What is the word Tilda associated with? What comes to mind? Comfort, good smells of a country house, natural colors, the highest quality fabrics. And, of course, the cutest characters: spiky-legged fairy with long legs and buttons, eyes, pot-bellied snowmen, snail coils, long-eared hares and many, many others. The tilda world is replete with the most interesting images that share common features. After all, at one glance at the toy, we all understand its “pedigree” and we just want to exclaim: “Wow! Tilda!”
The first animal "Tilda" - a hare with long ears
To be honest, the first Tilda was a fairy girl. She was "born" in 1999 in Norway. And soon, its creator Tony Finnanger began to create other images: clothes, furniture and even household items in the Tilda style. And the main characters of her book "Tilda. Easter" were, of course, hares - after all, in those parts of the world they believe that on Easter magic hares carry colorful motley eggs. So we can say that Tilda the hare is a long-liver of the toy world, already having its own history.
Hare images
The invented Tony hares are humanlike. They walk on two legs, and in their hands are holding bouquets and gingerbread cookies, garden tools and even cameras. They like to dress up in overalls, touching lace dresses, pajamas - depending on the weather and the situation. A classic tilde hare may have ears protruding upward, or hanging on its shoulders, like a donkey. As for the images, here the flight of fantasy has no limits! A shy lover, bride or groom, artist, street musician, cook - absolutely any role can be played by the hare Tilda!
Do it yourself in the best traditions of the genre
There is another character trait without which Tilda’s toy is unthinkable . This is man-madeness. The world of Tilda does not tolerate consumer goods and low-quality, hastily worked industrial parts. Each toy is sewn manually according to the classical pattern, each seam is worked out, a nose is embroidered (less often drawn) on the muzzle, curious eye beads are sewn. This also applies to accessories. Everything that is worn by a hare, and everything that he holds in his paws, is also made manually.
A bit about materials
Flax, thick cotton, severe coarse calico is ideal for any Tilda-style toy. Do not abuse synthetic fabrics - they will look simply not logical. Moreover, the toy Tilda the hare is not just another fun, which soon gets tired and settles in the closet. Children like these toys, it’s nice to sleep with them, they want to be protected.
Toy hare-Tilda and manufacturing technology
Sewing a bunny is not so easy. Therefore, for the first attempt, do not choose too intricate patterns. Let's start with the most ordinary:
In the picture we see a large detail of the body - such details need two symmetrical; leg detail - cut them 4; and the detail of the handle is also 4. To make the ears, we cut out a strip of about 4 x 20 cm from the main fabric and round the ends. We cut the same strip out of colored fabric, the one from which we will sew the dress. By the way, about the outfit. For the first time, we’ll build something light, unpretentious, for example a sundress with ties. It remains to carefully sew the parts and fill the toy with a polyester or holofiber. That's it, Tilda the hare is ready! But how long will he live alone? Maybe you should make friends with him, with each new toy improving your skills and creating more and more amazing images?