Self-made sewing of decorative pillowcases in patchwork style is a fascinating process

December 14, 2017 handmadebase

Sewing an interesting decorative pillowcase in stylepatchwork - an activity that is not particularly complicated. And let beginners and experienced needlewomen do not scare this name. Even small sewing skills, basics from school economics or ordinary curiosity will be the impetus to mastering such an amazing style as patchwork. What is this direction? As a technique, this style began its ascent from the English manors of the 18th century and was nothing more than patchwork. Many peoples used patchwork in sewing, and especially this technique became in times of crisis. Many of us remember grandmother's quilts, rugs. This style - comes from childhood! In our time, the patchwork style is absolutely not left inforgetfulness. The urgency of this technique has elevated it to a special rank, allowing you to count things made in a patchwork way, especially stylish and unsurpassed in the designer's vision. Before you start making decorativea pillow case on a pillow, it is necessary to take care of selection of shreds with which it is necessary to work. Depending on the purpose for which pillows serve, flaps are selected in certain tones. If you plan a pillowcase for floor cushions or sofa muffles, then pieces of fabric can be bright, suitable for tone to the color scheme of the interior or shading it. Consider the option for the bedroom, so the flaps should take a more gentle shades, pastel tones. Hexagonal pieces of fabric should be sewn to the corsage or glutinous to compact. Then, from the side of the underside, it is necessary to connect them with a tentative seam between them. With this fragment you can decorate a pillowcase of any size. The elegance and ease of this style will refresh the bed and give the very interior of home coziness and a touch of refined aristocracy. Now you can try to learn more complexdrawing. This, the so-called "Dresden plate". This interesting pillowcase will be an excellent decorative element for a living room or a children's room, as well as for a dacha. The block in the finished form will have a size of 30centimeters. The pattern of 15 wedges stitches together. As for the colors of the flaps used for work, it is possible to show imagination here. However, it should be remembered that in this block we need well-coordinated colors in the number of five pieces (three can be). Picking up the color of the future pillowcase to your liking, you can start making the product. Sewing decorative patchwork in patchwork style is better to start with a template. It will be necessary to carve out petals in the amount of 5pieces of three fabric colors, while it is important to carefully use the patterns and do not forget about the allowances for seams. Starting from the center, gradually connect all the wedges between each other. Do not go to the end, because the allowances will bend. To properly fold the allowances,Use template number 2, in which the allowances were not taken into account. At the edge of the wedge, the first line is laid, the template is inserted without allowances, the outline is tightened and the allowance is smoothed from the wrong side. As a result - a beautiful flower, which has such a memorable name as "Dresden plate". The same procedure is carried out with the core of the flower - a detail in the form of a circle. At the end of the work, the marking is taken out. The next step is sewing the pattern toSquare-based, the size of which, as already mentioned above 30x30cm. On the sides of the finished block, strips of cloth are sewn, 4 cm in width. Then light fabric strips having a width of 9 centimeters. As a result we get an excellent pillowcase, executed by patchwork technique, and amaze our acquaintances with our skill!

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