On the eve of one of the most pleasant and joyful holidays - the New Year - it is customary to present loved ones and relatives with beautiful souvenirs. In this article, we suggest you learn how to sew the original artwork "Horse" with your own hands. Such a gift will express all your love and give your friends and relatives a piece of your warmth. On the eve of the New Year of 2014 (the Year of the Horse) this charming piece will become a wonderful souvenir, Christmas decoration or an original decoration element for your home. So, let's get to work.
We sew an odonto "Horse" with our own hands
To perform the work, you will need the following materials:
- paper;
- Fabric of 2 colors: monophonic red and with fine pattern;
- scissors;
- Thread;
- Pins;
- Cotton wool or holofayber for packing;
- Buttons for eyes, beads for decoration;
- Braid for making a bridle and blankets;
- Yarn for the tail.
If you want a soft toy "Horsy" made by your own hands, it turned out to be ideal, you need to start with the preparation of the pattern: you need to draw on the paper the animal's body and carefully cut it. The photo shows how our paper blank should look. Now take the fabric, folded in two layers, the front side inward, circle the pattern with soap and cut out the basic shape of the body of the horse. Two identical parts are obtained. After cutting the sides, it is necessary to make a back. To do this, draw on paper a detail of two legs and a part of the back (as shown in the photo) and cut out. Place the resulting pattern on the fold of the contrasting fabric with a small pattern and outline it along the contour. In the end, you will have one more detail of the future toy. It remains to make ears from the contrast material. After these operations, you should get two main side parts of the horse's body, one "abdomen" and two ears. Now with the help of pins we collect all the parts in a single structure. Cut off a long strip of fabric with a pattern and attach it with needles or pins to the two side details of the horse.
Souvenir "Horse" - we make a toy with our own hands
After accurate fastening of the parts, you can proceed with their stitching. First, we sew the side and the back of the horse, then sew the second part. Once you have successfully sewed the two parts of the body and the back, you need to divide the legs to the level of the abdomen, as shown in the photo. Sewing the peritoneum to other parts. Tip: you need to leave a small hole so that you can turn out the workpiece and fill the toy with filler. Everything, the homemade "Horse", sewn by hand, is almost ready. It remains only to cut off excess threads and fix the seams. If you want your toy to be more solid, you can patch all the seams twice. We turn the workpiece out and proceed to the packing. First fill the holofayber head of the horse, and then in turn all the parts of the body. It is desirable to stuff a toy tightly, so that it has a beautiful, three-dimensional appearance.
An amazing gift for the New Year - a horse. We decorate the handicraft with our own hands
Now our horse has almost finished appearance, it remains to give him a little bit of realism and gloss. Prepare the ears: cut two triangles from the fabric, sew them together, bend the right side. The second eye do by analogy with the first. When both parts are ready, fill them with a holofiber and fasten together and sew on the horse's head. Advice: the ears can be decorated with beads or paillettes. Now make the horse eyes from two small black buttons or beads. The tail of the animal can be formed from yarn for knitting, from which it is possible to tie a harness and an openwork paperclip. As you can see, it's not so difficult to make an excellent handicraft "Horse" with your own hands, and the creative process will bring you joy and pleasure! We hope you can make pleasant souvenirs and give them to your close people on the eve of the New Year 2014.