New 2014 is the year of the Horse. But how to meet the upcoming, if the house does not have this "ungulate"? The horse is paper, textile, wooden - no matter what. The main thing is that on the night of December 31 to January 1, the symbol of the New Year is present in your home. And then luck and happiness will certainly settle in your family. Do not believe? And you check. Make with your own hands at least a small figure of a horse, put it in a prominent place in the house - and very soon you will notice a change in your life for the better. In this article, we provide your review with material that details how to sew a horse with your own hands out of fabric. The symbol of the New Year, made of textiles, will not only be a decoration for your home, but also your children's favorite toy.
How to sew a toy horse out of fabric: a master class for beginners
For work, prepare the following materials:
- textiles (felt, cotton, linen, knitwear);
- threads for knitting (wool, acrylic);
- filler (cotton wool, synthetic winterizer, holofiber);
- buttons - 2 pieces;
- needle;
- thread for sewing in the color of the fabric;
- scissors;
- paper.
Before you sew a horse with your own hands, you must perform a pattern. On paper, draw a silhouette of the future product or its individual parts, cut and transfer to a double folded fabric. Retreating from the contour of 1-1.5 centimeters, cut out the patterns of parts. Next, sew them from the wrong side. This can be done either typewriter or manually. If you are making a product from felt, then you can connect the parts along the front side with a seam “over the edge” with colored threads. At the bottom of the product, where the horse has a tummy, leave a small hole. Turn the workpiece through it, align all the parts and fill the filler in them. Sew the hole in small stitches. In order for the toy to be stable, you need to insert discs made of cardboard or plastic on the bottom of the legs, matching the diameter with the circumference of the limbs. The basis of the textile horse is made.
You can already sew a horse. Now we learn to perform the mane and tail for her. From yarn, cut pieces of 10-15 centimeters and, folding them in half, sew on the center of the head in the direction from the forehead to the back. Prepare the same segments for the design of the tail. Tie them in the middle and sew to the back of the figure. Use buttons as a peephole. If your toy is female, then you can hang a bow on the mane, and if it is male, a bow tie on the neck. The textile horse is ready!
Simple and quick, or How to sew a horse with your own hands from a sock
Such an element of clothing, like a sock, is an excellent material for making toys. Fill it with filler - and the horse’s head is ready. Make a mane of yarn, scraps of fabric or plastic bags. If you tie this head of an ungulate to a long stick, you get a toy for the child, on which he can ride like a rider. Make a bridle from tape or braid, eyes from beads or buttons.
Sewing a horse with your own hands, it turns out, is not so difficult as it seemed at first glance. Give this lesson only one evening, and the original symbol of the New Year 2014 will live in your home for a long time. Fruitful to you creativity and good luck!