Children of any gender and age adore soft toys. But it is difficult to buy a quality toy, and it will cost a fortune. And the situation can be solved simply - make a "favorite" yourself. To sew a toy, you need to follow several stages. First, decide on the character, choose the material and prepare the tools, make a pattern, sew all the details well, decorate the base.
What you need to create soft toys with your own hands
A toy made of fabric with your own hands is a very valuable product, since all the materials are selected long and carefully. What exactly needs to be prepared in order to create a beautiful product:
- High-quality fabric that will serve as the basis of the toy. There are many options with different textures and textures.
- Filler. Sintepon and holofiber can be used as stuffing. Developmental products can be filled with cereals, dry herbs,
- Accessories - eyes, buttons, locks and other small parts. Additionally, you can use decor - lace, ribbons, beads, sequins.
Additionally, you need to prepare a template for the pattern and additional tools for work. It is worth preparing needles of different diameters, threads of a suitable color, paper for making a pattern, a simple pencil, chalk, a measuring tape and scissors.
Choosing fabric
The choice of textiles is the most important moment preceding the production of a high-quality toy for a child. Description of the ideal material for work:
- The fabric should be natural if the baby is prone to allergic reactions. When choosing synthetic materials, you need to pay attention to the quality and choose the best.
- The fabric should not shed. This is usually an indicator that the dye contains toxic components.
- The texture and structure should be soft and pleasant to the touch. The baby will not play with a product that pricks or pinches.
- The material should be easy to process. This characteristic will help speed up the work of making the toy.
You can use specific textiles as a base. The cheapest options are cotton and felt. Denim can be free if you sacrifice old jeans. Synthetic fur, velvet, and fleece will be more expensive.
How to properly visualize your desired reality
To get started, it is advisable to first select a character to make. There can be a lot of options.
Additional information! Often the snag is in making a pattern for toys from fabric. All the details must be neat and fit together into one picture.
You can make patterns of toys from fabric with your own hands according to the following algorithm:
- Choose a design. Divide the toy into parts.
- Cut out the details from paper.
- Place the paper pieces on the fabric. Trace and cut them out.
- Place the pieces together and sew them together using a basting stitch.
Please note! If you have any difficulties in making the parts, you can print out the selected template.
Next, the basted parts are stitched with a hidden seam and final decoration is applied.
How to make a spider
First, the size of the insect, the type of fabric and additional accessories are selected. The principle of creation:
- Cut 2 circles from the fabric. One of a larger diameter, and the second one - 3 times smaller in size. This will be the head and the body.
- Using a basting stitch, sew a large circle along the edge. Tighten the threads a little. Place the filling in the formed pouch and tighten the thread completely. Do the same with the smaller circle.
- Sew the parts together. Glue the eyes onto the muzzle.
The paws can be made from wire wrapped with thread.
How to sew a doll from fabric
A doll made of fabric can represent any character. It can be, for example, a clown, an angel, a mermaid. If you make a blank correctly, then in the future the product can be tried on any image.
A particularly popular option is the tilde doll. You can play with such a toy or decorate your interior with it. Manufacturing principle:
- prepare a pattern for the body, which is one piece with the head and neck. The body should be gracefully elongated. Only 2 parts are prepared. Sew them together.
- Long arms and legs are formed. The limbs resemble thin sausages in shape. The length of the legs should be 1.5 times greater than the size of the body. The arms are ¾ of the length of the legs. All parts of the tepa consist of 2 parts.
- All parts need to be filled with holofiber or synthetic padding. Then assembly is done by sewing together the already voluminous parts.
Important! A distinctive feature of tildes is that the limbs of the toy are disproportionately elongated in comparison with the body, there are no defined outlines of the face.
The facial features should be drawn with a felt-tip pen for painting textiles. Clothes and accessories play a huge role in the overall appearance. Hair can be made from yarn, pulling the threads through the fabric. Fix with knots.
Fabric cat
There are many options for making a cat from fabric. Beginner craftswomen should choose simple manufacturing options that consist of several parts. The ideal alternative would be a cat that looks like the hero of the film Garfield:
- Fold the white fabric in half.
- Use a pencil to make a blank.
- Define the front. Embroider the details of the muzzle - eyes, nose and mouth.
- Sew 2 pieces together, gradually stuffing with synthetic padding.
- Sew colored circles onto the paws to imitate the pads and form the paws by tightening the longitudinal seam.
The animal is suitable for playing, can become a pillow or interior decoration.
Dog
You can make a wonderful dachshund from old jeans and a small piece of colored fabric using a simple pattern:
- Make 2 flat but identical pieces from denim. This will be the dog's body. The silhouette can be funny.
- Continuing the composition from colored fabric, make parts for a thin pointed tail and oval ears.
- Connect all the parts together, gradually filling them with synthetic padding or holofiber.
- Glue on the eyes and sew on the button nose.
A long dachshund toy would be ideal for protecting against drafts from under a door or a crack in a window on a windowsill.
How to sew a bunny from felt
A small felt toy in the form of a bunny can become a keychain, a toy for children, a pendant for a car. The figure can be made as follows:
- Cut out two ovals - the head; two more smaller ovals - the body.
- Prepare 4 long strips, round them on one side - ears.
- 4 small circles - paws. And 1 more - muzzle.
- Sew a small circle onto one of the ovals of the head, forming cheeks. Make eyes from beads, embroider teeth, whiskers, nose, mouth and eyebrows.
- Sew the ears, two parts of the head and the body. Stuff all these parts with padding polyester.
- The paws remain flat.
The bunny will not be very voluminous, but there will be no problems with its production.
Owl made of fabric
The animal world is diverse, but soft owl toys have also become fashionable. An elementary manufacturing algorithm:
- Cut out 2 identical rectangles.
- Round the corners on one side.
- On the other hand, leave the corners and slightly “bend” the side, rounding it.
- Cut out 2 large circles from white fabric.
- From another color - 2 smaller circles. From black - the smallest circles.
- From orange fabric, cut out a triangle beak and 4 paw pieces.
- Assemble the parts, filling them with holofiber.
Such an owl will be an ideal decoration for a sofa, room, a wonderful toy for a baby. Any simple pattern option can be complicated by adding small details and moving elements.
Gray bear in a vest
It will be difficult for a beginner seamstress to sew a full-fledged bear right away, but a teddy bear in the tilde style will be possible. The production is carried out in accordance with the presented scheme.
The simplest sewing option. It is also not difficult to sew a vest. It is enough to prepare such a detail according to the pattern and assemble it.
Before sewing a vest, it is recommended to take measurements of the bear cub.
Peppa Pig
The cartoon character Peppa Pig is a favorite of many children. It is not difficult to make such a toy, since the character itself is drawn in a flat format. You need to prepare 2 identical parts, which represent the head and body. Paws and a trapezoid dress.
The assembly is carried out with preliminary filling of the parts, and the result is a very cute semi-volumetric pig.
Soft toys from a sock
The most basic option for making soft toys is to remake a sock. From this item you can make a snowman, a cat, a hare, a dog and much more. Manufacturing options:
Snail. Fill the sock with padding polyester. Starting from the closed part of the sock - the toes, roll the product little by little, forming a roll. Gradually fix the turns with a needle and thread. Having reached the edge, sew the elastic, filling the corners so that horns are formed. Sew on the eyes. Separate the head from the body, tying the "neck" with a satin ribbon.
By performing basic manipulations on folding a sock, you can make Smeshariki, dolls and any other characters.
Where to sell soft toys
If your home basket is full of homemade soft toys, it's time to think about selling them. This hobby can bring not only pleasure, but also profit. But first, you need to think about where to sell the goods. If you go out with such goods, you can stand there all day long and without result.
The ideal place for sales will be handicraft shops, where they are happy to take quality goods for sale. Online stores are generally a convenient way of selling. You can even create your own personal website and sell your handicrafts.
Homemade toys bring joy and pleasure to adults and children. There are many patterns and recommendations for making such products. For implementation, you need the simplest materials, tools and a little free time. Such a hobby can also bring profit if you skillfully implement the sale.
