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The symbol of the coming New Year is a sheep or goat, since according to the Chinese calendar 2015 - Year of the Sheep or Goat.

If you love handicrafts, you can make a beautiful sheep with your own hands. With a simple master class you can make a toy, pillow or a beautiful souvenir.

This sheep will be an excellent gift for family and friends.

How to sew a sheep with your own hands?

You will need:

Gray fleece

· Black faux fur

· Black floss threads 45 cm

Filler

· Threads, needle

Adviсe:

Fleece is an easily stretchable material, while fur has a fleecy surface. It is important to place the pattern pieces so that the arrows are parallel to the edge.

1. Cut out the pattern pieces and mark with chalk:

2 ears, 8 legs, 2 muzzles, 2 tails - made of gray fleece

2 torsos, 2 ears – made of black (or white) fleece

Legs

2. Place the two leg pieces right sides together and stitch, leaving an opening at the top. Repeat for the other legs. Turn the pieces inside out and stuff the lower parts of the legs with filling.

Tail

3. Place the two tail pieces right sides together and stitch, leaving an opening at the top. Turn it inside out.

Ears and muzzle

4. Take one ear piece from fleece and the other from fur and place right sides inward. Sew, leaving an opening. Turn it inside out. Fold the ear in half and secure with a pin. Repeat with the other ear.

5. Place one folded ear toward the right side of the muzzle, with the fold of the ear toward the top of the head. Baste. Repeat with the other ear.

6. Place one muzzle piece on top of the corresponding body piece, right sides facing in, aligning points A and B. Pin along the curve. Sew the muzzle to the body from point A to point B. Repeat on the other side of the muzzle and body.

7. Place the tail to the right side of the body, aligning points C and D. The tip of the tail points down. Baste.

8. Make leg slits on one side of the body and pass the legs through the holes. Fold the body over the holes and secure the legs with pins. Sew along the holes, closing them and securing the legs. Repeat for another pair of legs on the other side of the torso.

Eyes, nose, mouth

9. Take a needle and thread the black floss thread, tying a knot at the end. Thread the thread from the wrong side of the face and embroider the eyes, nose and mouth using a chain stitch. Tie a double knot on the wrong side and repeat on the other side of the face.

Assembly

10. Place the two sides of the body right sides together and secure with pins. Sew, leaving room for the hole. Fill with filler. Close the hole with a staggered stitch.

Felt sheep (pattern)

You will need:

· White felt

· Gray or black felt

Filler

· Ribbon

· Needle and thread

· Scissors

Print pattern and cut out the parts from felt (the pattern can be found)

2. Fold one edge of the ears halfway and secure with paper clips behind the muzzle detail.

3. Start sewing along the edge of the muzzle along with the ears. Before you finish the circle, add some filler so that the face is voluminous.

4. Sew eyes and nose using the sample.

5. Sew 8 leg pieces to make it 4 limbs. Add some filler to your feet.

6. Place the legs on top of the back of the white felt and secure with pins.

7. Place the front piece of white felt on top and pin again.

8. Sew around the lamb's body, leaving some room to add filling. Finish sewing up the lamb.

9. Tie a ribbon around the lamb.

Here are a few more examples of felt sheep:

Sheep Tilda: master class

You will need:

White fabric (terry, fleece, fine-pile fabric)

· Flesh-colored fabric (cotton, jersey)

· 3-4 types of fabric of different textures

· Buttons

· Strong thread for sewing on arms and legs and regular threads

· Black thread floss for the muzzle

· Padding

· Decorations

Head

1. Sewing Tilda’s sheep costs start from the head. We take white and flesh-colored fabric and cut out the details of the head. If you take knitwear or other stretchy fabric, it is worth gluing it with interlining or dublerin.

2. Occipital part the head will be made of white fabric, and the remaining parts of the head will be cut out of flesh-colored fabric, not forgetting about seam allowances and not cutting out darts.

3. Sew darts.

4. Connect the upper and lower parts of the muzzle sheep. To do this neatly, pin them together and stitch them together.

5. Turn the muzzle inside out, pin the front part of the head and sew.

6. We connect the front and back (white fabric) heads with pins and stitch them. Turn it inside out.

Ears

1. Cut out the ear pieces according to the pattern, leaving seam allowances. The front part of the ears is flesh-colored, the back part is white.

2. Sew the ear pieces with right sides facing inward.

3. Turn and iron their.

4. Fold the ears in half and sew at the edge.

Torso

1. Fold the white fabric in half and cut out the pieces torso, arms and legs.

2. Sew the parts, turn them inside out and stuff the body.

3. Sew the ears to the head to the edge of the lower part of the muzzle.

4. Sew the back (white) part of the head

You can sew it clothes for your sheep By instructions .

DIY sheep: patterns

DIY sheep pillow

You will need:

· A square piece of sand-colored wool felt, 45 cm long

· A square piece of beige wool felt, 45 cm long

A piece of brown felt

Filler

· Threads matching color

Use material beige and sand color for the body your sheep. Brown felt will be used for legs,ears and face.

Cut out the parts according pattern(for one sheep): 2 parts for the body, 4 legs, 2 faces, 2 ears

1. Fasten the two parts of the muzzle with a pin and sew them with thread of a suitable color. Do the same with the leg details.

2. Pin the two body parts together. Place the legs and face between the two pieces as shown in the picture.

3. Sew across the body, starting at the front leg, about 1.2cm from the raised edge.

4. When you reach the face, stitch around in an arc of about 0.6 cm, and then continue stitching along the body with a 1.2 cm indent. Finish where the back leg ends. Leave a hole between your legs.

5. Fill the sheep through the hole. Use large pieces of litter to avoid lumps.

6. Sew the hole with a stitch so that it joins smoothly with the other stitches.

7. Fold each ear piece in half and sew with thread of the same color. Sew the ears to the body. Repeat with the second lamb.

Crocheted sheep (pattern)

You will need:

· 1 skein of cream long pile yarn

· 1 skein of beige worsted yarn

· 1 skein of mint worsted yarn

Hook 5mm and 3.75mm

Filler

· Beads for eyes

· Yarn needle

· Bell (optional)

Legend:

sc - single crochet

pt - loop

dec – decrease loops

pr - adding loops

Body

We use cream-colored yarn and a 5 mm hook.

1. Amigurumi ring(5 pt)

Here are instructions on how to make an amigurumi ring:

1st row: 1 cr in each loop (10 pt)

2nd row: sc, 1 inc, repeat for the entire row (15 pt)

3rd row: 2 sc, 1 inc, repeat for the entire row (20 pt)

4th row: 3 sc, 1 inc, repeat for the entire row (25 pt)

Row 5: 4 sc, 1 inc, repeat for the entire row (30 pt)

6th row: 5 sc, 1 inc repeat for the entire row (35 pt)

7-10 row: sc, in a circle (35 pt)

11th row: 5 sbn, 1 dec repeat for the entire row (30 pt)

Row 12: 4 sc, repeat 1 dec for the entire row (25 pt)

Row 13: 3 sc, 1 dec repeat for the entire row (20 pt)

Row 14: 2 sc, 1 dec (15 pt)

The torso will begin to gradually close. Start using filler. Continue row 14 and fill the body until it is closed.

Face

Main chain (5pt)

1st row: sc, sc around the main chain (11pt)

2nd row: 1 inc, 3 sbn, 1 inc, remaining sbn (13 pt)

3rd row: 1 inc, 5 sbn, 1 inc, remaining sbn (15 pt)

Here are the instructions This article explains the basic principle of how an oval-shaped sheep’s face is made.

Legs

We use beige yarn and a 3.75 mm hook.
Amigurimi ring (4 pt)

1st row: sc, 1 inc, sc, 1 inc (6 pt)

2nd row: sc in circle (6 pt)

Ears

We use beige yarn and a 3.75 mm hook.
Amigurimi ring (4 pt)

Collar (optional):

We use mint yarn and a 3.75 mm hook.

Chain 45 pt

Assembly:

1. Sew the eyes to the muzzle

2. Sew the muzzle to the long end of the body where you closed.

3. Attach the legs to the body and the ears to the head

4. You can attach a collar with a bell and tie it around the sheep.

How to crochet a lamb?

Another option for crocheting a lamb or lamb in this video tutorial.

DIY felt sheep. Master class with step-by-step photos

Felt toy - Sheep. Master Class

To make a sheep you need:

Beads;

Faux leather for the muzzle, but you can use felt;

Filler;

Seams used

Step-by-step process for making a sheep

Step 1.

Making blanks using templates sheep .

Templates. Felt sheep

Embroider swirls onto piece A using blue thread, using a backstitch stitch. Then use a fishing line to sew on dark lilac beads.

On part D, use black threads to sew the mouth, and use red threads to sew on the nose (part C).

Using fishing line, sew on black eye beads.

Step 2.

Let's make the head. Cut the yarn into 6 cm pieces and tie them in the center.

Sew piece D and piece E together with pink thread, using a back stitch.

As you sew, sew in the tuft. Stuff the head through the hole created.

Step 3.

Sew the head to piece A.

Step 4.

Let's do the legs. Sew two parts F together using the “Loophole stitch”. As you sew, sew on the hooves G. Stuff the legs with soft material through the hole created.

Sew the legs to part B as shown in the photo.

Did you know that you can make wonderful soft animals from felt? These crafts are tactile and a lot of fun. We invite you to master sewing from felt fabric using the example of making a lamb.

How to make a lamb from felt - master class

To work, you will need felt in three colors: white, light and dark brown, as well as threads in the corresponding shades. Prepare the necessary materials and then take care of the pattern. Its template involves cutting out the following elements from paper or cardboard: the head, “hairstyle,” ears, body, hooves, nose and tail of the lamb. The size of the parts depends on the desired dimensions of the future felt toy.

Performance:

1. So, we cut out the listed templates for the lamb from felt: there should be 4 parts for the ears, and 2 for everything else, and only 1 part is needed for the nose.
2. Using your pattern, draw the outlines of these elements on the fabric and carefully cut them out. One of the main advantages of felt over other types of fabrics is that it does not fray. This is why felt toys are so easy to sew.
3. Let's start with the design of the lamb's head. First, sew a nose to it (this will require only 2-3 stitches), and then embroider a smiling mouth. In principle, if you wish, you can also embroider the nose with threads.
4. Place a little filler inside the head (it can be holofiber or padding polyester) and sew the part up to the end. Please note that felt toys are sewn on the front side, which means that all knots will be visible. Therefore, place the beginning and end of the seam where they will later be covered by other parts.
5. Now you need to connect the head to the ears. Carefully sew them at the intersections, as shown in the photo. The seams should be at the back. At this stage, you can decorate the lamb with a ribbon bow and a miniature bell.
6. Let's start making the body. Prepare two identical pieces of white felt.
7. Sew them together using the same overlock stitch using white thread.
8. Sew brown felt hooves to the lower parts of the legs.
9. Now is the time to connect the finished parts of the product. Sew the lamb's head onto the body, threading the needle all the way through.

Handmade toys are becoming more and more in demand, as they are made from environmentally friendly items and are absolutely unique in their design, since the hand of each master is individual, and therefore the toy is exclusive. For example, even if we take an animal whose year will come to us next year, it will be the year 2015, the year of the Goat and Sheep according to the eastern calendar. Of course, we begin preparing for the winter New Year and Christmas holidays in advance and begin choosing loved ones in advance. Basically, it is customary for the New Year to give all sorts of trinkets with the animal whose year we are expecting. In our case, gifts in the form of figurines, piggy banks, candles, balls with a sheep and a goat are suitable. This is a must have for the 2015 meeting. This master class will help us sew a soft and fluffy sheep from felt, which can be given to both a child and an adult as a Christmas tree toy.

To sew a sheep we need the following:
Felt in light pink, hot pink, beige and brown colors;
A pair of small eyes for toys;
Narrow satin ribbon made of red satin with white polka dots;
Small golden bell;
Synthetic fluff approximately 5-6 grams;
Brown threads;
Black small beads;
Shiny half beads;
Lighter, pen, scissors;
Template drawing sheet;
White thread and needle;
Glue gun.

To begin with, the first step, of course, is to draw a template-sketch of our sheep, according to which we will cut out the pattern of the sheep. The pattern can be copied from a finished photograph (it is the size of a sheep half the size of your palm), the second option can be found on the Internet, but again, it all depends on the desired size of the animal. In our case, the sheep is small, about half the size of a palm, so the pattern can be copied, printed and cut out. We cut out one example at a time, and then measure out the required number of blanks on the sheets.

We cut out two copies of the body, crest and large cheeks from light pink felt. From bright pink felt we cut out two sketches of small ears and small cheeks. We cut out four legs from brown felt, and two circles for the face and two tail figures from beige felt.

We take two circles, put them together, take a white thread with a needle and sew these two circles with a slip stitch in a circle, approximately when 2/3 has been sewn, we begin to insert synthetic fleece in bunches inside. Sew up the circle with filler completely.

We do the same with the rest of the parts, fill and sew the body, tail, legs. Don’t be afraid if the elements of the sheep are figured; everything is sewn together perfectly using a cast stitch. We place the ears on top of each other, fold them at the bottom and fasten them with thread, level them and get a full-fledged sheep’s ear.

Felt sheep

I was looking for a craft for a kindergarten for a long time, and decided to make a felt sheep for the Christmas tree. It turned out quite quickly and economically))

This is what I got:

Details under the cut

I'll copy the master class here:

We redraw the sheep pattern from felt onto a sheet of paper, attaching it to the computer screen (the size is pre-adjusted in MSWord).

For ease of use, copy the pattern onto thin cardboard and cut out the parts clearly along the contour.

We cut out the body and forelock from white felt - 2 parts each. From flesh-colored felt there are 2 parts for the head and 2 ears; on the red material we draw hearts - 2 small and 1 large.

We cut out the parts very carefully, it is advisable that the entire outline drawn with a pen remains on the scraps. The toy will not turn inside out after stitching, so the absence of paste marks plays a big role.

By the way, if you intend to decorate the Christmas tree in an original way this year, then a DIY snowflake for the New Year will be an excellent companion for our toy sheep.

First of all, we sew on the trim: fasten the large heart with decorative stitches to the bottom, small hearts to the ears.

On one of the parts of the head, we make 3 stitches with black thread, imitating the face of a felt sheep.

We apply 2 parts of the body evenly to each other and sew them together with a loop seam, starting approximately from the middle.

Without sewing the seam to the end and without breaking the thread, we begin to fill the body with pre-fluffed padding polyester. It is convenient to distribute the stuffing evenly throughout the figure using the tips of scissors or a stick.

We insert a ribbon between the parts so that the felt sheep can be conveniently hung on the Christmas tree, and we sew up the hole left for stuffing until the end.

In the same way we sew and stuff the head and forelock.

Sew the ears and forelock to the head.

We sew the head with a hidden seam in the middle of the body.

We glue the eyes with super glue. It is advisable to apply the glue with a toothpick so that excess does not leak out from under the eyes and spoil the face.

We lay the ends of the lace with the bell behind each other and sew it to the body.

To make the sheep look more festive and elegant, you can glue small rhinestones onto the hearts.

And paint on the cheeks with blush or dry pastel.

That’s it, this hand-made felt sheep is ready to take pride of place on the New Year’s tree.

Thank you very much to the author for the most detailed MK!!!

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