Letters from felt by one's own hands: patterns and step-by-step master class with photo

This article presents a master class how to sew letters from felt with one's own hands. Do not be afraid to start making products from felt. After all, this material is very "obedient".To create from felt is quite easy and simple, and the beginning needlewoman will cope with any crafts from it. Felt is a rectangular piece of non-woven material from the felt felt. It can be of different thickness and composition. Pure wool felt or synthetic - it does not matter, it still does not let you down. And simple patterns of letters will allow to create them in a few minutes. A huge advantage of felt, especially in the creation of products for children, is its very wide color palette. The colors are bright, saturated. The felt products themselves are soft and cozy.

Using letters from felt

Letters made of felt can have different purposes. If it's an alphabet, then with it it's very interesting in the game you can learn letters with a child. From letters it is possible to make different words or names and decorate a children's room, adding to the letters additional products made of felt such as flowers or pendant toys. Also from the felt letters you can decorate the room for the holiday. Creatively use them in a photo session, composing words on its topic. Garlands of felt letters can decorate any room, whether it is an apartment or an office.

Getting Started

Before you start creating letters, you need to prepare the necessary materials and tools for work:

• Felt of different colors. To create letters, it is better to use medium-thick felt or thin;
• Multicolored threads of a floss;
• Filler. It can be sintepon, cotton wool, holofayber, etc.;
• Paper;
• Scissors;
• Pencil;
• Pins;
• Decorative items. It can be beautiful buttons, beads, beads, etc.

Choosing a template for

Choosing a template for letters is not that great. This can be printed or capital letters. English or Russian. You can use ready-made templates from the Internet, or you can try to draw letters yourself on paper. Here is a standard alphabet of Russian letters, which can come in handy in the work.

Master class

Before sewing letters from felt, the pattern must be defined and printed, or drawn. Now it is transferred to felt. This can be done in two ways:

- If the paper is thick or cardboard( for reusable use), then the pattern is placed on top of the felt and is drawn with a pencil, marker or pen. Then the drawn letter is cut out;

- If a thin tracing paper or similar material is used as a paper, then the pattern of the letter must be attached to the felt with the help of pins and cut with scissors, without having to draw on the fabric.

When cutting out the pattern of a letter, the felt must be doubled in order to get two identical parts.

The next step is to stitch these two parts together. They are stitched together by a simple "over the edge" method, using threads in the tone of the letter or in a contrasting color.

Simultaneously, in the course of stitching, you need to fill a letter so that it leaves a volume.

When filling it with sintepon( or another type of filler), it is necessary to compact it well in the middle so that the filler is distributed evenly. So one letter is ready!

As you can see, this is completely straightforward. Now the letter can be decorated to your taste. You can use beads or ready-made decorative elements, or you can come up with small florets from the rest of felt and decorate the letters with them. Now from the letters you can make up words and apply them at will. The stencil used in this letter of letters from the felt is presented above. Here are some more interesting: