Felt is an ideal fabric for making various crafts. It is durable, pleasant to the touch, has an interesting texture. For the manufacture of toys is an ideal material. In this article, we bring to your attention master classes that teach you how to make Christmas trees from felt. These products will become the original decoration of your home. New Year is coming, so let's hurry up and quickly make such souvenirs for ourselves and as a gift to our friends.
Christmas tree made of felt. We create beauty and coziness with our own hands.
In the photo you see a beautiful handmade Christmas tree. This is what we will learn to do right now. For work, you need the following materials:
- felt of two shades of green;
- a cone made of cardboard, foam or foam;
- glue gun ;
- a thread with a needle or tailor pins (for the basis of foam rubber);
- a sheet of cardboard;
- marker;
- ordinary and curly scissors.
Fir trees: description of the manufacturing process
- Doing the basics . If you do not have a ready-made foam cone, then you can make it from cardboard or foam rubber. To do this, twist the part in the form of a cone from a rectangular piece of any of these materials and secure it with tape or a stapler. Focusing on the circumference of the bottom edge, make a cardboard bottom of the same size. Stick it with tape with a cone.
- Felt parts . From cardboard, make a round template of the desired size. Transfer the pattern to felt and cut about 25 parts with curly scissors . If there is little, then you can add.
- Christmas tree decoration . Fold each piece of fabric four times, sewing a corner in the center with a thread. Glue the fabric part to the base along the bottom of the product with a hot gun. If you have a foam cone, then simply pin the corner and stick it into the base. Similarly fasten all felt blanks in the direction from bottom to top. You can decorate the finished product with large multi-colored beads or small Christmas toys, serpentine, "rain".
If you perform such a large tree, then it can become a worthy alternative to a living coniferous plant. Small felt Christmas trees can be presented to colleagues as friends as a New Year's souvenir.
New Year's toys from fabric
When there is a baby in the house, it is not safe to decorate the Christmas tree with traditional glass decorations. At any moment, a little fidget can break such a toy and get hurt. We suggest you make felt toys. They can serve not only as a decor for the New Year tree, but also as a soft toy for the child. So, how to sew small Christmas trees made of felt with a loop, we will tell you in the next master class.
Prepare the following materials for work:
- green felt;
- threads for embroidery (floss);
- a needle;
- scissors;
- paper;
- bright buttons;
- braid;
- filler (cotton wool, synthetic winterizer, synthetic winterizer).
How is such a Christmas tree made of felt? Pattern is what needs to be done first. Draw and cut a Christmas tree shape on a piece of paper. Transfer the pattern to the fabric and circle around the contour. Cut two identical parts. On the felt blank, which will be in front of the toy, you need to sew colored buttons. Next, connect the parts together with a seaming seam. Attach a loop from the braid at the top of the product. Leave a few centimeters unstitched at the bottom of the toy. Fill the Christmas tree through the hole with filler and sew. That's all. A small, soft and very beautiful felt Christmas tree is ready to decorate your home.
Make felt toys. From them it blows warmth, comfort and love. Enjoy your creative moments!