Brewing tea, each faced with the fact that it is sometimes cloudy and not as tasty as ever. Back in the old days, people noticed that the tea would be clear, especially tasty and fragrant, if the kettle with tea leaves was covered with something that did not let the warmth pass. The doll-warmer on the teapot in the form of a lavish merchant, an old woman, a girl, stood in every house on the veranda or tea room. They were everyday and festive, and served not only for their intended purpose, but were a special decoration for the table and the house. Tea drank a long, whole family, like a treat, for dinner, in the evening and after a bath, without hurrying, stretching pleasure. And now experts make tea under the hot water bottles, and do not cover the kettle with a towel.
How to sew a heating pad on the kettle with your own hands?
Quickly make a simple heating pad-cap if you cut out 2 semicircles with a radius of 10 cm. One for the front side of quilted material - poplin, coarse calico, lining for a coat or quilts for jackets. The second for lining of satin. Sew them one to the next and treat the semicircle with an oblique tack.
A hot-water bottle made of monophonic fabric will look beautiful if you decorate it with beads, rhinestones, applique, flowers. A patchwork can be made from patches, which is also not bad. The decorated workpiece is folded into a cone and stitched from the wrong side. They turn and admire what happened. If you think that there are not enough ornaments, make the eyelets from a cord of different colors and sew on top. They can be hung for them.
How to sew a heating pad using parts of an old doll?
To make a beautiful, festive doll-warmer on the kettle, in addition to desire and time will require a head and hands from a broken doll like Barbie. They can be dazzled and made of polymer clay, a salty dough. For a warmer, the head and hands from dolls with a soft body of imported production are best suited. They have special thickening and grooves for assembly.
For the torso and arms, the tubes are already sewn from one end of the flesh colored material. Stuffed with a sintepon, falafayberom or other similar material. Cut the handles to the elbow and insert them into the bag-hands.
To ensure that the doll's head does not fall, insert it into a hard lid with a diameter larger than the neck. Place the lid in the upper wide part of the torso. The edges of the tubes tightly tighten strong threads around the neck and handles. Glue the fabric to the parts of the doll. Add the filler to the body.
Instead of legs, sew a simple hot-water bottle of cotton cloth, as described above.
As a warmer, a beautiful lush skirt appears. The skirt is worn on the hot-water bottle, and on the torso is a blouse. First, torso is sewn to the heating pad, then to her skirt and blouse. The seam is closed with a belt. Do dolls hair, makeup, hang jewelry, decorate with scarves and put on the kettle. Such a beautiful modern beauty will decorate your home and help you enjoy delicious
Other options for heating the kettle
A hot-water bottle can be made in the form of an animal - a cow, a cat, a dog. For the cow-cut, 2 rectangles of a length equal to the length of the teapot + 10 cm are cut from the quilted material, stitched from 3 sides. A hole is sewn on the head. For the image on the front side, half-volume heads of animals are sewn.
The fantasy of man has no boundaries. Knowing the principles of making a hot-water bottle and combining different technologies, you can make amazing hot water on a teapot in the style of any interior. They will be the decoration of the house or office.