Handmade dolls and toys are so soft, tender and cute. They all the time I want to pick up, touch, hug. They are very pleasant to the touch. Lamb toys seem to be designed not to be let out of hands. And fall asleep with them in an embrace. In the interior, such a soft sheep will look great both in the children's room and in the common living room, giving it special cosiness. And if a couple stands next to them, then it will even symbolize family comfort and happiness. You can, of course, buy these cute creations from the handmade masters. And you can do it yourself. This will give them even more charm. In order to start, you need a good pattern of a toy sheep and a little fabric. And, of course, the desire to create.
So different handmade sheep
The process of creating any handmade toy begins with a design. You can realize the unique, most daring idea that came to mind, or you can take advantage of what has long been invented and implemented. In any case, a soft toy sheep made with its own hands according to its own patterns or what experienced craftsmen offer can be a wonderful gift or decoration of your own home.
We need to think of what it will be, how many details you need to cut out, clothes, hair, accessories. DIY soft toy sheep can be made very simple. One piece on the head, and body and legs separately. And it can be complex-cut and consist of many small details.
Let's analyze two patterns of a toy sheep. One is very simple, stitching it will not be difficult even for those who are not friends with a needle and thread. And the second soft toy-sheep and the pattern for it are more difficult. Will have to work hard. This sheep resembles handmade dolls from Tatyana Kone. In the style of bigies. It is made up of several parts: the head, body, legs and ears are sewn separately and then assembled together. A special stage will be sewing an outfit for such a toy-sheep. The pattern can be selected for any clothing. It all depends on what image is conceived.
A master class in sewing simple and stylish soft sheep
Let's get started. Pretty simple, but such a cute soft sheep will look great in a children's bedroom. It is good for a gift to a toddler or an older child. Will definitely take a worthy place in the room. To sew this cutie, you can use the following pattern of a soft toy-sheep.
What do you need for sewing
We begin to manufacture. For sewing, it is necessary to prepare:
- small cuts of fabric, selected by color, and felt for the muzzle;
- filler for soft toys;
- needle, thread and sewing machine;
- scissors;
- a pair of small beads for eyes or black acrylic paint on the fabric (if you want to draw eyes).
The pattern must be transferred to the fabric with an allowance for seams. Cut body and head parts. On the front side, attach a muzzle detail that can be cut out of gray felt and sew on. Attach a detail of white felt curls on top and stitch.
Sew ears and paws. Cut and notch around the edges for better eversion. After they need to be put in between the front and back halves of the body in those places where they should be, and stitch the whole body from the inside, leaving room for eversion. Then turn out, tightly fill and sew in the hole for turning out manually.
This soft toy sheep is made with your own hands, it remains to arrange a muzzle. You can cut a small heart out of pink felt and sew it in place of a nose, embroider a mouth with black thread and sew on bead eyes.
Sheep that stands itself
The simplest option was indicated above. The second sheep is a whole soft doll. Her legs and a voluminous muzzle, consisting of several parts, move. Below is a pattern of a toy-lamb resembling dolls of Tatyana Kone, a famous craftswoman.
The process of working on this beauty is quite laborious. Following the steps described above, you can stitch the body of a lamb. However, you have to tinker with your head, as it consists of several small parts. After all the parts are sewn and twisted, they need to be filled in a special way. They are not filled so tightly, but the legs should be packed harder. Down each leg you can put a weighting pad, small pebbles or metal plates so that she can confidently stand on her own. The upper and lower legs can be attached with a special button-thread or thread mount to the body so that they can move.
Outfit for a soft toy
Now the most crucial stage. You need to dress up a sheep. Here you can dream up. Dress, skirt, jacket and pants, summer shorts - anything. You can make a pattern yourself or find it on the network. The easiest way to dress the beauty will be a made tulle skirt - a gathered strip of a certain width in an accordion and sewn directly to the sheep in the waist area. The joint is closed with a satin ribbon and a bow is tied.
Special attention deserves shoes. You can leave the toy barefoot, and you can make shoes from fabric, felt or leather. In order to shoe a toy sheep with your own hands, shoe patterns will suit different. Also, ready-made shoes for similar dolls are sold, if you wish, you can order them on the Internet and put the toy in stylish sneakers or boots.
A lamb can be given a bouquet made from the remains of fabric, a tiny lamb sewn separately for a simple pattern, or any other item. You can tie a bow on your head, put on a wreath of fabric flowers, or make hair and hairstyle from threads or wool for felting.