Horse from felt

Felt refers to materials for creativity, which give the widest field for experiments. Due to the colorful shades and simplicity in work it is easy to create whole pictures and sculptures. There are several ways to sew a horse by yourself. We will consider one more simple and the second for the master with the experience.

How to sew a simple soft toy with a horse?

1. Draw a sketch on a sheet of paper. It can be any image that you find. The simpler it is, the easier it will be to work.
2. The lesson author suggests making several templates: one from a sheet of plain paper, and the other from a transparent one (you can take a simple parchment for baking) so that you can work with a color felt.
3. In this case, the patterns will be performed in the felting technique.
4. On the workpiece we draw the contours of the pattern and start the needle with the needle. If you are not yet familiar with this technique, you can take thread floss and embroider stitches, it will look no worse.
5. Then we sew two parts of the workpiece with threads of contrasting color.
6. Inside we fill in sintepuh or other similar filler.
7. We make a loop and hang a horse out of felt on the Christmas tree.

How to sew a large voluminous horse with your own hands?

1. To begin with it is worthwhile to dwell in more detail on the pattern of a horse made of felt. This method of sewing involves the use of a draft version.
2. First we try to sew a horse's body from a cut of a simple cotton cloth. Even an old pillowcase will do.
3. The photo shows how to properly sew parts of the pattern of a horse out of felt. On the left is the wrong option. As a result, we will get a horse with very thick and widely spaced legs. Note: you need to narrow the width of the inner part a little and make bevels in the area of ​​the paws.
4. After the pattern is precisely matched, you can proceed to the main part of the master class for making a horse out of felt. We transfer the sketch to the felt and cut out the workpiece. Make sure that the sections are very smooth and the lines are smooth. It is especially important to make accurate cuts in the bends.
5. If you want to decorate the body of a horse, it's time to do it.
6. With the help of chalk we apply contours and embroider.
7. First we sew the bottom part, then we pass to the upper part.
8. Important point: always use the machine stitch with the shortest step and make allowance at least half a centimeter.
9. We turn out the workpiece. We work through small details with the help of a wooden stick.
10. We fill the body with sinters.
11. For decoration we will use the saddle. Cut out a contrasting color from felt and embroider patterns with threads.
12. The horse from felt is ready!

Also, for the holiday, you can sew a horse with a tilde or just a soft toy horse .