Lamb of felt: how to make a beautiful souvenir

Look for new ideas for crafts that you can make yourself? Need to make small gifts urgently? The lamb of felt will be an original and pleasant surprise. It's very easy to make such a thing. You can think up many options.

Felt lamb: souvenir with own hands

The popularity of this kind of needlework is easily explained by the characteristics of the material. It has a non-woven, dense structure, so there are no crumbling edges on the cut out details, that is, it is not necessary to coat them. This is done for decorative purposes. In addition, the felt can be easily connected with the help of glue, and from this material it is possible to cut out the shape of any complexity and size. Even very small details in the form of peepholes or mid-florets are obtained neat.

According to this technology, both flat products, embossed, and volumetric soft toys are manufactured, for example, pillows. Good opportunities for creativity are in this kind of needlework thanks to a wide range of colors.

Lamb with its own hands made of felt can be made as a keychain, decorative suspension for the interior, decoration for a bag, gift wrapping, as a New Year's toy. Everything is limited by your imagination.

Materials and Tools

A lamb of felt is made easily. You will need the following:

• Multi-colored scraps;
• Patterns;
• Pins;
• Chalk (optional);
• scissors;
• Adhesive or needle and thread;
• Decor (beads, satin ribbons, braid).

If you made a template or took a sample, simply cut out the paper parts, attach them with pins to the material and cut out the contour. You can not even outline the workpieces with chalk, as they are easy to cut with an attached template. When making miniature artifacts from felt, the allowances for seams are usually not left. The details are sewn by hand with a suture seam along the edge from the front side.

If you do something big, for example, a pillow, then it is better to provide allowances. But the seam can also be made from the front side, and not from the inside.

Patterns

To make a beautiful lamb of felt, use the templates below. Print them on the right scale, cut them out and use them.

The first and second versions consist of a minimum number of parts. So, you can make a flat and semi-volume souvenir.

The template presented below allows you to make a lamb with a filler made of sintepon or holofayber. The toy turns out two-sided. There is a tail at the back, so this souvenir can be hung on a Christmas tree or used as a keychain.

On the next template, unlike the previous ones, different parts are provided for the front and back legs.

All patterns consist of simplified forms that are easy to draw. Trying to make a sheep on the template, you can create the scheme yourself, and accordingly the various images of your little animals.

How to sew a lamb of felt

So, you have chosen a pattern, made a pattern, the following actions will be:

1. Lay out the details on the matching shreds of material;
2. Attach with pins;
3. Circle the contour or cut the blank from the felt immediately;
4. Sequentially stitch the elements together. If a piece of lamb, for example, a foot, consists of two parts, combine them, sew them with a suture seam along the contour. Small objects are often left flat. That which is larger and requires volume, it is necessary to fill holofayberom or sintepon.
5. Pay special attention to the little lamb's face. Eyes can be made from beads. If there is a filler inside the head, the balls can be sewn quite tightly to the base, forming depressions around the eyes. This will add more realism to the character. Since you are making a seam on the front side, knots need to be made where they will be covered by other details and remain invisible.
6. To decorate the product, use ribbons, bows, patches and other decor. If you are doing a pendant or a Christmas tree, do not forget to sew the eyelet.

Here you can make such a cute souvenir yourself.

How to sew a pillow-lamb from felt

This kind of needlework can be so enthralling that you want to make something more meaningful for decorating the interior. Make one or more pillows for your sofa. They are executed as one template, and on different. Both options will perfectly decorate your sofa.

Pattern is easy to use any of the above. The meaning of the work is that the base, that is, the pillow itself, will always be made of two identical parts, between which is a layer of synthon, holofayber or other filler. The thickness of the pillow will depend on its quantity, and accordingly the volume of the lamb.

Sew the details from the outside, leaving the decorative edge. All the elements that need to be placed on the surface of the pillow, it is better to sew until the compost is spent. Paws, ears, decor is better to attach after.

So, you saw that the lamb of felt is done very quickly and simply. This kind of creative activity is suitable as a developmental activity with children. Even babies are able to glue the finished parts together. Try to make a lamb of felt with the child. Let the performance of such crafts become your family hobby.