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Recently, various products made of felt and felt are gaining more and more popularity. The things created from these materials differ in a special cosiness and beautiful appearance. From this article you will learn how to create bags from felt with your own hands and what material is better to use for this.
Materials and tools
You don't need a lot of supplies. Sewing bags from felt is not such a costly business. The main thing you should pay attention to is the stiffness and thickness of the felt. It must be thick and very rigid so that your product does not lose its shape and does not wrinkle. Also take good sharp scissors, pattern chalk and strong thread. You will also need a needle or a sewing machine (with it, a do-it-yourself felt bag will be ready in just half an hour).
The easiest felt bag
What is felt? This is a non-woven fabric that is made mainly from rabbit fur waste. Felt is distinguished by its wide range of colors, and most importantly, it does not crumble when cut. For this reason, it is so often used in schools for children's creativity. Felt is produced in rolls and sheets. For bags, it is better to take large sheets with a thickness of at least five millimeters.
To sew felt bags with your own hands, patterns are not required. For example, for the simplest model, you will need two large and thick sheets of material. First, determine the size of the future felt bag. Then carefully cut out squares or rectangles. Take them to each other. Make sure the bag is straight. Then sew the two pieces by hand or with a sewing machine. The handle for the bag can be made from either felt or a thin chain. If you want to make a felt pen, then take a long strip of material about seven or ten centimeters wide. Fold the strip in half and sew the resulting strap several times with threads. The pen is ready! It remains to sew it to your product. The clasp can be made from linen rope. You can also sew on a zipper or buttons, as you wish.
If you want a bag made of felt not so simple, then make more pockets. Take the felt and estimate the size of the future pocket. Cut the desired piece in the form of a square, rectangle or semicircle. Sew to bag. To avoid visible seams inside, you can make a lining from a special fabric for bags, linen or cotton.
A more complex felt bag model
So you have learned how to make a felt bag with your own hands. Now you can try to sew a more complex model. First, take a long piece of felt about forty by eighty centimeters. Then sew the short sides. This is the base of the bag. Then you need to make a pattern for the bottom. Its perimeter lengthshould be equal to the circumference of the bag. For example, the size of the bottom can be thirty by ten centimeters. Cut out such a rectangle and baste it to the bag. Then you need to sew pockets. To do this, you will need two rectangles about ten by fifteen centimeters in size. Cut out the pockets and sew them to the bag. Also sew buttons to the pockets.
Then make two felt bag handles. To do this, take two strips about fifty centimeters long and ten centimeters wide. Make handles as described above. Then, if desired, you can sew the lining to the bag.
As you can see, making felt bags is pretty easy. Even this model should take you no more than an hour.
Decor on the bag
After you have sewn the bag, you can decorate it with decor from the same felt. You can use both regular material and self-adhesive. First, draw on paper what you want to depict on your bag. Then cut out the shapes and attach them to the felt. Circle the cutouts with chalk and cut them out. Sew or glue the decor to the bag.
For decor, it is better to take felt, which is different in color from the bag itself. In addition, if you know how to felt at least a little wool, then if you wish, you can make the bag even more beautiful! To do this, you will need to take wool, a thin needle for felting and outline an approximate pattern. Then, carefully, being careful not to damage the felt, felt the wool to the bag. Decor is ready! Truth,we must try to treat things carefully, if possible, do not stain it and do not wash it. As you can see, it is very easy to create bags from felt.
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