Fabric - universal material. From it you can sew clothes, household items, toys, paintings, decorations. Not so long ago, crafts from the flasks of fabric were again entered, maternity holders create fantastically beautiful things that are sometimes so unique that it is impossible to repeat them. In this article will be told about the techniques of patchwork sewing. And also consider several master classes for the manufacture of useful trifles for the house.
History of patchwork sewing
The first fabrics appeared before our era. Natural materials served to create matters, people learned them to handle and weave the web. These natural sources of fibers include cotton, wool, silk and flax.
Veson is the finest linen fabric produced by weaving ancient Egypt. During the excavations of the tomb, it was found that Vysonon was used to mummizing the ancient pharaohs. Woolen fabrics were made by the strands of the thread and already from her cloth fabrics. The thinner there was a thread and softer the cloth, the higher its price. Wool and flax were the main materials that our ancestors used to create clothes. In Russia, the coarse cloth served material for peasant clothing, and thin fabrics were used solely in ritual purposes - preparation of dowry and wedding dresses. Silk was made by Chinese masters. The finest thread of this precious material was produced from a cocoon of a tute silkworm. Behind theft, the secret could be paid to life. The Chinese princess, married the Indian monarch, brought the precious cocoons with him and helped the spread of sovereign in India. Due to the various composition of the water, in which the silkworm cocoons are dipped, Indian silk was more rude and rustling.
Motherland Cotton is India. Thanks to the campaigns of Alexander Macedonian cotton fabrics in the Mediterranean. Later, this country has become an English colony, and the finest sortsmates fell into the rich houses of the British. The sutscent fabrics were so valuable that the ladies were shrouded every shred of precious fabric. It was then that the patchwork originated - the kind of patchwork sewing. Women were collected mosaic from pieces of fabric, and each tried to bring something to him.
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In Russia, patchwork sewing appeared with the beginning of the production of inexpensive cotton fabrics with a printed pattern. In order to save the hostess, small loskutki collected and various things were made of them for home. Russian patchwork sewing technique is characterized by its simplicity. It is most often about the motives made of geometric shapes. They are collected in stripes, which are then stitched with each other, forming a finished product.
Looking at rich patchwork ornaments, unwittingly think about the complexity of their execution. The patchwork sewing process itself is not too complicated, but requires accuracy, time and patience. If you intend to get a beautiful and neat product, use patterns and do not rush. It is not necessary to use the ornament to make a craft from pieces of fabric, it is enough to simply choose the color range and gently sew pieces between themselves, and it is possible to cut parts for the future product from the resulting cloth.
Kitchen trivia
The center of activity of any hostess is a kitchen. This place of your dwelling can decorate product products. You can create a small tack or stand under hot, covers for chairs, beautiful curtains.
We invite you to familiarize yourself with the master class for the manufacture of tag for the kitchen. Its direct appointment is to protect hands, but why not make a tack of decor element? The simplest performed is the "Well" pattern, even beginner needlewomen will be able to perform it.
To work, you will need:
- Cotton or linen fabric (strips of 5 cm wide);
- Scissors;
- Pins;
- Threads in tone tissue;
- Sewing machine;
- Iron;
- Fabric for the base (square 17, 17 cm);
- Filler (sinter or batting).
If you decide to take a new tissue for tape, pre-post it to check for shrinkage. The fabric lies only on the equity so that it does not stretch in the sewing process. Prepare material strips and base.
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From the first strip, cut the square and secure it to the base using the pin.
Do the same with the second strip. Using a sewing machine, sew details together.
Take the second cut of the tissue again and measure the strip of such a length that will correspond to two crosslinked squares.
Take it in place and expand on the front side.
Continue to fasten the patchwork until the base is full. Carefully blame the patches and hang her edges.
For the "Frame" of your tack, you need to shoot strips without the base.
Leave a small hole so that the sweepage can be turned out.
Take the back side of the product, applying the resulting square to the fabric.
Do not forget to enter the loop.
Fold the details face to face, cut the filler and sew, as shown in the photo.
It remains only to twist the tack and firm the hole.
Note. Be sure to let the line all over the perimeter, a beautiful and neat seam in the form of a frame will appear on the reverse side. A little disappear of the product with an iron.
Beautiful tag for the kitchen is ready!
Using this sewing principle, it is easy to make a stand under a hot and even a large blanket. You just need the coming squares to sew in the strip and connect them to each other. This is painstaking work, but the result will exceed all your expectations.
You can begin to lay the pattern not from the edge, but from the center.
Having mastered a simple sewing, you can start more complex techniques.
Create with children
Fabric can be used in children's creativity. An excellent decoration of the children's room will be not only pillow in the technique of patchwork, but also created by the hands of small handmakes appliqués from the fabric.
To create such a picture you need to take:
- Template;
- Scissors;
- PVA or BF glue;
- Iron;
- Pieces of fabric.
First prepare the fabric. It needs to be starch and rebuild. Choose an interesting plot with your child. From the selected template, cut the items and take them to the base. This occupation will bring much benefit for children:
- By giving them to feel like young designers, you will give them aesthetic perception;
- Work with small details stimulates a small motorcy and contributes to the development of speech;
- Creating a composition with your own hands will help the child to realize its creative potential.
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The result of the work will be an excellent decoration of the children's room and the pride of your baby.
Making such crafts will help you form your own interior and fill the house with cozy and useful things.
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