What kind of applications can be made from fabric?

A person begins to engage in creative activity from childhood, using pencils, colored paper, as well as other materials and tools, one of which is fabric, with which you can create amazing applications for every taste. Both children and adults can work with fabric, you just need to choose the right material and option for the future craft.

Creativity is useful at any age, as it develops fine motor skills, imagination, patience and perseverance. Teaching a child from childhood to draw, sculpt, create crafts and applications, there is an opportunity to bring up a comprehensively developed personality. So that creative activity does not get bored, in addition to plasticine, colored paper and cardboard, you can use fabric. Today there is a huge variety of textile fabrics, so it will not be difficult to choose something suitable for crafts and appliques. When working with children, it is important to explain all the stages of creating an application, to help and suggest, especially if this is the first time such work is being done.

For application on cardboard you will need:

• the cloth;
• a sheet of cardboard;
• scissors;
• PVA glue;
• simple pencil.

If the applique is applied to a textile base, other materials will be required:

• fabric (for the base and creating the picture);
• scissors;
• thread and needle, sewing machine;
• iron or glue to fix the parts.

One of the common varieties is the patchwork technology, in which pieces of different fabrics are joined in a specific sequence. The patches can be used to make appliqués on cardboard and fiberboard. It is recommended to work with cardboard for children, and adults can create textile patterns on a dense basis.

Felt is the most convenient for work: it is easy to cut, does not need additional overcasting, can be stitched and glued, has a wide variety of colors. Beautiful and uncomplicated crafts are made from denim. Fabric applications can be divided into simple, two-layer and reverse.

To create simple appliqués, select a suitable fabric and sketch. When transferring the details of the pattern to the material, it is important to leave allowances for tucking them in and attaching them to the base. You can use thread with a needle, a sewing machine, or glue to connect the parts. It is best to use a sewing machine to make an appliqué with a clean, neat edge. If the parts will be connected with glue, it is recommended to use a material that will not crumble, so that the edges remain intact and neat.

These are appliques that are created by joining two identical pieces of a pattern. Such a product turns out to be convex, and if desired, a filler can be stuffed inside to increase its volume. This fabric applique is perfect for decorating a child's room and creating decorative pillows. A voluminous craft can be created by both adults and children.

This option is the most difficult and time consuming, but the result is worth the effort. To obtain an original decor on the surface of the textile fabric, it is necessary to sew a contrasting piece of fabric of the required size to the wrong side. The sewing process is carried out using a pattern that is attached to the right side of the fabric. As soon as all the parts are sewn, it is necessary to cut the fabric from the front side, making the decorative flap sewn under it visible.

To learn how to work with fabric and create beautiful appliques, it is important to be able to properly organize the workflow. For children, it is necessary to prepare a workplace, choose a feasible craft option and stipulate the entire creative path step by step. The preparation scheme looks like this:

• select a sketch;
• determine the size and shape of the applique;
• choose the materials that will be needed in the work;
• carve out details;
• choose a suitable background so that the future applique looks good on it;
• impose details on the workpiece, evaluate the intermediate version, correct if necessary;
• fix the parts with threads or glue;
• when working with glue, allow time for the finished product to dry.

Children are encouraged to give easier tasks. The most popular options for applications for children are animals, flowers, and simple objects. For adults, decorative elements for clothes, more complex designs will be interesting. The seasons are often the theme: autumn, spring, summer and winter. The autumn palette allows the use of reddish-brown-red shades, the spring-summer palette assumes a mix of bright colors, while the winter palette dominates blue-blue, white and gray.

When creating a fabric applique, you can choose different patterns, but the most interesting and popular are flowers.

To make a rose, you must:

• choose or draw a suitable pattern;
• find fabric for a specific flower;
• prepare thread with a needle or sewing machine.

Fabric rose can look different, so you can always choose a craft to match your skill level. One of the most readily available techniques is layering different fabrics on top of each other and sewing each layer.

A more difficult option is to create a flower pattern and cut the necessary pieces from a suitable fabric. All parts are attached to the base and sewn on a sewing machine with a zig-zag or overcast seam by hand. The easiest option is to cut out felt pieces and sew or glue them to the base. A child can cope with such work, the main thing is to carefully cut out the details.

For information on how to make a fabric rose applique, see the next video.

As a base, you can choose both a paper surface and a textile one. For work you will need:

• neutral color cardboard or fabric;
• scraps for the trunk of the future tree and foliage;
• scissors;
• thread with a needle or glue.

It will be more convenient for children to work with cardboard and glue the parts with glue, while adults can sew elements onto the material.

The algorithm of actions looks like this:

• prepare the basis, mark where the craft will be placed;
• make a sketch of the future tree;
• cut out parts from cardboard and transfer them to fabric;
• place elements on the basis, check compliance with the desired project;
• glue or sew on parts;
• decorate if the project requires it.

The creation of the "Tree" application will not be difficult for children, but it will allow them to have fun and usefully spend time.

Children are very happy to create apples, strawberries, raspberries, peaches, grapes and much more, using different techniques. Among the vegetables, the most popular are pumpkin, zucchini, eggplant, and carrots. To create a fabric applique, you must:

• choose a sketch of a future work;
• choose fabrics of the right colors;
• choose a base that will shade the craft;
• prepare scissors, glue or thread with a needle.

The process of creating an applique is in many ways similar to making wood, flowers, or other products. Depending on the level of skills and abilities, you can create simple felt patterns or more complex ones by sewing details on top of each other and on the base. An interesting option would be a two-layer craft, where you need to cut out two identical parts, sew them together, turn them out and fill the resulting element with filler. The blank is embroidered by hand or on a sewing machine to obtain a complete look.

Structures of different sizes, colors and shapes are becoming a favorite subject for many needlewomen. Such products can be simple, feasible for a child, and complex, which are created using a two-layer type of applique and have many details. To make the houses look beautiful and neat, it is important to cut all the details exactly, wrap around the edges of all elements and sew all the parts exactly in the correct sequence. Standard materials and tools are used for work:

• cloth, flaps;
• base (cardboard or fabric);
• scissors;
• simple pencil;
• a sheet of paper (for drawing a pattern);
• glue or thread with a needle.

The creation process will vary depending on the chosen execution method. The easiest option:

• on paper, draw several patterns of houses of different heights, each of them should consist of several parts of different colors: the roof, windows, the structure itself, the chimney, etc.;
• attach patterns to the base in the desired order, circle with a simple pencil;
• now transfer them to a fabric of a suitable color, circle, cut;
• sequentially sew / glue the parts to the base.

It will be very interesting for young children to make a mushroom with their own hands using rags of different colors or using felt. The easiest way will be to create a felt applique, which will require:

• felt of the right colors for the legs, hats and decorative elements;
• scissors;
• pattern;
• glue.

Having chosen a certain mushroom, it is necessary to cut out its details, cut them out as accurately and accurately as possible, and stick them on the prepared fabric or cardboard. It will be more difficult to create an applique from fabric patches on a textile basis. The most advantageous is the double-sided craft, which gives the product volume and realism. To prevent the mushroom from looking lonely, it is recommended to add a patch of weed or other themed elements.

Children are happy to make crafts with insects. The butterfly and ladybug are the most popular among preschoolers and elementary school children. To make a butterfly, you need:

• prepare a cardboard base;
• pick up flaps of different shades;
• take scissors;
• prepare a pencil and glue.

The process of creating a craft looks like this:

• the outline of the butterfly should be drawn on the blank with a pencil, the same sketch should be made on a piece of paper and all the component parts should be cut out;
• select patches for each part of the craft and cut them out according to the pattern;
• grease the blanks with glue and place on the drawn base;
• at the end of work, wait until the product is completely dry.

More complex fabric applications are animals, they are even more difficult to draw than all of the above. But at the same time, children love to create such pictures, choosing as inspiration a cow and a bull, a dog and a wolf, a cat and a cat, a hedgehog and a squirrel, a bear and a bunny.

It is very important here to remember about the unevenness of the color of different animals and about detailing. So, in a red squirrel, the breast and tip of the tail will be white, the cow and the bull may have spots on the body, the ears of the dog can be made darker than the body. Plus, we must not forget to embroider (sew, glue) eyes, noses, mustaches, tongues, horns. It is advisable to supplement the application with attributes (a bone for a puppy, a nut for a squirrel, etc.)

There are also plenty of opportunities for bird lovers to show their talent. The easiest option for children of all ages will be an owl, since it can be made from any fabric and felt by placing it on a chosen base. The peacock is a complex multicolored bird, so it is easiest to make it out of multicolored felt by sewing on or gluing the parts to the backing. The rooster can be made in different techniques due to its simple configuration, which allows you to show imagination in work.

In addition to the kingdom of animals and plants, you can also make images of people using scraps of fabric. The ballerina, matryoshka, angel, clown, girl and so on are considered the favorite applications. Each craft has its own characteristics of creation, which are due to its size and structure. The simpler the form, the easier it is to embody, which makes it possible to use any fabric. More complex applications require special skill, so it is recommended to start with simple materials and gradually complicate the craft.

Figures of people can be supplemented with a large number of auxiliary elements: clothes, shoes, headwear, bag, pet, sports equipment, so such crafts are considered more complex than all the others, and should be mastered after gaining the appropriate experience.