How to make a needle bed with your own hands?

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

It is very convenient to use the needle bar while sewing. With their own hands, any seamstress can make it in a couple of minutes. But if you already create crafts for many years, then you can make an effort and, adding a little imagination, make the product original. In order for the needles to be well kept in one place, the do-it-yourself needle bar is made of dense cotton material, some use soft, pleasant to the touch felt. Artificial cotton wool, synthetic winterizer or foam rubber is chosen as a filler.

Often, seamstresses for sewing a needle bar pick up scraps left after sewing other things. Use any colors. The form of crafts is also varied. This is a simple pillow with a loop so that the product can be hung on a hook. There are needle cases with an elastic band. They are put on the hand of the master. This is convenient, especially when marking fabric, when using pins with an eye or a bead at the end. You can sew an original do-it-yourself needle bed, which will be a decor item on your desktop.

In the article, we will consider some interesting DIY crafts. It is not difficult to make them, and after a detailed description witheven a novice seamstress can handle the job. You can make a needle bed with your own hands as a gift to a person who often sews.

Donut

To sew such a funny donut, you will need beige and pink fabric. The craft pattern is presented in the form of two "donuts". When cutting the fabric, be sure to leave one centimeter on each side for the seams. Then one "donut" is outlined in chalk along the contour on a pink fabric. For this part, it is better to choose felt. It can be easily found in sewing accessories stores. It is sold in small sheets, the choice of colors is simply huge. After the contours of the “donut” are circled on the pink fabric, you need to cut a piece as follows: the inside is left intact, and a donut is cut out along the outside with a wavy line. It seems that the sweetness was poured with jam or icing. Then the beige piece and pink "icing" are sewn together.

The blanks are turned inside out and sewn along the inner and outer perimeter. But on one side, the seam is not completed to the end, an inlet is left through which the craft is turned on the front side and filled with padding polyester. To make the filling complete, use a stick. The remaining space is sewn up with an internal seam. It remains only to decorate the donut with multi-colored stitches imitating sugar sticks. For this purpose, it is better to use floss threads.

Heart Pillow

A beautiful do-it-yourself needle bed can be sewn from several types of cotton fabric. The pattern is two large circles, divided intosectors with a satin ribbon. Each sector is decorated with a heart made of a different fabric. All parts are assembled according to a single template. In the middle is a small heart made of bright pink felt. The material is soft and has rich colors. Each heart is additionally decorated with a button in a contrasting color. In our example (see the photo of the needle bed below), the needlewoman sewed blue buttons onto a pink heart with her own hands.

All seams are sewn with decorative stitches. Thanks to the constrictions with satin ribbons, the craft looks like a flower. Its middle is formed by an orange button. The blue buttons are sewn in a crosswise pattern, which is also a decorative item.

Flower needle bed

Sewing such a needle bed with your own hands (see photo below) consists of two stages. The first is the tailoring of petals collected from cotton fabric. You can create each element from different segments. The only requirement: they must have a bright color scheme. The second stage is the attachment of the middle of the flower, the actual needle bed. Its color should be light and not have a large pattern.

The lower part of the flower is assembled from fabric squares. First, the segment is folded in half diagonally, then the corners of the resulting triangles are collected inward, forming a gathered semicircular fold of the fabric. Petals gather in the center of the flower. Then a large circle is cut out of light fabric. It is turned over to the wrong side, a filler is placed in the center - artificial cotton wool, synthetic winterizeror round foam. Then all the edges are gathered in the middle and sewn together. It remains only to put together the petals and the middle. To make the needle bar look neat and not see the seams on the bottom, you need to sew a circle of felt. Its edges do not split, so you can even glue a sheet of felt on PVA.

Satin hat

A very beautiful do-it-yourself needle bed can be made from satin fabric. Such a craft consists of two elements: a circle trimmed with fabric and a soft center containing a filler. A circle is cut out of thick cardboard; two elements can be glued together to make the part stronger. Then a template is placed on the wrong side of the fabric and two circles are cut out. When cutting off the fabric, you need to add 1 cm of fabric around the circumference to the seams. On the wrong side, circles are sewn to the middle, then the product is turned on the front side and cardboard is inserted.

The rest is sewn up with an internal seam. Then work continues on the top of the hat. A circle is cut out of the fabric, a filler is inserted into its middle and the edges are connected in the center. It remains only to sew the top of the hat to the cardboard circle. In order not to see the seams, a wide satin ribbon is tied along this line, a beautiful bow is made or a hat is decorated with artificial flowers. If you know how to make ribbon roses yourself, then you can decorate the pincushion hat with your crafts.

Hearts on loops

It is not difficult to sew such light needle beds with your own hands, even a schoolgirl can handle it. Used to make craftstwo types of fabric: bright cotton fabric for the middle and felt sheets for the main elements. First, a template of two hearts is drawn - large and small. Then, having folded three layers of fabric into a pack (two felt and one made of cotton), a large heart is cut out along the contours. Then, on one felt piece, the middle is cut out according to a small template. It is through this hole that a bright little heart will be visible.

Then the felt and cotton pieces of fabric are sewn together. The threads are matched to the tone of the felt so that the seams are practically invisible. Then, a heart is cut out of the synthetic winterizer according to the template, which will act as a filler for the needle bed. Finally, the two halves of the craft are sewn with outer stitches. You can use floss threads to make the seams beautiful. How to make a needle bed with your own hands, you already understood. Now it remains to sew a loop on the recess in the center of the heart so that the needle bar can be hung on a hook.

Knitted variant

Even a beginner knitting master will cope with the work of knitting a circle. The threads are taken different so that the needle bar is bright. The hook is better to take metal. Begin work by forming a loop from the working thread. It is approximately 2 cm. The hook is inserted into the inside of the loop, then the loop is threaded by grabbing the working thread. Further similar work continues. The thread is threaded into the loop and pulled into a column. When the required diameter of the ring is reached, the columns begin to knit further in the second row. When several circular rows are connected,you need to tie yarn of a different color to the working thread and knitting continues for several more rows.

Thus, work is performed until the desired size of the needle bar is reached. Then the thread is cut, and its edge is woven into the side row of loops.

Continue work

Further, another circle of the same diameter is knitted similarly. For the back of the work, you can use the same yarn. A filler is inserted into the middle and two circles are interconnected. For a beautiful seam, the working thread is pulled through the extreme loop of one and the other circle, one front loop is knitted. This is done around the entire circumference. How the seam looks like can be clearly seen in the photo above. To make the needle bar look in the shape of a flower, a thread folded in half is stretched by sectors. A bright button is sewn in the middle, which performs two important roles. Firstly, it decorates the middle of the flower, and secondly, it closes all the seams and holes in the middle of knitting.

Pillow with pocket

You can sew a large size needle bar with your own hands. It will perform a dual function. Firstly, this craft has a soft filler and you can stick needles and sewing pins into it. Secondly, the needle bar has a spacious side pocket in which you can place the items necessary for sewing: pintucks, scissors, a soft meter, a simple pencil, etc.

The filler of such a needle bed is best to take a synthetic winterizer folded in several layers. Material is selectednatural, then the craft will not be deformed. You can sew it from one type of fabric, or you can combine it using leftovers from sewing clothes.

Craft pattern

If you are sewing a needle bar with a pocket from one fabric, then you can use the pillowcase pattern for a pillow with a valve. The pattern is represented by a long rectangle that includes measurements for twice the length of the pillow plus the length of the flap with the lapel. A couple of centimeters are added to the seams and hem of the fabric.

If the needle bar is sewn from different segments, then you can first sew a pillow from two identical segments of a rectangular or square shape, and then attach a smaller pocket of contrasting fabric. You can make an applique on the beauty pocket.

Decorative felt houses

You can decorate your desktop with do-it-yourself needle beds made of felt in the form of houses. In this craft, the filler is represented by a thick piece of foam rubber, the shape of which is a house. It is most convenient to cut the contours with a sharp knife. Felt sheets are used for sheathing the filler. The roof is cut from a single piece of red or black.

Then the bottom and two sides of a square shape are cut out. The front and back walls of the houses are cut out along the drawn contours. Before sewing together the details of the structure, you need to sew on decorative elements - a door, windows, small details. Here you can dream up and add your own elements to what you see in the photo. All parts are connected with floss threads with beautiful seams over the edge. Threads can be chosen to match the maindetails, but contrasting seams also look beautiful.

Conclusion

The article gives options for sewing beautiful do-it-yourself needle beds with photos and detailed descriptions of the work. The work is not too difficult, so even beginners can cope with it. You can use the presented samples for work, or you can come up with your own similar options for the needle bar. This thing is necessary in any home, not to mention the workplace of a needlework master. Good luck with your work!