Interesting fabric crafts for children. DIY fabric crafts: ideas for simple work. Useful items in the interior

Olesya Linnik

16:10 25.03.2017

After sewing clothes or curtains, do you have fabric left over and you don't know what to do with it? Let her go! Use leftover textiles in interior design. How exactly, see our tips.

wall decor

From the fabric, you can make original paintings or panels, which then decorate the bedroom, living room or nursery.

To create a "masterpiece" even an old summer dress is suitable, which you will no longer wear, but it is a pity to throw it away. It will make a great bright picture.

"Soft" plates on the wall look very stylish. It is easy to make such wall decor from wool, cotton, linen or other fabric., which will need to be glued, for example, to a simple wooden plate.

By the way, from pieces denim make a great wall decor option.
White or light blue fabric goes well with them, which also, as in the photo, must be placed in large and small hoops.

A simple and very original idea to make a collage right on the wall from colorful scraps. And you don't have to wallpaper or paint the walls.

The ideal solution for decorating the working corner of a creative person.

lampshade material

If you've made curtains or cushion covers to order, and you still have pieces of fabric, you can make a new lampshade out of them.

So a boring lamp will quickly turn into a bright and colorful detail in the interior.

Furniture upholstery

A thick colored fabric can decorate the head of the bed. True, for this you will need several meters of textiles.

And you can also upholster a chair with the same fabric as the curtains, if suddenly the seat or back is already worn out.

Home accessories

Many mothers prefer not to buy, but to sew bedding for their children. And if you suddenly didn’t guess with the sizes, and took more fabric, it can make original decorative bags for storing small items.

You can make coasters from a firth or an old cashmere coat.

And decorate a clay flower pot with velvet, satin or silk.

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Fabric crafts for the home: we sew toys and decorations with our own hands

Nowadays, fabric is used not only for interior decoration, for its intended purpose, but also in the form of various home-made items and crafts: soft toys, paintings, decorative items, flowers and decorations.

Dining table decoration

Do-it-yourself fabric crafts are suitable for decorating a dining table, for which you will need the following: skewers, colored fabric strips, threads to match the ribbons, needles, a glue gun, scissors with a wavy or zigzag blade, beautiful buttons or beads.

Now follow certain steps in sequence:

• make a blank of strips of fabric measuring 25x5 cm, cut it around the perimeter with scissors with a wavy or zigzag blade so that the edge is not straight;
• fold the prepared strip of fabric in half with the wrong side inward. Baste the resulting double folded edge of the fabric with a basting. Basting stitches should be made the same to make the flower symmetrical and neat. At the very end of the basting, pull the fabric together so that the ends of the fabric connect and form a circle. The ends of the fabric, in the places of their connection, be sure to sew.
• insert the skewer inside the fabric circle, between their wrong sides, and fix with glue.
• decorate the core beautifully with beads or shiny buttons with a glue gun, at the same time hiding the seam.

Women's fabric jewelry

For fabric decor, you will need: stretch or lycra in bright colors, a decorative chain, clasps or miniature clasps, a glue gun, wire cutters and scissors.

Now let's start the process.

Fabric preparation. Cut the fabric into strips 1-1.5 cm wide. Take them by the edges and stretch them in length so that the edge wraps up in the form of a cord.

Weaving process. You can weave different ways without restrictions and established rules. You can even use the technique of weaving baubles or use knitting needles (crochet), or simply weave braids.

The more confusing elements there are, the more spectacular and fashionable it will look. Remember to leave small ends for attaching them to the chain.

Chain attachment. Attach the woven creation to the chain, choosing the desired length of the necklace. Make a clasp or lock on the chain.

fabric toys

Fabric toys are still in fashion. For example, a couple of tilde bears, he and she. To do this, it is worth preparing: patches of white calico in the amount of 2 pcs. 30x30 cm, piece of calico with a small blue pattern, piece of calico with a fine pattern Pink colour, threads of appropriate colors, synthetic winterizer (silicone or holofiber), a simple pencil, scissors, needles, cutting paper, a sewing machine (but you can also sew by hand).

Coarse calico of white color must be repainted in light beige. Darker for him, lighter for her. This mixture will help you: in 3 cups of boiling water you need to dissolve 3 tsp. coffee and 1 tsp. PVA glue and rock salt.

You need to immerse the fabric in it and hold it for dyeing until the mixture cools naturally. Then straighten the fabric, dry and iron.

For getting light tone instead of coffee, use tea bags in the amount of 2-3 bags.

Prepare patterns for the future product in advance, cut the fabric on them. Control the direction of the fabric during the pattern.

Sew identical paired elements on a typewriter or sew by hand. Hearts need to be stitched and twisted through the hole left for this.

It is enough to leave no more than 3 cm of fabric at the seams, it is better to cut off the excess.

We fill all the received elements with synthetic winterizer or similar material. For your convenience, you should do this in the process of stitching the elements.

Do not overstuff the arms and legs of the product so that it is easy to seat.

You need to sew the elements of the product from top to bottom. First the ears to the head, then the head to the body. The paws are fixed with hidden seams, threads to match the fabric to make them invisible.

The eyes and nose of the bears must be embroidered with threads in the form of knots. Highlight cheeks with ordinary decorative blush. Patches and hearts are attached to finished products, after stuffing them with synthetic winterizer.

Crafts-flowers

Most flowers are made from used children's clothes of natural cotton fabrics, as children grow up quickly and the clothes remain.

Bright fabrics with floral or vegetable colors are ideal, a graphic pattern will also work.

You will need templates to cut the fabric. From these, cut out two large flowers, four smaller ones, and one of the felt fabric for the base of the flower, which will support the petals and shape the appearance.

Lay a couple of the largest petals on a felt base, then, as the size decreases, the remaining petals, fold the small ones four times.

Fix the petals together either manually or with a clipper. To decorate the center, cover the button with fabric and sew in the center. An ordinary button, beads or beads will do.

Fabric panel

In the form of crafts for the home, create a fabric panel. To do this is not difficult at all. Enough desire and imagination, and this can be realized with the help of improvised materials.

From denim, you can create a lot of DIY crafts: jewelry, toys, bags, wallets, paintings, and more.

Fabric crafts can be given to children, relatives, friends and acquaintances. A gift made with love and with my own hands- the best!

Photo of fabric crafts

In almost every home you can find unnecessary clothes or scraps of material. The ability to sew can turn these things into original interior items, gifts for relatives and friends, or toys for children. Do-it-yourself fabric crafts for the home can be not only a useful hobby for novice authors, but also an additional source of income for craftsmen who have long been fond of needlework.

Sewing can be started at a fairly early age. For schoolchildren, do-it-yourself light fabric crafts can become one of the elements of labor training. You should start acquaintance with the creation of textile things with simple jobs.

Pouch with strings

The most simple craft consists of a whole piece of material. For its manufacture you will need:

Making a bag is very easy. Even an elementary school student can cope with this work.

Take a piece of material 17 * 31 cm and fold it in half along the long edge with the front side inward. Free sections on the side and bottom are fixed with pins. Then these two sides are sewn with an overlock seam. The distance between the stitches should be 5-7 mm. After completing this step, the pins are removed from the side seams.

The upper edge of the product is tucked 2 cm, secured with pins and stitched with a regular line seam.

The bag is turned inside out. Two small holes are cut in the upper part and overcast with small stitches. The string is threaded through these slots.

The bag is ready. Depending on the fabric used, bag can be used to store jewelry, accessories and threads for needlework, herbs and seeds. And also from them you can make original packaging for gifts and pleasant surprises.

Stuffed Toys

A fairly simple type of do-it-yourself fabric crafts for schoolchildren are Stuffed Toys. First, you should master the manufacturing technology of simple products, consisting of 1-2 parts. For example, you can try to sew a cute bear. To create it, you need to prepare:

• a piece of fleece, thin felt or baize;
• several small buttons;
• filler;
• needle and thread;
• scissors;
• a ribbon;
• paper.

First you need to prepare a pattern. You can draw it yourself or download it from the Internet and print it.

It is not necessary to take a new material for the first fabric craft. You can use an old fleece, felt or linen thing, a flannelette diaper or a faux fur blanket. The fabric of the required size is folded in half and the template is transferred to it. When cutting fabric, allowances for seams of 5-10 mm in size should be taken into account.

Buttons are sewn to one of the details, which designate the eyes, nose and torso of the future toy.

The parts are connected and stitched with an overcast seam, leaving a small hole for stuffing, which can be used as a synthetic winterizer or cotton wool. The stuffing hole is carefully sewn up. The bear is decorated with a ribbon ball.

Kitchen accessories

Another example of a simple do-it-yourself fabric product for beginners is kitchen potholders. They can be made from whole pieces of fabric or use the popular patchwork technique.

For the manufacture of potholders-mittens you will need: fabric from natural materials, sintepon, needles and threads, palm template.

To make the products universal, the template should be made in the form of an oval arch. When constructing a pattern, the size of the seams should be taken into account and marked with a dotted line. Transfer the finished template to the fabric.

For one craft, you need to prepare four fabric parts and two synthetic winterizer parts. The size of these elements is equal to the size of the template, excluding seam allowances.

Two pieces of fabric are folded with the right side inward and stitched. The workpiece is turned on the front side. A synthetic winterizer is placed inside, the free edges are tucked and the part is sewn up. The second part is made in the same way. Then they are connected and sewn with an overcast seam. At the end of the work, a loop from a strip of fabric is sewn to the craft.

Interior details

What makes a home warm and cozy? Of course, small details made by hand from textiles, paper, wood and other materials. Crafts from pieces of fabric used to decorate rooms give it a finished and unique look.

Christmas decorations

Making toys for the Christmas tree from fabric is a fairly simple, but at the same time interesting and exciting activity. Products are made of felt or fleece, decorated with decorative embroidery. To create textile Christmas decorations you will need pieces of fabric, filler, threads and needles, scissors (it is preferable to use curly ones), various decorative elements.

To make a small fun Christmas tree you will need:

The fleece is folded in half and the outline of the Christmas tree is drawn on it. If it is planned to perform a large number of the same type of products, then the patterns should be transferred to the fabric according to a template made of dense material.

Two parts are cut out along the outlined contour, the front side of which is decorated with snowflakes. Eyes are glued onto one of them, cilia and a mouth-smile are embroidered.

After decorating, the parts are folded on the wrong sides and sewn with a seam over the edge. On top of the crafts, a hole is left for stuffing and fastening a loop to fix the toy on the Christmas tree. The hole is carefully sewn up. Christmas decoration is ready.

Textile basket

The ability to create fabric crafts will allow you to fill the interior with unique items for various purposes. A textile basket will look unusual and stylish on the dining table. In order to sew it, you need to prepare the following materials and tools:

It should be noted that it is optimal to sew this craft on sewing machine. With only needles and threads at hand, you can also work on creating this piece of furniture.

First of all, it is necessary to cut out three parts from two types of fabric and a synthetic winterizer, which should be slightly smaller than the textile parts. All elements are folded in the following order: lining fabric, front side and synthetic winterizer. All three layers are combined into one blank, leaving one side for eversion.

Then proceed to the formation of the sides of the basket. To do this, side seams are sewn at the required distance from the edge. AT middle part place a piece of cardboard equal in size to the desired bead size, and sew this part inside. Then insert the bottom and sides and also lay a seam, parallel to the previous line. At the end of this stage of work, the last cardboard part is inserted inside the blank and this side is stitched.

Basket ties can be made from ribbons, braid, or sewn from the fabric used in the work. To do this, a rectangular piece of fabric is folded in half and ironed, outlining the middle. The free ends are again bent to the center of the part and ironed. The tips tuck and stitch the element on three sides. For one basket, you need to prepare eight ties.

In order to attach the ribbons to the basket, you need to slightly open the seams in two places on each side and insert the parts into the resulting holes. The ties are fixed with small seams. Then they are connected in pairs and tied in the form beautiful bows. The basket is ready. It can be used as a candy bowl, bread box or put decorative fruits in it.

Decorative fruits and berries

Most kitchen interiors are done in restrained soothing colors. You can create a bright color spot from textile crafts in the form of fruits and berries. Bright scraps of any fabric are suitable for their manufacture. And you will also need needles, threads, any soft filler, toothpicks, paper and a pencil.

Patterns of fruits and berries are drawn on a sheet of thick paper. By downloading them from the Internet, you can greatly simplify this stage of work. For example, you can assemble a composition of apples, pears and strawberries.

To make an apple, you will need two parts of an apple and one leaf of green fabric. It is not necessary to use a single-color material, as crafts made from multi-colored fabric will look unusual and stylish.

The apple parts are folded right side in and sewn together, leaving room for stuffing on the wide side of the part. The workpiece is turned out and filled with padding polyester. Then the edges are stitched with a basting seam and pulled together. The thread is not cut, but the needle is passed through the workpiece and returned back, pulling it. This is necessary to give the craft the shape of an apple. A leaf is sewn to the fruit with the same thread, which is additionally fixed with transparent glue.

In the same way, a pear is performed. From below, a small textile circle or a small button is glued to the craft Brown color. The leaf is glued to the stalk of a wooden stick and fixed inside the fruit with a drop of glue.

Strawberries are sewn according to a similar principle, but they are not pulled together in height. After stuffing and tightening the top seam, a shamrock is sewn to the craft.

Sewing a bunch of grapes is quite simple. To work, you need mugs of fabric purple or Green colour, filler, flap of fabric for leaves, wire, colored tape, needle and thread.

All circles along the edge are stitched with a seam forward with a needle and pulled together a little. The filler is placed in the resulting small bags, the hole is tightened and fixed. Then all the balls are sewn together, forming a bunch of grapes. Several leaves are cut out of green fabric and sewn onto the craft.

Patchwork products

Patchwork, or patchwork, is experiencing a new peak in popularity. From ordinary scraps of fabric, you can create furniture bedspreads and pillows, blankets and bumpers for cribs. It is better to start acquaintance with this technique with simple things. For example, you can sew bumpers in a crib. For this work, you will need square pieces of fabric, the size and number of which depends on the author's idea. For stuffing use sintepukh or holofiber. You will also need thread, a needle, satin ribbons, paper and pencil.

The manufacture of crafts using the patchwork technique begins with the selection of fabric, the calculation of its required quantity and the creation of a sketch of the future product.

Two pieces of fabric are sewn together, leaving a small opening for stuffing. Fill the pads quite tightly and sew up. Produce the required number of elements. For a standard bed 60 * 120 cm, you will need 432 squares of fabric measuring 12 * 12 cm, from which 216 pillows 10 * 10 cm are sewn.

Then the prepared elements are sewn into strips of 6 pieces. In work they use hand seam"over the edge". Strongly tighten the parts should not be. The stripes are sewn together. First you need to connect the corners of the squares and fix them with pins.

Satin ribbon ties are sewn to the finished sides.

Needlework helps not only to spend your free time usefully, but also to replenish the interior of your home. interesting crafts from fabric. By involving children in this activity, you can develop their perseverance, diligence, fine motor skills and creative thinking.

Nowadays, it is fashionable to have unique things in the house, created in a single quantity. The value of such items increases at times if they are made by hand. good decoration your home will serve as crafts from scraps. This type of needlework came to us from England and was called patchwork. This technique will allow you to create original ornaments and unusual patterns by stitching multi-colored pieces of fabric into a single canvas.

Patchwork has been known to us for a long time and is more associated with unusually bright bedspreads and blankets for the bed. Blankets and bedspreads are just a small part of the products that you can create from multi-colored pieces of fabric.

Thanks to patchwork, you can make pot holders, pillows, a lampshade for a lamp, pillowcases, rugs and a variety of children's toys.

After studying the photo of crafts from shreds, you can always repeat these works at home, for this you will need:

• Sewing machine.
• Scissors.
• Needles and pins.
• Threads.
• Textile.
• Decorative elements.
• Paper or cardboard.
• Chalk or soap.

patchwork quilt

For many centuries patchwork quilt associated with home warmth and comfort. In ancient times, the blanket was sewn by hand and they served as a dowry for the bride and were passed down from generation to generation. In our time, few families have such treasures. Correct this injustice and spend a day of scrapbook crafts with your children, and choose a blanket as a base work.

The sequence of steps for creating a patchwork quilt:

Prepare everything necessary tools for work, a single sheet of fabric for the inside of the blanket, synthetic winterizer (so that the blanket is warm).

Select squares of fabric for the front side, they should be in harmony with each other in color and type of fabric. We lay out the prepared shreds on the table and make a pattern out of them.

We fold two adjacent squares with the right side to each other and sew. The seam should recede from the edge by 0.5-1 centimeter so that your product does not come apart at the seams.

We iron each seam on the front side with an iron so that the resulting product does not bulge and lies flat. We gradually sew all the squares into a single canvas. The assembly of the front side is completed, iron it well.

Connect the two pieces of the blanket with the right sides to each other. If your clothes are warm, then lay an additional layer between them - a synthetic winterizer.

Sew all parts of the blanket around the perimeter on three sides. Turn the resulting workpiece on the front side. Iron well. We turn the protruding edges of the fabric inward and sew the remaining fourth side.

Now you need to connect the front and back parts over the entire area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe product, for example, go through the machine line along the perimeter or diagonal of each square patch.

Your blanket is ready. The blanket will please the eye and warm you in the cold.

Crafts from scraps of leather and fabric

Leather is a natural and practical material that can serve you for many decades. That is why throwing out leather things that are out of fashion will not be rational. Show your imagination and give a second chance to your old unnecessary things.

By combining leather and fabric scraps you can make bags, wallets, notebook covers, leather pencil cases for stationery or decorative baskets for your tools.

You can also make a protective cover for the glass: thick leather will protect your hands from burns, and decorative fabric elements will add a morning mood.

Beautiful patchwork craft ideas will make your home more beautiful and more practical.

Master class on crafts from scraps with your own hands

The step-by-step instructions on how to make a handbag with your own hands below will allow you to quickly create a great gift for your family and friends. Or it will be useful to you personally in everyday life for storing various little things.

Step by step description of your actions:

Cut a rectangle out of thick cardboard that will be the bottom of the bag.

Prepare scraps of fabric (dense, stiff material is best) and lay them out in the desired sequence on cardboard. Consistently sew all the patches into a single canvas, each time ironing the seams with an iron. The front side of the bottom of the bag is ready.

Repeat these steps a second time to create the inside of the bottom. You can use the same color accents or make the interior more contrasting. The resulting canvases are connected to each other with the front side inward and stitched from three sides. We turn the resulting “pillowcase”, inside we place a piece of cardboard, bend the free edges inward and sew.

Prepare scraps of fabric for each wall of the bag. Lay them out on the table. Consistently sew all the elements into a single canvas. The resulting blanks are connected to each other with the front side inward and stitched from three sides, turned inside out.

Fold the free edges inward and sew. Create three more sides of your future bag in a similar way. Connect the four walls of the bag together and sew them to the already prepared bottom.

Leather strips or wide colored twine can act as handles. Your bag is ready, use it with pleasure.

The patchwork process does not carry any complexity, but it will require perseverance, patience and accuracy from you. Create beautiful things and comfort in your home.

Photo of crafts from shreds

DIY fabric crafts can be useful, can be children's entertainment, can be decorations for clothes or interior. One thing is for sure - they are easy to make, but in the end you will always get a worthless exclusive, which will be very affordable at cost. For most products, small scraps of fabric that remain after tailoring are enough for you, which means that we can talk about the complete free of charge of such elegant crafts. All that is required of you is the ability to hold a thread with a needle in your hands, but if you want to develop in this direction more professionally, then, for example, you will need a set of simple tools.

DIY crafts from fabrics

Children's patchwork applications and simple toys from felt are quite simple, so we will not describe their examples. DIY crafts from fabrics can not only entertain your kids, but also teach them how to sew, and these skills that develop their fine motor skills will be very useful for them (for both boys and girls). You can offer them to make such a miniature toy - a sheep (it will be very relevant for this year of the Sheep), inside which a small magnet is hidden, which means that the sheep can live on a refrigerator or other metal surfaces.

First you need to make a pattern of a toy, for a lamb it will be very simple - a small cloud. With the help of a pattern, we transfer the image to two pieces of fabric, cut out blanks. By wrong side we sew ¾ along the perimeter (we work out the technique of a basting seam), then turn it inside out and fill it with any filler available to you. We sew the edges already on the front side with an overcast seam with a woolen thread in a contrasting color. Before sewing up the figure completely, we put a small piece of a magnet inside (you can either buy it or take it from another magnetic toy). We sew ears and a head for a sheep from burlap, sew them to the body and decorate to our liking.

The toys that you can make for your children with your own hands are very different from any of the most exclusive industrial products. At the same time, it is not necessary to combine different pieces of fabric in order to “color” the product, for this you can use special paints for fabric. At the same time, you can recreate your favorite cartoon or fairy-tale characters from drawings and photographs, using lessons on do-it-yourself crafts from fabrics, master classes with which are on our website.

Beautiful DIY crafts from fabrics

Traditionally to beautiful DIY fabric crafts include flowers that are made using traditional techniques. Many books and magazines dedicated to this art have been published. Inspired by examples of such crafts, you can also buy a set of buns (special tools for giving different shapes to the petals) for yourself and practice making flower arrangements.

crafts from different materials are intended for decorating clothes, giving the most simple things, ordinary T-shirts and raglans, the gloss of hot couture designer items. Here is such a pink composition for your wardrobe that you can literally build in a matter of minutes from scraps of multi-colored satin fabric.

To make satin roses, you will need to cut off a strip of satin, the longer it is, the more magnificent the flower itself will then turn out. You bend the strip in half lengthwise, baste and turn it out so that the seam is not visible, while the thread that you basted is not cut off and not secured with a knot. After you have turned the workpiece inside out, pull this thread and the fabric will gather in a frill. Now we twist the workpiece in a circle to form a bud, fix it with threads and sew it onto clothes. We do the same with decor of different colors, arranging them sequentially, alternating in colors.

Before the holidays, you can do all kinds of things for moms and grandmothers. If children learn how to sew the simplest products, then it will not be a problem for them to create such cute kitchen potholders that any hostess will like. There is nothing difficult in them: you cut out two identical squares using colored fabric, and the third must be made very dense, it will be the middle layer of our potholders and it is he who should ensure safety when we take hot pots and pans. It is optimal to cut it out by buying a sheet of thick padding polyester, but thick denim or woolen fabric is also suitable. You connect the squares together like a sandwich, sheathe them in a circle with a home-made ruffle or a ruffle bought in an accessories store and sew on a loop.

Advanced grannies, and even more so mothers, will be delighted with a tablet case, which will be made by the hands of children. In addition, such covers are very inexpensive to tailor, so they can be changed often, choosing as an accessory, the color of clothes or shoes. For the cover, you need to connect three parts in series with tape - two large rectangles for the size of the tablet and one small one for the side panel. The product is glued or sheathed with a cloth (depending on its type) and fasteners are sewn to the corners for safe use.

If you like today do-it-yourself crafts from fabrics, master classes with photos You will definitely be helped to achieve success in the needlework field.