Considering the popularity and demand for hand-made goods, a handmade toy will be an excellent gift not only for a child, but also for an adult of any age: it can be presented as a souvenir or interior decoration. To make such a thing is easy. The main thing is to choose a simple pattern, in accordance with your experience.
Popular Product Options
A toy sewn with your own hands can be made in the form of a textile doll or animal, and both products made exclusively for decoration and those that also have a utilitarian function look good. You can choose a suitable option from the following list:
- very tender and romantic tilde dolls;
- cute and funny coffee toys;
- functional and funny pillows in the form of cats and owls.
In fact, there are many types of toys, including specifically textile dolls. Above are the most popular and those that are the easiest to make.
Materials and Tools
To make a beautiful and accurate toy, hand-made, stock up on the following tools and materials:
- template, blank, sample (can be printed on a printer);
- paper for a pattern;
- pencil, eraser;
- scissors;
- the cloth;
- pins
- a piece of chalk;
- needle with thread;
- filler (synthetic winterizer, holofiber);
- sewing machine;
- decoration elements (beads, buttons, finished plastic eyes and nose (for animals), satin ribbons, etc.
As you can see, nothing complicated and expensive is required (unless the machine). Most likely, even a beginner needlewoman all of the above already exists.
How to sew a soft toy with your own hands: the sequence of work
Whatever sample or type of toy you choose, the steps will be as follows:
- Find a suitable pattern and print in the right size (1: 1) or build it yourself on paper.
- Cut the workpiece parts.
- Lay out the elements on the wrong side of the fabric and circle the contours with chalk or remnant. Remember to leave seam allowances.
- Cut parts from fabric.
- Connect the corresponding elements with their faces inward.
- Sweep the seams.
- Sew the seams on the machine, leaving a small hole for turning out.
- If the shape of the part has a lot of rounding, make allowances very carefully so as not to damage the seam, cuts. This will not allow the fabric to contract after eversion.
- Perform the turning operation from the wrong side to the front.
- Fill the form with filler.
- Sew in the hole that was left unnoticed by hand. If the toy consists of several separate elements, then each one is made separately, and then everything is sewn into a finished object.
- Sew extra decor. Embroider or attach the finished eyes, nose, and other details. The toy is ready.
So, you learned how to sew a soft toy. With your own hands, simple products are easy to make. Of course, in the manufacture of each little thing there will be its own nuances, for example, it may be necessary to dye the white fabric in the desired color for the face, arms, legs, body. In the manufacture of coffee, or, as they are also called, attic toys, this operation is mandatory. You can dye the fabric both before cutting and after. It depends on the number of elements being prepared for painting and the convenience of working in one way or another, specifically in your case. In addition, you can make hair dolls, say, from yarn. There is a separate discussion about face design.
Textile dolls
If you decide to sew soft toys with your own hands, it is worth choosing the simplest patterns (of course, if you do not have enough experience). Textile dolls are very popular now. They are made both in the form of realistic people and humanized animals. Some products can consist of only two parts - the front and rear halves of the body, in which the head, arms and legs are made as one unit. Clothing is sewn separately or even made non-removable, even without a pattern. If experience and time allow, it is better to choose options consisting of separate elements, that is, all parts of the body are performed autonomously, and then the character is assembled from them. Such toys look more realistic and neat.
Animals
Everything that was said in the previous section applies to the manufacture of animals. To sew soft toys with your own hands, patterns can be built independently. If you do not draw very well, but don’t want to use the ready-made template, try creating a pattern of an animal of a simplified form, and it is better that all the elements are cut out in one piece with the body.
Coffee toys
Want to learn how to make toys with your own hands (for beginners there is nothing complicated, so do not be alarmed), which will also be flavored? Then this section is for you. Patterns for these products are taken the simplest. Funny and cute little things usually consist of two parts. The base material is a white cotton fabric. Coffee toys are also called attic, as they resemble the souvenirs darkened from time found in the old chest. In order to give the fabric an appropriate brownish tint, the material or cut details are kept in a decoction of coffee or tea. This, in addition to color, also gives a pleasant aroma to the product. Often these toys are painted with acrylics with a preliminary primer of the dyed fabric, for example, PVA glue. A thin brush draws the expression of the muzzle (as a rule, animals are made in this technique), and various funny inscriptions can also be applied.
How to sew toys with your own hands: patterns for beginners
This section presents several variations of the simplest templates. It is easy to sew a textile doll on the first blank. It is enough to make a pair of body parts and four handles and legs, and then proceed according to the instructions above.
If you prefer animal characters, use one of the options below. The cat from the following scheme can be turned into a comfortable and cute pillow, if you perform details of the appropriate size.
It’s easy to stitch an owl over the next blank. It can also be used as a pillow or just as a small souvenir.
As you can see, a toy sewn with your own hands not only looks beautiful, but is also easy to sew. So to make such gifts or products to decorate your home is not difficult even for a beginner needlewoman.