Patchwork Carpets

Undoubtedly, interest in hand-made products is now unusually high. This also applies to handmade rugs. They have all chances to become a real work of art and a highlight of the house, to decorate the interior of a city apartment and give it a touch of rustic comfort.

Even in the times of ancient Egypt, people began to create from scraps. Today, this art is known as patchwork, or patchwork. Our grandmothers were engaged in this kind of needlework.

In fact, this connection (in our times, usually with the help of a sewing machine) pieces of the correct form, and arbitrary, cut out from different types of matter, up to the most incredible pieces.

It turns out a kind of textile mosaic, and on its production can be used unnecessary remnants of matter, obsolete items of clothing.In this case, such dense materials as drape, gabardine, tweed are better suited. You can also order special sets of small cuts with interesting prints over the Internet, so that you get a really stylish thing.

Patchwork provides needlewomen incredible scope for creativity. Imagination is where to roam! For the decoration of carpets, the technique of squares is excellent, which, in turn, can be sewn from several multicolored stripes. Such a rug, made in the classical (so-called "English") manner, consists of cotton pieces of the same size and shape, several reserved colors. But no one forbids experimenting, introducing bright shades and prints. Beginners should pay attention to the uncomplicated and cute chess pattern, in which the quadrangles of contrasting colors are stitched together.

Instead of squares, you can use stripes, triangles, honeycombs, other shapes. For the most creative there is a crazy patchwork. His only rule is no rules. Color combinations, texture, geometry - everything depends only on the designer's vision and the purpose of the project.So sometimes genuine avant-garde art is born.

Applications with stylized little animals, geometric or floral patterns - as your skills develop, more and more means will become available for you to express yourself through this type of handicraft.

So-called watercolor style looks very beautiful and modern. Its trick is that the details are selected very close shades, due to which smooth, "watery" color transitions, or gradient.

It is worth mentioning the knitted variants - the parts are made with knitting or crocheting from colored yarn, and then they are tied together. Such things look incredibly cozy!

To fill the house with heat, not necessarily the most good seamstress. Now many craftswomen sell their bright creations through the Internet. And even large manufacturers do not consider it shameful to turn to this area, whether it is machine quilting or just imitation.

But, of course, no purchased item compares to the hand-made one.So, you have decided that your apartment will decorate your own masterpiece. All you need is a good sharp scissors, cardboard, crayon for marking rags, pins, a needle and thread for basting and a sewing machine. And, of course, the fabric itself.

You need to start with the basics. It is necessary to choose a sufficiently dense and durable matter. It will serve as a lining for the application, therefore, its shape and size determines the corresponding parameters of the finished product.

You can do without this layer if you are talking about a wall panel, but the carpet makes its own demands: it lies on the floor for years, kids walk, crawl on it, set and move furniture. Therefore, wear resistance is an important quality for him, and therefore, without a foundation, nowhere. This role will be wonderfully performed by an old unnecessary towel, tablecloth or sheet.

It is desirable that the details were similar in texture and density. Having defined the materials, we will prepare them. It is advisable to pre-soak them in hot water, rinse with cold and starch. To do this, a tablespoon of starch should be diluted in a glass of cold water, pour into 2 liters of hot water and mix well.When the solution has cooled down a little, rinse the cloth in it, iron it still wet and dry it.

From the prepared matter we cut out the figures - we will further combine them into a whole piece. If they are the same, everything is simple: we prepare a template and use it for all our “puzzles”. Well, over the quaint rags will have to be torn. The main thing is to leave seams allowances of 1 cm on each side.

You can cut the part along the encircled outer contour, and at the corner points set through the holes you can complete the shape itself.

Cut out the billet should be folded face up and stitched on the sewing machine along the allowance line (it is advisable to pre-cut the parts with pins or mark them so that they are perfectly superimposed on each other and not moved anywhere). You can form a strip of squares, adding one at a time; You can sew them in pairs, and then join them together. Finished seams are recommended to iron. For the first longitudinal strip do the second, and so on.And then, as you might guess, we grind the resulting long “ribbons” into our canvas and tuck the lining. Do not forget about the edging, it will give your creation a neater and finished look.

Seams, threads on the front side should not be. However, often the seams are specially laid noticeable, and even make deliberately contrast or use unusual types of lines (for example, zigzag). These little things give the work even more "man-made" and playfulness.

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In order to determine the palette and other attributes, it is very important to imagine in advance where our child “will settle down”. It is interesting to look at the carpets made from shreds with some kind of pattern, but not the fact that they will be appropriate in the office. But children really like to consider such creations, so a cheerful colorful rug with interesting pictures and patterns is a great option for a nursery.

And for a classic living room, perhaps, a “mosaic” of monochromatic squares of different shades of one or two muted colors (for example, a combination of pale green, dark green and grayish) is more suitable.Particularly chic room will give such a home decor, made of viscose with its soft silky sheen.

In a modern interior this will look amazing, especially if it is youth or kitschy. In the course, you can start up and "remains" of once-favorite jeans, and even soft toys - all that will tell your imagination.

The main thing to remember: in the room should not be too much such work. When a room is full of shreds like this, it makes a painful impression. Do not allow brute force and bad taste, everything is good in moderation.

Carefully made and correctly applied, patchwork carpets will be your pride, daily pleasing to the eye with bright, or, on the contrary, pastel colors. A little effort - and any idea will come true!