Christmas tree toy of felt - Santa Claus. Patterns and description of work

On the threshold of New Year's holidays of the needlewomanbegin to make various Christmas toys. Performed jewelry can be either flat or bulky. The most popular suspension is Santa Claus from felt. You can make patterns yourself or use the templates offered in this article.

Toys in this way are done very quickly and simply. In one evening, you can make several decorations in different versions. Consider the most interesting products.

Advantages of felt

The most important and basic material for sewingthis toy is felt. It has a different coloring of bright and juicy tones. The surface of the fabric is puffy and pleasant to the touch. Cutting the edge of the material does not crumble, so it does not require sewing on the machine and makes it easier to make Santa Claus out of felt. Patterns can be created directly on the material. Felt is convenient in that it is perfectly combined with a variety of cloth and paper. On the edge of the fabric, decorative seams look original and beautiful. The density of the material can be different, which determines the shape of Santa Claus. If the material is thick, then the toy can be flat. From a thin fabric you can sew a three-dimensional ornament.

Additional materials

In addition to the material,a contrasting color for the decoration of the toy, as well as small-sized needles with a small eyelet, used for manual sewing and quilting. You also need a paper to transfer the pattern of Santa Claus out of felt, on the adhesive base of the bead-eye, rhinestones or beads to decorate the bezel's bezel.

Another is to buy a ribbon or braid length10-12 cm for hanging toys on the Christmas tree. In addition, you need to prepare scissors and a marker. You may need glue to fix small parts. To give the volume to Santa Claus from felt, you need a sintepon or any other filler.

Working with a pattern

Toy as the future decoration of the New Year treeshould be small in size. The symbolic toy of the grandfather can only depict his head. If desired, you can add a lower part. Patterns of Santa Claus from felt can contain a face, nose, characteristic beard and mustache, a traditional cap with edging and a bells, as well as a base on which all parts are sewn. To create a flat toy, it is enough to prepare one piece of each template. If you need a voluminous Santa Claus from felt, then each element must be duplicated.

After redrawing the template on a piece of paper, cut out all theparts. Since our grandfather - not a one-color, it is necessary to prepare felt of certain colors. Material of beige, light pink or light brown shades is suitable for creating a face. Beard, mustache and rim of the caps should be white. The headpiece itself needs to be made from a felt red shade. All the cut out details of the pattern should be applied to the material of the corresponding colors and, using the marker, carefully draw the patterns. Then cut out all the elements from the fabric strictly along the lines. In tailoring Santa Claus out of felt, allowances for seams are not required.

Making a toy

First of all, take the foundation of the future toy. It can be either red or white and will serve as the back side of the decoration. Then use the fitting to select the optimal position of Father Frost's face and sew to the base with secret stitches thread in the tone of the top part. On top, put a beard and suture along the edge with a decorative seam. Then attach a mustache. They can be sewn fully or attached only in the area of ​​the nose. The next detail will be a cap, which also needs to be sewn nicely to the base of the toy. At the bottom of the cap we place the edging. If desired, the headpiece can be decorated with a pompon and a satin ribbon attached to the tree. Do not forget to put the nose of Santa Claus between the beard and mustache. Eyes can be cut out of felt and glued to the face, or you can replace them with small beads.

Sewing a three-dimensional toy will not be very difficult. Just create each element from two parts and fill it with a little sintepon. Then along the edge, lay out decorative stitches and connect all the parts together in a manner similar to the previous description.