And Christmas is the most long-awaited, kind and, despite the cold, favorite winter holidays. One of the glorious traditions at this time is hanging special boots or socks on a mantelpiece or window - in them Santa Claus puts gifts for children and adults during the entire Christmas holidays. That is why such a boot is considered a symbol of the New Year.
Of course, these accessories can be bought in the store. However, they are unlikely to have as much warmth as if they were sewn with their own hands. Even for those who do not know how to needlework, it will not be difficult to make New Year's boots for gifts on their own. This simple, but at the same time cute and the most that neither is a New Year's accessory will be a nice addition in the form of a festive decor or a cute addition to a present for both a child and an adult.
History of tradition
New Year's boots as a festive attribute came to us from European countries. Once, many years ago, on New Year's Eve, Santa Claus - that's the name of Santa Claus in Western countries - traveled around England and delivered gifts. In those days, almost every house had a fireplace or a stove, and people dried their things by the fire. Since Santa Claus usually came late at night, all the doors were already locked, and he looked into the houses through the chimney.
That night, after a winter walk, a family hung their woolen socks to dry by the fireplace. As usual, looking into the pipe, Santa Claus did not notice how several coins fell out of his pockets and rolled down. The money went straight into the socks, where the owners found them in the morning. Since then, there has been a tradition to hang decorative boots by the stove, window or stairs - where Santa Claus can pass and leave sweets, gifts or money.
Necessary materials
To sew a New Year's boot with your own hands, you will need a minimum of materials that can be found in almost any home:
- material for the main body. For the boot itself, you can take almost any fabric, but it will be easiest to work with felt, baize, cord, velvet, footer, flannel. In addition, these materials will hold their shape better.
- Shaft finishing material. White fur, fleecy or smooth fabric - anything can be used. This part is optional, but gives the product a finished look.
- Lining. Sewn on at will, makes the boot more durable and neat.
- Tape on a loop for hanging.
- Threads in the color of the fabric.
- Scissors.
- Pencil.
- Pattern paper.
- Needle set.
A classic do-it-yourself New Year's boot is sewn from red fabric with a white stripe on top. However, your imagination should not be limited by any framework: let the sock be blue, and yellow, and purple, and even striped - the main thing is that it creates a festive mood and you like it!
Process description
All work will take a small amount of time (depending on your skill and the size of the sock itself). Production is carried out in several stages.
As you can see, there is nothing difficult in making a New Year's boot with your own hands. Now that the sock is ready, you can decorate it.
Boot trim options
As a decor, you can use materials and finishing techniques such as:
- and skin;
- embroidery (a New Year's boot can be embroidered with both threads and beads, sequins and beads);
- lace trim;
- bows;
- decor with buttons, rhinestones, tiny bells, pompons;
- painting with acrylics.
The latter option is suitable if the fabric has a smooth surface.
Other manufacturing options
Do-it-yourself New Year's boot can not only be sewn from fabric. Knitted on knitting needles from yarn or with a hook will look very cozy. The latter option, by the way, will look more airy and elegant.
Thick paper can also be used to create boots. If the required color is not available, before starting work, you can paint it, and then paint it with gouache, markers, or make applications from the leftovers.
When the New Year's boot is finally ready, you can immediately fill it with sweets, candies, nuts, gingerbread, cookies. And you can wait for darkness and, under the cover of night, put small pleasant surprises in hung socks: toys, fruits for children, cosmetics, money, pleasant and useful little things for adults.
New Year's holidays are on the nose, and a lot of hassle. And then the other day another one “arrived” - we urgently need to pile Dedmorozovsky boots from felt for an exhibition in a kindergarten.
Of course, with today's choice, you can buy felt boots of any design and size, but it's much more pleasant to do it yourself. They promised me to give the craft in the garden, so I decided to make it honestly, and after the matinee, hang it in my living room for the new year.
Ideas, as it happens, the sea immediately appeared. But, we are not looking for easy ways, so we wanted to make not just a boot, but with an application.
You can forget about the complexity that seems at first glance, since it’s quite simple to make such a New Year’s felt boots with your own hands. And this is stated by the author of this article - a debutant in this field of needlework. Here we go?
The main material of my boot is felt:
- red, 30x30 cm in size - 2 sheets;
- turquoise, 30x20 cm in size - 1 sheet;
- white, 30x20 cm - 1 sheet;
- pink - 1 sheet.
In order for the boot to keep its shape well, it acquired a more rigid material. For the application, I took thinner. Which felt is better to use for New Year's boots is up to you.
For example, if you want a voluminous craft, then it is better, of course, to take not just soft felt, but fleece. It is more convenient to sew it from the inside, and you can fill it with cotton wool. My version is purely decorative - except that you can put a small bar of chocolate in it. But not more.
In addition to felt, you also need:
- threads for firmware applications;
- yarn for knitting white;
- paper with a pencil;
- scissors;
- decorative eyes;
- glue "Moment";
Please note: Just do not take PVA, as it simply soaks into the felt, and does not glue it!
- fork for making pom-poms.
I also used glitter for decoration - I found it in my bins. Once they were purchased for nail design, and they remained intact.
I took three primary colors - white, red and turquoise. Since felt is a fluffy material, they hold up well and do not crumble. Basically, that's all. You can safely get down to business.
Making the base
To make the product neat, first we make a pattern on paper. In order to get away from the classic form a little, I wanted to make a Christmas sock in the form of an elf boot.
If you can't sketch, use a little trick - take your sock and outline it. Add a folded element - and the pattern is ready.
Due to the fact that I was limited to an A4 sheet, my pattern turned out to be a little short. But it's okay. When transferred to felt, this can be easily corrected and lengthened.
We make the bend of the upper part, and make sure that we are doing everything correctly.
In the image and likeness we cut out the second part of the boot.
Now you can start connecting the two halves.
decorative seam
Usually, when working with felt and other similar material, a hand stitch is used. It allows you to sew several parts without any folds, while creating an additional decorative effect. I also followed in the footsteps of proven technology, and performed the connection of the halves of the boot with a manual buttonhole stitch. For greater aesthetics and New Year's contrast, I took white threads.
It's pretty easy to do, you just need to get used to it. And yet, when performing such a seam, the main thing is evenness and symmetry. Stitch steps should be even, and the height of the loops should be the same. The rarer such a seam, the more beautiful and neat the product looks.
Instructions on how to do it are given below:
- It is necessary to fix the thread in the usual way from the inside. I started working below the bending part, in which case, to disguise my “first pancake with a lump”.
- So, the first "stick" of the needle goes from bottom to top. It turns out a loop, then you need to thread the needle into it. Get this connection, as in the photo.
- We tighten the resulting loop well, while aligning the thread running along the edge of the product.
- We carefully monitor that the thread runs smoothly along the edge, without jams and distortions.
Here is such a stitched boot turned out in the end.
The video in this article details how to make a similar buttonhole stitch.
Christmas decoration crafts
Before proceeding to the most interesting thing - cutting out the application, you need to decorate the top of the boot. To do this, you need white felt. From it we cut out exactly the same teeth as on our boot, only with a greater height for bending.
We attach them to the base, and sew on the back. The seam will not be visible, so you can not make extra even stitches.
Let's quickly deal with this little business. Don't forget to sew the loop on the side.
And this is what the upper part of the boot looks like inside.
Application
Now it's time for real creativity. Let's start with the application. I decided not to buy, but to make it.
For some reason, the image of Santa Claus immediately came with such a mustache. Of course, it would be more logical to make patterns of a felt dog in boots in honor of the symbol of the coming year, but nevertheless, I settled on a classic that will always be relevant.
I cut out all the elements from felt at once. Those who doubt their eye can start with a preliminary paper pattern of the following parts:
- The head, or rather half-head, is made of pink felt.
- Twisted mustache of a similar plan. You can immediately attach your eyes to make the work more fun.
- After we cut out the first part of the beard.
- We give the shape of the central part of the ford, similar to an elongated drop. But not too thin.
- And we complete this beard with a small central element of the mustache.
- We cut out a round nose, but not very big, otherwise our fairy-tale character will look like a pig.
- We cover the brutal bald spot with a turquoise hat and a white “fur edge”.
When all the elements of the appliqué are cut out and arranged, you can safely sew them on with the same buttonhole stitch. The order of work is similar. The only thing is that we glue the eyes now.
Pompoms - buy or make?
Another decorative element of our crafts is pompoms on the hat and the tip of the boot. You can buy this trifle, especially since its price varies around 10 rubles.
Basically, I did just that. But, initially I bought only one piece, because I did not plan to decorate the nose of the boot. I didn’t really want to go after such a little thing, so I decided to make a pompom myself.
For this you will need:
- fork;
- scissors;
- thick knitting yarn.
Such a product is made obscenely quickly - literally five minutes as follows:
- We wind the yarn on the fork and cut off the end. I got about 50 turns. But it all depends on the thickness of the yarn.
- We cut off a small thread, insert it between the second and third cloves of the fork, tie it well.
- We remove the workpiece from the fork and cut it on the sides very carefully.
- We send the pom-pom to the "hairdresser's"- namely, we trim, giving the perfect even shape of a circle.
In principle, the resulting pompom is not much different from the store (in the photo it is on the left). If it is not completely clear how to make such products, watch the video below.
Decorating the house with textile boots for the New Year - this idea came to us from the West. Basically, it contains sweet gifts for children.
Photo master class on how to make a New Year's boot for gifts with your own hands.
Materials and tools:
- white fleece material (flannel or synthetic winterizer);
- a thin green satin ribbon;
- a sheet of A 4 format and a pencil;
- needle, thread and scissors;
- decor: lace and beads;
- fabric for lining;
- blue marker;
- beautiful fabric;
- pins;
Note: If you can’t draw a boot, you can print a sketch from the Internet or take a regular sock and circle it, then add 3-4 cm on all sides.
For the manufacture of a New Year's boot, fabric of any color is suitable, and it will look more interesting if the material has numerous patterns.
1. We take a pencil and draw a boot on paper. Cut out.
2. We fold a piece of beautiful fabric with the wrong side up. We put the sketch in the middle of the fabric and pin it with pins. Outlined with blue marker. Increase the bottom and top borders of the sketch.
3. Cut out.
4. Bend the lining fabric in half. On top we put the finished pattern of the boot, we chip it with pins. Outline with a pencil.
5. Cut out. We unfold the boot. Apply fleece material, cleave with pins. We cut off the excess.
6. We take a thread and a needle. We sew.
7. The next step is to sew the boot to the fleece fabric.
8. Then we change the thread to white and sew the fleece material.
9. Turn the boot inside out. We make a hem at the edge of the fleece (we bend the edge inward), we cut it off with pins. We sew from the inside.
10. Sew on green lace, white beads and a loop of green satin ribbon.
In addition to sweet gifts, you can add tangerines to the boot, which emphasize the New Year's holiday, and you can also put toys (a soft toy or New Year's, a doll or a typewriter), something for drawing or school supplies (pencil case, brushes for drawing felt-tip pens or pencils).
New Year 2018 is coming soon and many children believe that Santa Claus brings them gifts. And for a gift you need a beautiful boot. So let's make a New Year's boot with our own hands for children or with them!
How to make a New Year's boot for gifts with your own hands?
Materials and tools:
Thin blue satin ribbon;
A4 sheet and pencil;
White fleece (or synthetic winterizer);
Threads, needle and scissors;
Tailor's pins;
Lining fabric;
Candle or lighter;
Blue lace;
Pink marker;
Beautiful fabric;
Note: you can draw a sketch by hand, or you can take a regular sock and circle it. Add 3-4 cm from all sides. The larger the boot, the more space there will be inside, and therefore more, for example, sweets will fit in it.
Lining fabric- it will be inside the boot, so you can take absolutely any fabric, not necessarily plain, you can also with a pattern. It is best to sew the boot by hand, because the rounded shapes on the sewing machine look angular. Be sure to make a loop so that the boot can not only be put down, but also hung.
1. We take sheet A 4 and draw a sketch of the future New Year's boot with a pencil.
2. Let's cut it out.
3. We take a beautiful piece of fabric, bend it with the wrong side up. Fold the fabric on the right side. We put the sketch on the fabric, fix it with tailor's pins.
4. Usually 1-2 cm recede from the sketch on all sides (this segment is for sewing the fabric). In this case, we increase the right side and the boot will be larger. Outline the sketch with a pink marker so you can see where to cut.
5. Cut out the marker. We cut the same boot from the lining fabric. We bend the lining fabric, we attach the finished boot to the tailor's pins. Cut out.
6. We unfold the lining and regular fabric. Fasten with pins. To the upper part on the tailor's pins we chop off the white fleece.
7. We are sewing.
8. We fold the boot, with a beautiful fabric inside. We chip with pins. Sew to fleece fabric.
9 . Change the thread to white and sew the remaining edges.
10. We turn out the boot. We make a hem on the fleece (we tuck the edges inward) and chop off with pins.
11. We sew from the inside.
12. From the remains of a beautiful fabric, cut out a strip. We pin with tailor's pins on the fleece. Cut off the excess fabric. We sew.
A New Year's gift requires especially bright and festive packaging. After all, this holiday is magical, and therefore everything should correspond to the fabulous surroundings: home decoration, outfits, and gifts that we give to each other. Any schoolboy can make a wonderful boot for the New Year with his own hands - this is a simple and interesting task. But first, let's look through the history books: where did such an unusual design of New Year's presents come from?
The past does not reveal all the secrets, and therefore only a legend has come down to us. Three sisters lived in a distant country. The girls were in dire need of money, but there was nowhere to get it from. On the night before Christmas, they went to bed with no hope for the future, but still believing that miracles could happen and their lives would change.
The sisters' expectations came true! At night, Santa Claus walked around the houses of sleeping residents. Looking into the sisters' house, he saw that there was absolutely nothing there. The good wizard generously threw three gold ingots into the chimney - one for each beauty - and so that they would not fall into the burning fireplace, the nimble Santa Claus threw them straight into the stockings drying by the dying fire. Probably, the morning after that night was one of the best events in the life of the sisters! Since then, boots for the New Year (or rather, at first - for Christmas) have become a good tradition: children and adults leave them near the Christmas tree so that the wizard has somewhere to put his gifts.
Let's sew a boot for the New Year with our own hands and act as a good Santa Claus or our Santa Claus, putting some wonderful surprise for loved ones into the "shoes". Perhaps it will be a boot made of felt or felt, or maybe just made of cardboard. Read, watch the patterns and choose your version of the New Year's "gift wrapping".
materials
How to make a boot for the New Year? You will need materials from the list:
- cardboard;
- felt;
- felt;
- colored ribbons;
- web fabric;
- bright threads;
- beautiful stickers.
Stencils for boots for Christmas gifts can be found on the Internet - there are a great many variations. Well, let's master the art of sewing "shoes" with our own hands? Let's start with felt boots - they are easy to make even for those who have not held a needle and thread in their hands since school.
Felt boots for the new year
First of all, we need a boot stencil for the New Year. You can draw it from any picture. Take cardboard or thick paper and depict a felt boot - remember how you drew as a child? The dimensions will be such that your gift is freely placed in this "package". So, we have prepared a template for the New Year's boot.
- red felt (for the base);
- white felt (for "edge");
- green felt (for the pattern);
- threads (preferably white, for contrast with the main background);
- needle;
- scissors.
We take our stencil of a New Year's boot. We put it on the red felt, which is folded in half, outline along the contour, cut it out. We make the top from white - it will depict the finish of the top, and therefore we cut it out a little wider than the top itself. We sew the felt boot with white threads with a chain stitch along the edges. We imperceptibly sew the “edge” with white threads.
If you have several potential recipients of gifts, you can prepare similar boots for them, but, for example, in a different color. If two children are the same, but different sizes.
After the boots for the New Year are ready, you need to decorate them. We cut out a Christmas tree from green felt and attach it to the “shoes”. In general, it all depends on your imagination - you can cut out white snowflakes, a twig with cones, a figure of Santa Claus, a snowman, a slide with a sled, a cheerful skier ...
A felt boot for the new year, the patterns of which can be simpler and more complicated, will be sewn by any child under the guidance of an adult. Help your child prepare holiday gift wrapping for friends!
Do-it-yourself boot for the new year: pattern patterns from ribbons
Having a ready-made pattern cut out of cardboard at hand, you can make a festive “wrapper” for the New Year with your own hands from multi-colored ribbons. The boot pattern is already there. You don't even have to sew! Still easier.
We lay the “spider web” fabric on the template cardboard. On top of the weaving method, lay out any ribbons: satin, braid, scraps of fabric left over from children's crafts. Color combinations - as you like. We carry out on our future boot with a hot iron.
Now cut along the contour of the pattern and prepare the second side in the same way. We sew the details. It remains to process the product along the edge with an oblique inlay (choose a color close or contrasting to the main tone of the ribbons) and build a loop from the same inlay.
Boot template for the new year for "shoes" made of felt
How to make a boot with your own hands for the New Year holiday from felt? Draw the outline of the future "shoes" directly on the felt. Cut and sew both halves with large stitches.
You can not be limited to the usual form of felt boots. Create, for example, an elegant high-heeled women's boot. Be sure to decorate it: wash white and silver beads on top, lay out tinsel and rain figures. A good idea is to decorate the boot with large bright buttons.
From cardboard
If you are faced with the task of helping a preschooler or primary school child make a beautiful New Year's card, then you can draw a large felt boot on thick paper or cardboard (folding it widowed). Color it with your child, cut it out. And inside make a pocket - glue it on one of the walls. Put chocolate in your pocket. It turned out to be a great gift - uplifting, cute and tasty!
Striped stocking
Remember the fairy tale about the girl Pippi, who wore multi-colored stockings? You can create a similar long sock yourself by sewing it from multi-colored ribbons. Another option is to simply tie the stocking with a regular “elastic band”. On the resulting stocking, sew colored pompoms cut off from old children's hats. If you don’t have any of these, make pompoms from fluffy knitting threads. You will get a capacious package - you can put a big gift!
As you can see, there are a lot of ideas for making New Year's boots. Choose any and act! As soon as the packaging for the presentation is ready, the only thing left is to buy the gift itself. You can be sure that your friends and family will love any gift in such a magnificent boot. Well, the kids just jump with delight!