Nowadays, products in the Tilda style have become very popular among fans of hand-made crafts. Dolls made designer Tony Finnanger famous all over the world. In addition to dolls and soft toys, the founder of this style creates different flowers.
In our article, we will introduce the reader to how to sew Tilda tulips. Tony believes that you need to do everything yourself. Therefore, the woman has released numerous books and articles on sewing products in the Tilda style. Sewing tulips is not difficult, it is important to adhere to detailed instructions and first prepare patterns.
Pattern of tulips Tilda
According to the scheme, you can make a template for patterns of bud and flower leaves. Of the rectangles having a length of 13 cm and a width of 7 cm, the shape of a tulip bud is cut out. The lower part of the bud has a flat edge, and the upper edge is pointed.
To pattern a sheet, they take a rectangle of paper 17 cm long and 7 cm wide. The contours of the sheet are drawn according to the analog of a bud. For Tilda tulips (master class - hereinafter), it will still be necessary to prepare a stalk pattern. It will take a thin strip of fabric. Each master has his own length and width of 2.5 cm.
Bud
Typically, for tulips in the Tilda style, fabrics with a fine pattern are taken. It can be dots, peas, cells, small patterns. The only fabric requirement is color matching. If you use felt, then you can make the flowers plain. This material is convenient in that you don’t need to trim the edges, it looks unusually bright, the color scheme is quite diverse, so you can create a bouquet of colorful and bright colors.
About how to sew Tilda-tulips - a master class later in the article.
According to the pattern, two pieces of fabric are cut out for each flower. From the wrong side, they are stitched together, but not completely. The lower flat area is left unbroken. Then turn the workpiece on the front side and fill the pocket with filler. It is not recommended to take cotton wool, as it may look like lumps. It is best to use a synthetic winterizer or holofiber, in extreme cases, you can buy synthetic cotton wool or foam rubber.
After the bud is filled, the lower even edge is pulled together with a strong thread. To do this, sew stitches around the circumference and tighten, after inserting the flower on the stick of the stem. Tilda's master class of tulips will further tell you how to sew a stalk.
Stem
For the stem, take a strip of green fabric. You can also use not a plain fabric, but a material with a fine pattern. On the wrong side, the side parts of the strip are sewn along the length. Then turn out the "pipe" with a hook or safety pin.
In order for the stem to have strength and stand in a vase, you need to insert a wire wrapped in synthetic winterizer. The edges are sutured with an internal seam.
Leaflets
It is most convenient to use felt for the leaves. It itself is quite dense and does not require additional processing of the edges. It remains only to cut out patterns of fabric according to the pattern and, bending the sheet around the stem, sew up its lower edge. If you use another fabric, not so dense, then you need to cut out two details of the pattern for each leaf. On the wrong side, they are sewn to the bottom even edge and turned on the front side. For density, an extra layer of lining or burlap can be inserted.
It remains only to sew leaflets around the stem. They can be made in a bouquet not for each stem, but only a few can be performed so that the bouquet has splendor.
After our master class, Tilda's tulips, we hope, will be easy to do. Focusing on the pattern for the pattern, first make cardboard templates for the bud and the sheet, so that all the flowers are the same size. The fabric, as can be seen in the photo, can be used in different, preferably cotton or felt. Sew in Tilda style. The products are interesting, and making them is unusually simple.