In anticipation of the New Year holidays, needlewomen begin to manufacture various Christmas toys. Performed jewelry can be both flat and voluminous. The most popular pendant is Santa Claus felt. Patterns can be done independently or use the templates offered in this article.
Toys in this way are made very quickly and simply. In one evening you can make several decorations in various versions. Consider the most interesting products.
Benefits of Felt
The most important and basic material when sewing this toy is felt. It has various colors of bright and rich tones. The surface of the fabric is fleecy and pleasant to the touch. The edge of the material does not fall off, therefore it does not require sewing on a typewriter and facilitates the work in the manufacture of Santa Claus from felt. Patterns may be created immediately on the material. Felt is convenient in that it goes well with various fabrics and paper. Along the edge of the fabric, decorative seams look original and beautiful. The density of the material can be different, which determines the shape of Santa Claus. If the material is thick, then the toy may be flat. From thin matter, you can sew a volumetric decoration.
Additional materials
In addition to the material, you need thread in tone and contrasting color for decorating toys, as well as small needles with a small eye, used for manual sewing and quilting. Also, paper is needed to transfer the pattern of Santa Claus from felt, on an adhesive basis, beads, eyes, rhinestones or beads to decorate the fringing of a hat.
It is also worth buying a ribbon or braid 10-12 cm long for hanging a toy on a Christmas tree. In addition, you need to prepare scissors and a marker. You may need glue to fix small parts. To give volume to Santa Claus from felt, you will need a synthetic winterizer or any other filler.
Work with a pattern
A toy as a future Christmas tree decoration should be small. Grandfather's symbolic toy can depict only his head. Optionally, you can add the bottom. Santa Claus patterns made of felt may contain a face, nose, a characteristic beard and mustache, a traditional hat with a fringing and a bells, as well as the basis on which all parts are sewn. To create a flat toy, it is enough to prepare one part of each template. If you need a volume Santa Claus from felt, then each element must be duplicated.
After redrawing the template on a piece of paper, cut out all the details. Since our grandfather is not monophonic, it is necessary to prepare felt of certain colors. Material in beige, light pink or light brown shades is suitable for creating a face. The beard, mustache and rim of the cap should be white. The headpiece itself needs to be made of felt in red. All cut out details of the pattern should be applied to the material of the corresponding colors and, using the marker, carefully circle the patterns. Next, we cut out from the fabric all the elements strictly along the lines. In sewing Santa Claus from felt, allowances for seams are not required.
Making toys
First of all, take the base of the future toy. It can be either red or white and will serve as the back of the jewelry. Then, using the fitting, select the optimal position of the face of Santa Claus and sew to the base with hidden stitches with thread to the tone of the upper part. Put a beard on top and sew along the edge with a decorative seam. Next, attach a mustache. They can be sewn completely or attached only in the nose. The next detail will be a hat, which also needs to be beautifully sewn to the base of the toy. On the bottom of the cap we place a border. If desired, the headpiece can be decorated with a pompom and a satin ribbon can be attached for hanging on a Christmas tree. Do not forget to put between the beard and mustache the nose of Santa Claus. Eyes can be cut out of felt and glued to the face, or you can replace them with small beads.
Sewing a volumetric toy is not difficult. Simply create each element from two parts and fill it with padding polyester a little. Then, lay decorative stitches around the edge and put all the pieces together as in the previous description.