How to make a heart of paper, fabric, felt, thread - interesting master classes for beginners with photo examples
Giving your beloved heart is a tradition that goes back through the centuries. And even in our pragmatic time, this symbol warms the souls of loved ones.
To receive a heart as a gift is always nice and very touching. Heart has become an essential element of handicrafts, made with the soul for the loved one. And it's not just about the gift for the holiday of all lovers. A handicraft with a heart will be nice to get a mother or grandmother on her birthday or March 8.
Hearts of paper and cardboard
Paper hearts can be made in a variety of techniques and any size. The range of interpretation can also be the widest - cards, pockets for candy, boxes for small gifts, garlands to decorate the room or just nice little things.
The volumetric heart
To make it, you will need the simplest tools and materials, as well as a little time. With the help of a template you should cut 10-15 hearts from pages of an old unnecessary magazine.
Each heart should be folded in half and glued together "book". The resulting three-dimensional heart glue on a card or a square piece of cardboard that can be inserted into a frame. The more hearts are used, the more puffy and voluminous the finished article will be.
From heavy paper cut out two hearts of equal size. Using a hole puncher, make holes around the perimeter, pass through them a thread or a beautiful cord of the desired length. In the resulting pocket to put a note with a declaration of love and add small candy.
Garland of hearts
For each three-dimensional heart you will need to cut out four pieces of thick colored paper, making sure that each piece is smaller than the previous one. Details glue together to form a "book". Prepare the necessary number of hearts, thread them or fishing line.
The box in the shape of a heart
You can find a template for making a box on the internet. Transfer the template to heavy paper, cut and bend the workpiece according to the drawing. Assemble the box by gluing the necessary places and let the glue dry. If desired, you can further decorate the box with stickers, glitter, beads, etc. Attach a gift. You can also make a box, which at the same time will serve as a postcard - for this on the front side you can write your wishes or just a few nice words.
Separately, it is worth mentioning paper hearts, made in the technique of origami. The ancient art provides an almost inexhaustible supply of ideas for crafts. These can be flat or volumetric hearts, hearts with wings, bookmarks (individual or set in a single style), envelopes for love notes, and even jewelry with "stones" in the shape of hearts. A modular origami allows you to reproduce the heart of any size and shape. In the manufacture of modules can involve assistants, for example, children. At the same time they may not know what to get out of the modules, and the mystery of the process of preparing a gift will remain to the very end.
Recently, hearts, made of bills, have become widespread. Some methods allow you to invest in a handicraft and a coin - a collectible, or to carry in a purse "for good luck".
Hearts made of fabric, felt, thread
Hearts made of fabric - a small, but quite weighty gift for a loved one. As well as paper, fabric, felt or knitted hearts can perform a variety of roles.
Handbag for candy
In the manufacture of a bag, you can use the favorite colors of the recipient of the gift. First, you must prepare templates of three hearts of different sizes from heavy paper. Cut out two pieces from fabric or felt of the main color on the largest pattern.
From the material of other colors cut out smaller hearts. Machine or hand stitch one of the larger pieces with a decorative stitch on the smaller hearts. You also need to cut a long strip of fabric or felt that will create the bag volume and will be its handle. Sew the parts together, and you can fill the bag with candy.
Valentine of the felt
Using a template of heavy paper, cut out two parts. Decorate each piece. Here it is necessary to remember that Valentine's cards for men and for women are decorated differently - if beads, buttons, beads, applique, sequins, etc. are acceptable for women, the emphasis in the gift for men is on minimalism and color material. Sew the parts together with a decorative stitch and stuff the handicraft with filler - cotton, padding or foam balls.
Cover for a sofa cushion
In the technique of "crazy patchwork" can become an interesting festive accent in the interior. To make it, you need to pick small pieces of silk in different shades - from light pink to dark red. Except for the parts of the central heart, the shape of the parts can be observed approximately.
Start sewing decorative stitches to the cover from the lightest parts on the edges, moving to the darker ones towards the center. The scraps should go one behind the other to completely cover the background. The central heart is made of the darkest pieces.
A heart made of yarn
Can be not only knitted. From heavy cardboard, cut out a heart-shaped base of the desired size. At a distance of 1 cm from each other with scissors or an awl make two holes. Push the end of the thread through both holes (you can use a needle) and tie it with a knot to fix the thread on the base.
Next, begin to wind the cardboard heart with thread, making a few turns in each direction. You should wind it tightly and constantly watch how evenly the threads are laid. When the base will not be visible under the threads, make a loop of the same yarn. The intersection of thread in the middle of the heart gives the handicraft volume. Such a decorative ornament can be used to decorate gifts, clothing and handbags, you can give as a valentine or hang in the car.
All of the above are just a small part of the ideas for crafts using the heart symbol. Hearts can be used to decorate furnishings, home textiles and clothing. It all depends on your imagination, and you can learn the necessary skills.
Photo ideas of homemade hearts
