How to make a Christmas boot from felt by yourself? Lesson on the creation of an interesting New Year's craft of felt with step-by-step instructions and photo

February 24, 2018 handmadebase

The tradition of hanging on the eve of New Year and Christmasholidays on the fireplace, window, front door or just in the room, a special Christmas boot came to us from America and Europe and firmly established itself with us. And although Santa Claus does not bring gifts to our children in those same boots, but Father Frost does it as before, such a decoration looks very stylish and festive in every home. So I decided to sew something similar for my home, I hope you like this idea, and you will also bring it to life with me. In addition, this product can become an original package for New Year's gifts, if you are going to visit children, fill the boot with sweets, nuts, gingerbread and other goodies, but if an adult cheerful company is waiting for you, put a bottle of champagne in the boot, it will be very original.

Tools and materials

So, to sew a Christmas boot from felt with your own hands we will need:

sheet felt of red, blue, white, green, pink, lilac, orange, yellow and brown;
thin satin ribbons of four different colors;
scissors;
sewing needle;
white floss;
paper;
simple pencil.

Description of the stages of work

1.Let's start our work with a sketch, we'll do it by hand with a simple pencil on a sheet of A4 paper. We draw the boot itself, and also make a sketch of the design that we want to see on our product. In my case, it's a smart New Year tree with gifts.2.Next, we cut out our main sketch along the contour in order to use it as a template-pattern for making the product. Then we take a sheet of red felt and a sheet of blue felt and connect them together along all edges, then apply the template to the top layer, pin all the parts together with sewing pins or regular needles so that they do not shift during work, and trace the pattern along the contour.3. Cut out two absolutely identical boot parts from felt, one red, the other blue.4.After that, we cut out smaller details from the boot template, namely the Christmas tree. Gifts, decorations, etc., we also use them as templates, thanks to which we cut out all the necessary elements of the applique, which will decorate our Christmas boot.5.The applique can be glued to the boot, super glue or a hot glue gun will do, but I decided to sew everything on. Let's start with the tree, or rather with its decoration. Sew small colored balls over the entire surface of the part using a needle and thin white thread. To do this, put the first wide stitch in the center of the circle, the second crosswise, the third between the two previous ones, as a result of which we get embroidery resembling a snowflake in shape. Sew the remaining balls in the same way.6.When the tree is fully decorated, sew a wide brown trunk to its lower part, using a simple "forward needle" stitch. Please note that all applique details are sewn exclusively with white threads, so they contrast well with each other, and the overall appearance acquires additional brightness.7.We temporarily put the finished tree aside and begin to decorate the gifts, sewing a piece of thin satin ribbon of a contrasting color onto each of them using several hidden stitches, and also decorating them with small, neat, voluminous bows.8. These are the gifts we got under the Christmas tree.9.Now we start sewing our applique to the front of the Christmas boot, for this I chose the red side, but you can also do the applique on the blue side, as you like. We start with the Christmas tree, as noted above, sew it with thin white threads, using the "forward needle" stitch. Note that we sew the stitch along all edges of the pattern.10. Next, using the principle we are already familiar with, we sew on the gift boxes, placing them underneath the tree. Next to each other, so that the previously sewn bows are on top.11. This is the festive New Year's applique we get.12. Decorate the upper edge of the front part of the boot with a decorative edging cut from white felt. Sew it along the contour, just like all the other details.13. After the entire applique is sewn onto the front part of the boot. Connect it to the back exactly along the edge and sew both together, also using the "forward needle" stitch.14. Our felt Christmas boot is almost ready, we just need to add one small but important detail.15.In order to hang the boot, we need to sew a loop to it, we will make it from a piece of thin satin ribbon and decorate it with a small cute bow. Sew the loop to the upper right corner of the product, and completely finish the work on its creation.16. Here is a beautiful Christmas boot made of felt, all that remains is to fill it with sweets and find a suitable place in your home.

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