New Year holidays are the right time for fun meetings with friends. And for this it is necessary to properly place the party!
We want to offer you some ideas for decoration that are quick and easy to implement: after all, holidays are not the time for too complicated and difficult work!
Mumps - Mascot of Happiness
At least that's what many countries think. Sewn from pink satin according to our pattern and embroidered with black thread, funny pigs (photo 2) will be an excellent souvenir for the owners of the house or dear guests.
Small pig approx. 19 cm, length 33 cm
Large mumps approx. 25 cm. Length 46 cm
YOU WILL NEED (for large and small pigs) Pink satin 60 cm long, 140 cm wide. Sewing threads, leftover black embroidery thread, sharp-pointed embroidery needle, smoking pipe brush (chenille wire) for ponytail, cotton or other stuffing material, transparent paper , copy paper, copy wheel, tailor's chalk.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK Details 1-4 (detail of the side, detail of the abdomen, ear and patch) should be transferred to transparent paper, reduced for a small pig and increased for a large one in appropriate proportions. For each pig, cut out the following parts with allowances for all sections 1 cm wide: 2 sides (in the mirror image), 1 tummy, 1 patch and 2 ear parts (4 in total) in the mirror image. For the tail of a small pig, cut an oblique strip 20 cm long and 3 cm wide, for a large one - 30 cm long, 4 cm wide. Transfer the contours of the parts and the corresponding marks to the wrong side of the cut parts using carbon paper and copy wheel (or tailor's chalk).
Side parts face to face, combining marks, fold and grind between, A and B and C and D. Tummy and patch, combining marks, stitch to the body, leave a hole for stuffing on one of the straight seams. Stitch the parts of the ears face to face, leave a hole for eversion on the straight seam. Cut off or cut off allowances for rounding and corners.
Turn the torso and ears, sew a hole for eversion on the ears with straight stitches manually. Sew ears to the body manually along the alignment line on the body.
Embroider the eyes and nostrils on the patch with thread for embroidery with straight stitches. For the tail, fold the oblique strips in half lengthwise face to face and grind the width of the presser foot of the machine, while at the end grind obliquely. Cut off the allowances at the tip. Unscrew the part and fill with Chenille wire. For a big tail, use two brushes. Stuff the body with cotton or other stuffing and sew a hole in the seam.
FABRIC NUMBERS
Emphasize the theme of the holiday by hanging large numbers from fabric in the room ...
Size approx. 46 cm high
YOU WILL NEED For each digit approx. 70 x 70 cm fabric = 4 different types of elegant fabric; suitable sewing threads, cotton wool, transparent paper, carbon paper and carbon wheel.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK Figures 2, 0, 1 and 4 should be transferred to transparent paper, increased to a height of 46 cm and cut. Iron the fabrics and fold them inward with the inside facing in half. Chip the numbers and cut them with allowances in a circle of 1.5 cm. Transfer all the contours using carbon paper and a wheel to the fabric. Remove the paper pattern.
Stitch both fabric parts in a circle (at numbers 0 and 4 only along the outer contour), leave a hole of approx. 12 cm for eversion. The allowances at the corners are cut obliquely close to the stitch, and cut to 7 mm for rounding.
Unscrew parts, evenly stuff 2 and 1 with cotton wool, sew the hole manually. On numbers 0 and 4, allow the stocks along the inner contour inward to a width of 1.5 cm and grind to the edge, leaving a hole of approx. 8 cmFill the numbers evenly with cotton and sew a hole in the seam.
STAR FESTIVAL
According to our stencils, you can easily make a festive garland of any size.
Big star diam. OK. 20 cm
YOU WILL NEED Pink sequin paper, silver embossing metal foil, black thick cardboard, silver Chenille wire; Lurex cord in gold and silver diam. OK. 5 mm; liquid glue, transparent paper, carbon paper.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK Copy the motifs for the star and the numbers 2, 0, 1, 4. Zoom to the desired size. Using carbon paper, transfer foil and glitter paper to the front side, cut it out. 4 star cut out of foil and paper. The numbers 2, 1 and 4 are 1x each made of foil, the number 0 is made of glitter paper. Stick the numbers on black cardboard and cut out so that a strip of 3 mm wide black cardboard protrudes around it. Stick the silver numbers in the middle on the pink stars, stick the pink number in the middle on the foil star.
Spread the stars with numbers in the desired position (!) Face down at regular intervals (we have 11 cm). Draw the cord along the middle of the stars, stick on the stars, then stick the second details of the stars inside out to the inside of the stars. Between the stars, attach segments of the chenille wire to the cord. If desired, you can cut small stars from glitter paper and stick them to the cord in the same way.
FUN STICKERS
These funny gift paper figures can be used in a variety of ways - decorate dishes on a table, hang them on a wall or on a Christmas tree ...
Sizes: champagne bottle approx. 30 cm tall. Cylinder approx. 24 x 24 cm. Pig approx. 27 x 16 cm. Cloudy with a year approx. 26 x 23 cm. A glass of champagne approx. 19 cm. Star diam. OK. 21 cm
YOU WILL NEED Thick white and black paper; glitter paper in pink, black and gold; residues of pink rep ribbon approx. 1 cm; black and red markers; 6 barbecue sticks approx. 30 cm, diam. 3 mm; black acrylic paint; brush; knife-cutter and litter for cutting, glue stick, glue gun, transparent and copy paper.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK Motives to copy and enlarge to the desired or desired size, cut. The external contours of motifs should be transferred to white paper and cut. Transfer inner contours to motifs via carbon paper. Draw all the contours and numbers of the year with a marker.
Colored sections cut out of paper with sparkles. To do this, transfer individual forms using carbon paper to glitter paper and cut about 7 mm less along all contours. On the cylinder, the section above the margins is cut out of black paper. Stick the cut out areas to the motives in the right places.
Paint wooden sticks black, allow the paint to dry completely. Have a pig draw eyes and fall red. Tie a ribbon around the neck.
Stick wooden sticks on the side of the cylinder and on a bottle of champagne, on other motives stick in the middle - for all motives on the back.
WE PLAY HATS
Pink or black hats made of flickering gift paper or fabric will immediately create a festive mood for you and your guests!
Approx. 21 cm
YOU WILL NEED
Pink hat: thick paper or thin cardboard in black, paper with pink sparkles, braid with pink pompons, black feathers, decorative star in black diam. OK. 6 cm
Black hat: thick paper or thin cardboard in black, velvet in gold and black; feathers of black color; leather with gilding, thread for sewing black, silver wire, decorative berries in gold.
Additionally for both models: double-sided adhesive tape, glue in a spray can or liquid glue, hot glue gun, glue stick, stapler, elastic for black hats, darn needle with a sharp tip.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
Pink hat: per square paper size. OK. 25 x 25 cm stick the paper with sparkles, smooth it well and let the glue dry completely. On the side of the cardboard, draw a quarter circle with a radius of 21 cm. On the straight edge, draw an allowance as a tongue for gluing 1.5 cm wide. Cut out the detail of the hat, and mow the tongue at the tip of the hat. Stick double-sided adhesive paper to the tab on the side of the glitter paper. On the sharp tip on the inside, glue several feathers with the top up with a thermal gun. Separate the protective paper side from the double-sided tape, then twist the quarter circle in the form of a bag and stick with the tongue under the second straight edge. Fix the bonding place as far as possible with a stapler.
Glue the tape with pompons along the bottom edge of the cap. With a darning needle, make two holes along the bottom edge of the cap exactly opposite each other. Measure the desired length of the elastic and thread through the holes, tie the ends of the elastic from the inside with a knot. Glue a decorative star on the tip of the hat with a thermo gun.
Black with a gold hat: to make a hat, as described above, but instead of glittering paper, paste over it with velvet. Puncture two holes with a darn needle opposite each other and thread an elastic band (see above).
On the lower edge of the hat, stick a strip of leather with a width of approx. 1 cm. From the skin, cut out 2 large sheets (approx. 14 x 5 cm) and 3 small sheets (approx. 9 x 4 cm). On the wrong side of the leaves of leather, sew a zigzag wire, the wire should be exactly inside the seam, with it later it will be possible to bend the sheet in any form.
Stick on the front side of the hat with a thermogun first leaves, then feathers and finally decorative berries. Now bend the leaves in the desired shape.
TABLE CARDS
In the form of cylinders or glasses of champagne - ideal for a fun holiday with a large number of guests.
YOU WILL NEED Thin cardboard in white and black; gold and black sequin paper; gel pen pink; glue, knife-cutter and litter for cutting, a folding ruler and a regular ruler, transparent paper, carbon paper.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK Copy the motives, increase or decrease to the desired size and transfer to the wrong side of the cardboard (cylinder - on black, a glass of champagne - on white). The motif of a glass of champagne is continued in the mirror image from the dashed line.
Cut both motifs along the outer contour. On the front side with the help of rulers, bend along the dashed line and fix it. A glass of champagne is also cut out of gold paper, a cylinder is made of black paper with sparkles and glued to cardboard motifs according to contour lines. Strip the strip over the fields of the cylinder from black cardboard and stick. Then label the cylinder with a gel pen.
GUEST BOOK
Ask your guests to write or draw something in memory of the holiday. In a book, the cover of which you will make yourself, it will be so nice to keep expensive memories.
YOU WILL NEED Gold-plated leather, pink sparkles; residues of pink rep ribbon approx. 4 mm, glue, textile glue, 1 punched silver button diam. OK. 1.2 cm; roller knife, ruler and bedding for cutting; knife cutter, hole punch, transparent paper; thick notebook.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK Measure the notebook, including the thickness of the spine. In width add approx. 16 cm, height approx. 2 cm. By these standards, cut a rectangle from the skin with a roller cutter in a ruler. Wrap the narrow side of the rectangle with the wrong side 4 cm inside out and secure with textile glue above and below = flaps in order to insert the cover of the notebook. Glue to dry completely.
Insert the notebook into the leather cover flap, then wrap the leather cover around the notebook so that the second narrow side of the skin extends beyond the front cover of the notebook. Cut a strip of approx.1.5 cm long = girth of the notebook + 25 cm and glue inside out.
Copy the motif for the pig with transparent paper, cut it out.
From the skin to carve 2 details size. OK. 12 x 9 cm and glue with textile glue inside out, let the glue dry.
The contours of the mumps are transferred to a glued piece of leather and cut. On one side, grease the pig with liquid glue and sprinkle with sparkles, allow the glue to dry.
With a cutting knife, make 2 cuts along the width of the skin strip, insert a strip into the pig and fasten the narrow side of the strip on the back of the skin with textile glue. Wrap a strip of leather around the guestbook and mark out the location of the button. The upper part of the button should be exactly between the slots for the pig, later they will be covered with a strip of leather, fix the bottom of the button on a strip of leather. Button to punch.
If desired, motifs from figured holes can be made on a strip of skin, and in a pig, punch holes in the eye area with a hole punch. At the end, tie a rep ribbon around the neck of the pig.
FIVE MINUTES TO TWELVE
Instead of a wall clock, there are beautiful rosettes with golden hands and Roman numerals reminiscent of the upcoming (or upcoming) New Year.
YOU WILL NEED Blisters with sockets of different colors to dia. OK. 30 cm; cardboard of gold color; gold-colored braid or cord, liquid glue, cutter knife and sheet for cutting, transparent paper, carbon paper.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK Motives for arrows and Roman numerals, copy using transparent paper and transfer through carbon paper to cardboard. The numbers and arrows are cut exactly along the contour with a knife. Fold out the sockets according to the description on the back of the blister and tie them with braid or cord. Stick arrows and numbers on sockets as shown in the photo.
Photo: Miriam Fruscella. Staged by Rashan Jenings.
The material was prepared by Elena Karpova.
