The patron saint of the new year 2021 is the White Metal Bull, therefore, in preparation for the holiday, the usual New Year's symbols will be closely intertwined with the images of this animal. Of course, you can limit yourself to a small purchased statuette of an animal, or you can sew a textile toy as a New Year's decor - a bull made of fabric, which can become an interior item or a child's favorite toy.
Tools and materials
The choice of tools and materials for creating a textile doll with your own hands is a responsible event, because the appearance of the product and how long it will delight depend on their quality.
To sew a bull from fabric, you will need the following tools:
- a sewing machine - for stitching individual parts, but if it is not there, you can do with a manual seam "back needle", however, then the work will take more time;
- sewing needle - for sweeping and sewing parts, sewing on eyes and decorative elements;
- a thimble is not necessary, but it will be able to protect your fingers from injections;
- scissors - to cut patterns of toys from fabric;
- chalk or a thin bar of soap - to transfer the paper pattern to the fabric.
As for the materials used for work, the main one will be fabric. A toy in the shape of a New Year's bull can be sewn from the following types of fabric:
- cotton - often it is painted in bright colors and is perfect for New Year's crafts;
- knitwear - due to its stretch property, it is perfect for toys with uneven outlines and a lot of small details;
- terry cloth, velor or velvet - suitable for creating realistic animal figures, imitating their wool;
- jeans - goes well with any interior details and therefore is suitable for sewing interior dolls;
- flannel and bikes that are ideal for sewing a bull or cow with short hair.
- from felt (we have a separate article about felt gobies).
Advice! For beginners, it is not recommended to use silk or similar fabrics as the main material in their work, due to the fact that they crumble and slip, it is very difficult to work with them.
In addition to the fabric, you will additionally need a filler (synthetic winterizer or holofiber), sewing threads to match the main material, as well as buttons, beads and other decorative elements.
Work sequence and advice from experienced seamstresses
The general instructions on how to sew the symbol of 2021 are as follows:
- Selection of the starting material (fabric) and its preparation - washing, ironing, steaming.
- Cut all the details according to the paper pattern patterns.
- Basting and stitching all parts.
- Filling with filler and assembly of the product.
- Final design of the appearance.
Things to consider:
- When transferring a pattern to fabric, be sure to take into account the direction of the shared thread or pile.
- Experienced craftswomen do not always sweep the details, sometimes they simply pin them off with pins or fasten them with special clamps.
- In simple products consisting of two parts, a hole is always left for stuffing, which is then sewn with a blind seam.
- In places of folds and rounds on the seam allowances, it is imperative to make notches so that the fabric does not pull in these places.
- Parts can be manually sewn both from the seamy side and from the front, using different types of seams.
Patterns and patterns of gobies from fabric
Any textile toy starts with a pattern. Templates for different bulls and cows can be taken from the selection below. They can be enlarged to the desired size and printed on a printer or after enlarging, attach a white sheet of paper to the screen and carefully trace the template.
To make it more convenient to work with the patterns of bulls, and they last longer, they should be made not from ordinary paper, but from thick cardboard.
Ideas for inspiration
Each do-it-yourself fabric bull is unique and reflects the character of its creator, his favorite colors and materials. But it is always nice to look at the work of other masters, inspired by their ideas to create your own unique product.
