbon.
- Metal spheres with small spheres inside are an alternative to bells.
- Tools for cutting and sewing.
Manufacturing Features:
- Cut various geometric shapes from felt sheets. It is advisable to make one blank for 1 figure from 4 sheets of different colors.
- Sew along the edges of the figure, forming an element of 4 parts. In the process of stitching, put a bell in the middle. Immediately it is worth piercing the element with a lace.
- Sew ribbons to each figure.
If you hang such a garland over the bed, then the baby, tugging at the ribbons, will be able to hear the ringing of the bell. Additionally, each figure will rotate, changing colors.
Felt birthday decoration according to the simplest manufacturing scheme
For the birthday of an adult and a child, you can make a garland of felt with a different set of figures. Often congratulations and age are written on the product. Most often produce flat elements for a garland.
How to make a simple felt garland for a birthday:
- From multi-colored felt, cut geometric shapes of the same size. it can be triangles, circles, squares, rectangles.
- Define the top and bottom of the figure at the top to make 2 holes in the corners. A tape will be threaded through these holes.
- From felt of a different color, cut out the letters to create a name, the inscription "Happy Birthday" or numbers to recreate age, date of birth. The blanks are sewn or glued to flat shapes.
A garland resembles a rope on which are colored flags with an inscription. You can dilute the simplicity of the garland with the help of voluminous felt figures of a cake, cake, gift, flowers.
Homemade Valentine's Day decoration from stripes
To decorate the room for a party or a romantic dinner for the holiday of all lovers, you can also make a simple pendant from felt hearts. How to make a garland of felt hearts:
- From red felt, cut strips 15 cm long and 5 cm wide.
- From the residues cut miniature hearts of different shapes and sizes.
- Sew the strips on one side. Fold the strips from the second side, directing to the already fixed side.
- String small hearts on a thread.
- Insert red yarn into a large needle and string hearts from strips. Threading items need to be on the side. Sew to hearts, strung on a thread hearts.
A simple and elegant love garland is ready.