Previously, in order to make any craft, toy or interior decoration, you had to spend a lot of time searching for suitable material. Today, the synthetic fleece material available in fabric stores helps solve this issue.
Initially, soft, light and at the same time very warm fleece was used exclusively for the production of sportswear. Today, the scope of its application has expanded significantly; it is widely used in handicrafts.
We'll tell you what crafts you can make from this material with your own hands.
Fleece toys
Those who want to learn how to make crafts from fleece should start practicing by working on children's toys.
Snowman
You can add a cute fleece snowman to your children's collection of soft toys.
Materials and tools
To make it you will need the following.
- Fleece blue and white;
- black beads - 2 pcs.;
- red bead - 1 pc.;
- threads of two colors to match the fabric;
- stuffing material;
- scissors;
- buttons - 2 pcs.
Step-by-step instruction
From fabric cut out individual elementss that match the patterns.
The result should be:
- torso - 1 piece;
- head - 1 piece;
- hat - 1 piece;
- scarf - 1 piece.
After along the edges of the body and head blanks, long running stitches will be laidand, they are filled with stuffing material (cotton wool, padding polyester, holofiber). The thread is pulled together so that you end up with two tightly packed balls.
Cap detail fold in half and sew, tucking the bottom and tying the top with thread. Scarf made from a loose long piece of fleece. For beauty, the edges of the scarf can be cut into fringes.
The body and head are sewn together. Buttons for decoration are sewn to the body part, and a scarf is tied around the snowman’s neck. The cap is placed on the head, secured with threads for security. The eyes and nose are glued to the head with super glue. To decorate the snowman's hat, you can sew a small pompom from threads.. The toy is ready.
For cats and dogs
Important! From leftover fleece fabric you can make a toy for our smaller brothers - dogs and cats.
To make a soft craft for your four-legged friend, you need cut leftover fleece into long, thin strips. Then they folded together and tied tightly in the middle with a strong thread. On both sides of the strip fastening point braided into braids up to mid-length.
The resulting braids are folded in half. The edges that remain hanging freely are also braided into one braid. The final stage of creating a toy for animals will be tying the edges of the last braid into a tight and tight knot.
For Easter
By the approaching Easter, you can already start making cute chickens.
Jewelry or other crafts
After children and animals are gifted with new toys, you should think about decorating the interior.
Pillow
Fleece makes wonderful pillows that can be placed under your head, used as a decorative element, carried as decoration in the car, or even given as a nice souvenir to family and friends.
One of the most interesting options for fleece crafts is the character of the popular cartoon Simon the Cat. To make cute Simon, you will need very few materials.
- Fleece;
- stuffing material;
- threads, needles;
- white and pink fabric (small scraps);
- beads - 2 pcs.
The pattern is printed, the elements are cut out and applied to the fabric. The body parts are cut out of the fleece and folded together (face inward). The parts are sewn together, leaving a small area unsewn through which the product can be turned out.
Important! It is best to use a needle-forward stitch for stitching.
After the parts are securely connected to each other, the workpiece is turned out and evenly stuffed with padding polyester or cotton wool.
Important! The density of the pillow depends on the amount of material spent on padding.
Two eyes are cut out of white fabric, and a nose is cut out of pink fabric, which are then sewn to the muzzle. The mustache, mouth and pupils are embroidered with black threads using the backstitch technique (back stitch).
Important! You can decorate a decorative “cat pillow” with satin ribbons, beads and even shiny rhinestones.
Other craft ideas
In addition to interior decorations and toys, you can make a lot of interesting things out of fleece fabric.
- Brooches. To create beautiful and fashionable brooches, thick fleece is used, from which the brooch details are cut out. Flowers with voluminous petals, embroidered with multi-colored threads and decorated with rhinestones, look especially interesting.
- Necklaces. Any girl can make a spectacular and stylish felt necklace. Circles, hearts or squares of different sizes cut from fleece of different colors are glued to each other. And then they are attached to a ribbon or soft cord.
- Hair ornaments. With your own hands you can make beautiful elastic bands and hair clips for children and adults that can complement both everyday and festive looks.
By learning to work with fleece, you can save a lot of money on purchasing toys, jewelry and interior decorations. Children's crafts can be done together with kids, which will help develop their creativity, perseverance and imagination.
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