Tilda toys have been quite popular for several years now. People, angels and even animals are made in this style. Today we suggest you find out how a tilde cat is made, whether a pattern is needed for this or not, as well as how to diversify a toy.
Features of tilde cats
This soft toy cat-tilda is distinguished by its cute appearance. To create such crafts use, as a rule, bright and natural fabrics. As a result, the toy is not only beautiful, but also soft and pleasant to the touch.
Tilde cats consist of a small number of parts. Quite often, the body, legs, tail and head are represented as one. Sometimes some parts can be sewn separately (for example, a tail).
Material and tool selection
As mentioned above, natural fabrics are chosen for these cute toys. Most often, cotton or linen is used. Sometimes tilde cats are made from burlap. But, as a rule, only the body is sewn from this material, which is then decorated with colored clothes. You can also choose a soft flannel.
As a filler, choose holofiber or synthetic winterizer. Its quantity depends on the size of the toy. It is necessary to fill it not too tightly, but so that in doing so it retains volume.
Additional materials that may come in handy for creating a tilde cat:
- small format toys and figures made of wood or plastic;
- curly and regular buttons;
- lace tape;
- satin ribbons;
- beads, rhinestones, sequins;
- other fittings.
Of the tools you need only scissors and a needle with a thread. To attach some decor, sometimes does not put a glue gun. You will also need a sushi stick or pencil. Using such a tool, it is convenient to distribute the synthetic winterizer over the toy.
Tilda cat: pattern
Without a template, it will be very difficult to make a beautiful toy. Moreover, having made a blank once on cardboard or from oilcloth, it can also be used for subsequent crafts.
Do-it-yourself cat-tilde pattern from fabric is quite simple. As mentioned above, the toy consists of a minimum of parts, so the pattern is a small number of parts.
First, decide what your tilde will look like. She will stand on two or four legs, will she look like a man or not and so on. You can even sketch. Then try to understand how many details will be sewn. That is, whether the head, body, tail and paws will be one or not. When the idea has become clear, it must be embodied on a piece of paper. Draw the outline of the cat you want.
Highlight with a different color the parts that will be attached separately. Now divide the pattern into parts. In the example in the picture above, you see that the tilde cat consists of the following parts: body, head, paw-leg, paw-handle, tail, ear. Each piece must be cut in the amount of two pieces, but four ears and paws are needed.
The simplest toy
If you are not yet strong in building patterns and sewing, then we suggest you make such a simple toy. Such a tilda cat consists of only the following elements:
- the back of the body with the head;
- two parts of paws;
- two parts of the tail;
- torso;
- two parts of the head.
Further, our workshop will show how to sew a tilde:
- Transfer the pattern to the fabric. Remember that to create a toy from fabric, you need to cut one back (body and head), two halves of the front of the head and tail, as well as four parts of the paws.
- Sew the legs, tail and halves of the head in pairs, leaving small holes so that parts can be turned out.
- Sew the front of the head to the body.
- Turn out the stitched parts and fill them with filler, carefully distributing it in parts.
- Attach the tabs to the back of the toy using pins. Put the front part on top and sew them together, remembering to leave a small hole.
- Turn the toy out and push the filler inside.
- Sew on the tail.
- Connect the legs with a decorative item (such as a pillow or bouquet).
- Make a face. To do this, use thread (embroider the eyes, nose and mouth with satin stitch) or small beads.
Craft is ready! Similarly, you can make a cat angel. Only need to sew back the wings, and in front - a heart.
Sleepy cat
Similarly, like the tilda cat from the master class above, a sleepy cat is made. To create it, you need to make the fabric such details: the back of the body with the head, the front of the body, two halves of the head, two halves of the tail, four parts of the legs.
Cut out all the “spare parts” and sew together the details of the tail, muzzle and tail. Then sew the “face” to the torso. Connect the front and back of the body, leaving a hole.
Turn out all the details and fill them with filler. Now darn the holes. Sew tail and paws to the body. Embroider the muzzle: closed eyes, mouth and nose. From a shred of other matter, make a small pillow and sew it to the legs of the toy.
Winter seals
A very cute tilda cat soft toy will turn out in New Year's style.
To do this, cut two identical parts, which consist of the body, head and tail of a cat. Sew them together and push the filler inside. The face of such cats can be made using a needle with a thread, beads or a marker and blush. With a felt-tip pen, draw eyes and antennae, highlight cheeks with blush or shadows, and glue the nose from a piece of fabric.
Take the old sock and carefully cut the elastic. Fix it on the neck of the cat with a decorative button. Puziko can be decorated with heart applique. To do this, cut a few shapes. Each subsequent is false to be slightly less than the previous. Glue with a glue gun or sew hearts in descending order on each other.
The craft can not only decorate the room, but also be used as a New Year’s toy if you add a ribbon on top.
Cat on the doorknob
You can decorate the door handle with such a cute craft.
The instruction will tell you how to sew a tilde:
- From the pattern, make two fabric parts of the muzzle and body.
- Sew together the parts of the body and head, leaving a small hole.
- Turn the details inside out and fill them with filler. The toy should be resilient, but keep a flat look.
- Stitch your head on the body. For convenience, you can use a glue gun.
- Make a muzzle: eyes, nose, mouth and antennae.
- Decorate the toy with a bow.
This craft is not only original, but also useful. It will protect the walls from damage in the place where the door handle is in contact with the coating (for example, wallpaper).
Lovebird Cats
Tilda toys can serve not only as decor, but also as a symbol of love. An example is these lovebird cats.
In fact, there are a large number of ideas for creating such crafts, but their main feature is that they consist of two toys that are connected.
Make them easy. You just need to choose a lonely cat pattern with a minimum of details and draw exactly the same second, but slightly reduced. Usually lovebird cats are presented as a hugging couple, so a pattern with a body at an angle will be appropriate.
First you need to sew one cat, and then exactly the same second. Usually two different shades are chosen (for example, gray and pink) to visually distinguish between a boy and a girl. It is also necessary to make two different muzzles - add cilia to the girl toy.
The decor of the seals should be slightly different, but be made in the same style. For example, a cat has a pink hair clip, and a boy has a pink tie.
Various decor and design options
As stated at the very beginning, you can make one pattern and at the same time sew different toys. Very often it turns out to create a whole family of tilde cats, using only fabric of different colors.
A variety of toys will help and various accessories. Various examples of cat toys:
- To create cats, girls use lace, bows, sequins and rhinestones.
- When creating cat boys, use curly buttons, butterfly and tie appliqués .
- Engage additional items. For example, the same toy can hold various objects in its paws: a bouquet of flowers, a decorative watering can, a pillow, a typewriter and so on. Thus, it will be possible to create different cats.
- Make clothes for your crafts: shorts, skirts or dresses and so on.
Do not be afraid to experiment and combine different objects and materials. Perhaps this is how you get a unique tilde toy.