New-year fir-trees made of felt - a beautiful decoration for the house

Felt is an ideal fabric for making various crafts. It is strong, pleasant to the touch, has an interesting texture. To make toys - this is the ideal material. In this article we offer you the master classes that will teach you how to make Christmas trees from felt. These products will be the original decoration of your home. Soon the New Year, so let's hurry up and quickly make such souvenirs for ourselves and as a gift to our friends.

Herringbone of felt. Create beautiful and cozy with our hands

In the photo you see a beautiful New Year tree handmade. This is what we will learn to do right now. For work the following materials will be needed:

• Two colors of green;
• Cone of cardboard, foam or foam rubber;
• Glue gun ;
• Thread with a needle or tailor's pins (for a base of foam rubber);
• Sheet of cardboard;
• marker;
• Scissors usual and figured.

Herringbone Fur: description of the manufacturing process

1. Performing the basics . If you do not have a ready-made foam cone, then you can make it from cardboard or foam rubber. To do this, from a rectangular piece of any of these materials, twist the piece in the form of a cone and fix it with tape or stapler. Focusing on the circumference of the bottom edge, make a cardboard bottom of the same size. Fix it with tape with a cone.
2. Felt details . From the cardboard, make a circular pattern of the desired size. Transfer the pattern to the felt and cut out 25 pieces with figured scissors . If it is not enough, then you can add.
3. Decoration of a Christmas tree . Fold each piece of fabric from the fabric four times, threading the center piece with a thread. Glue the fabric part to the base on the bottom of the product with a hot gun. If you have a cone made of foam rubber, then simply fix a corner with a pin and stick it into the base. Similarly, fasten all felt workpieces in the direction from the bottom to the top. Decorate the finished product can be large multi-colored beads or small Christmas toys, serpentine, "rain".

If you perform such a large tree, it can become a worthy alternative to a living coniferous plant. Small Christmas trees made of felt can be presented to friends by colleagues as a New Year's souvenir.

New Year toys made of cloth

When there is a baby in the house, it is not safe to decorate a Christmas tree with traditional glass ornaments. At any time, a small fidget can break such a toy and get hurt. We suggest you make toys out of felt. They can serve not only as decoration for the New Year tree, but also as a soft toy for the child. So, how to sew small Christmas trees from felt with a loop, we will tell you in the next master class.

Prepare for work such materials:

• Felt green;
• Thread for embroidery (mulina);
• Needle;
• scissors;
• Paper;
• Bright buttons;
• Braid;
• Filler (cotton, sintepon, sintepuh).

How is this herringbone made of felt? A pattern is what you need to accomplish in the first place. On a piece of paper, draw and cut out the Christmas tree figurine. Lekalo transfer to the fabric and circle around the contour. Cut out two identical parts. On the felt blank, which will be the front of the toy, you need to sew colored buttons. Then connect the parts together with a wrapping seam. At the top of the product, attach the buttonhole from the braid. At the bottom of the toy leave a few centimeters unsplit. Fill the herringbone through the hole and fill it with a filler. That's all. A small, soft and very beautiful Christmas tree of felt is ready to decorate your home.

Craft toys from felt. From them, they breathe with warmth, comfort and love. Enjoy your creative moments!