Crafts from fabric: panels with your own hands, creative and tasteful
It is very easy to make a beautiful panel from fabric, it is not necessary to be a first-class master Today, decorating rooms with panels is gaining more and more popularity. Such an unusual decoration creates coziness in the house and brings a special atmosphere that favorably emphasizes the overall interior of the room..
History of fabric panels
The history of the appearance of the first decorative paintings dates back to the Middle Ages. Unlike paintings that were created on canvases, all kinds of materials were widely used to make panels: scraps, paper, wood or various types of fabrics. Moreover, having combined several at first glance completely incompatible materials, skilled craftsmen managed to make canvases of extraordinary beauty.
Since ancient times, in order to correctly highlight the decoration of the house and emphasize the unique image of the interior, various types of panels have been used. Therefore, decorating surfaces with drawings and volumetric canvases made of fabrics was considered the best way to decorate a room or facade..
Nothing beats DIY work. This fabric panel will be an excellent decoration for your interior.
Having passed through the centuries, the art of creating tapestries and paintings from fabric has not lost its appeal..
Therefore, at present, thanks to the painstaking work of the craftswomen, it will not be difficult to do it yourself, or to make a real masterpiece in series. And an excellent result is guaranteed if a person has a wonderful imagination and is sincerely fond of this decorative needlework..
Fabric panels on the wall (video)
How to make a New Year’s panel from fabric correctly
New Year is a special holiday when everyone congratulates each other and presents gifts. Therefore, on this day, a self-made New Year’s panel will be an excellent surprise..
For example, Santa Claus carrying a Christmas tree depicted on the canvas will become an unforgettable gift..
To make such a panel you need:
- Special frame with dimensions 12×17 cm.
- Blue calico fabric.
- Leather in different colors. For clothes and a hat of Santa Claus – red, and for the face – pink. In addition, you will need fabrics in white, green and gold..
- Plain cardboard 12×17 cm.
It is necessary to cover the cardboard with a cotton fabric. After that, it is necessary to make a volumetric silhouette of the future Santa Claus from cardboard..
New Year’s panel made of fabric is ideal for decorating your room in the new year
Using red cloth, the clothes and hat are cut out. White material is used for mustaches, beards, and “fur”. By the way, the “fur” should be cut to create a fringe. Silver cloth is used to make sleds. And the tree should consist of separate parts and have several shades..
To add volume to individual parts of the figure, it is recommended to hold them for a short time over the candle fire..
Having taken care of the blanks, you can start gluing all the details of the future panel. To make a high-quality canvas, the master needs to show imagination and try to express all his feelings on the fabric. A properly made New Year’s applique will be a great gift that will not leave anyone indifferent..
How to make a fabric panel on a wall
A decorative panel made of fabric, volumetric or regular size, will become an interesting piece of furniture. Moreover, due to the existence of a huge selection of such canvases, everyone will be able to choose the best option..
Some craftswomen prefer to create a wall panel on their own. Moreover, the whole process of making such a product is quite simple, and people who have never been involved in needlework manage to create wonderful products.
An old frame is suitable for the manufacture of a decorative panel, you can also use a sheet of thick cardboard or chipboard.
Woven fabric can be made in several ways.:
A panel made of fabric does not require large material costs and it is easier to make it than you think
- The prepared fabric is pulled onto the base, after which it must be wrapped from the back side and well fixed with glue. It remains to attach the resulting base to the frame..
- It is necessary to make a frame from wooden slats. Next, the selected fabric is cut, taking into account the allowance, and pulled over a wooden blank. It is important to secure the material well on the back with a stapler or nails..
- To make a panel from fabric, you can do without a frame, instead you need plywood. Foam rubber or synthetic winterizer should be attached to the front side. The resulting base is covered with a prepared fabric and fixed well on the reverse side..
You can use different materials to decorate the resulting canvas. Some of them trim the product with colored beads or buttons. In addition, you can make beautiful and colorful flowers from scraps, the panel will look good and will become the highlight of the room..
For the manufacture of children’s panels on the wall, craftswomen specially create pictures or drawings, taking into account the preferences of the child. A similar decor detail in the nursery will make the room bright and colorful..
Panel with flowers made of fabric – an unusual decoration of the room
Before making a more complex panel, you should familiarize yourself with the technology of its creation. Today there are many master classes where there is step-by-step instructions that allow even a beginner to surprise others with a real masterpiece.
For a canvas with flowers, it is important to prepare in advance all the materials necessary for work, and make a blank. Thanks to the use of a special scheme, the result of painstaking work will be a quality product.
It will take you 1.5-2 hours of your time to make a panel with flowers from fabric, but the result will exceed all your expectations.
To make beautiful flowers for a panel, you will need pieces of bright fabrics. Circles of different sizes should be cut, here prepared templates will become assistants. After that, you need to put together all the resulting circles (the smallest detail will be the last one on top), and then sew them together. A bead is attached in the center – this will be the final stage of creating a flower.
To make the edges of the product have a wavy shape, you can burn them a little with a candle flame..
A good solution for decorating a future canvas with flowers will be a spring theme. Using a sewing machine individually, you can make bright green blades of grass, which will have different sizes..
Upon completion of the manufacture of all parts of the conceived canvas, it remains to properly attach them to the base. For very thin parts, it is recommended to use glue, and sew on flowers and blades of grass.
The flower does not have to be round. After all, its creation completely depends on the imagination of the author..
Making a panel from scraps of fabric with your own hands
For lovers of abstraction, you can independently prepare an unusual decoration on the wall from scraps. Such a peculiar picture will help to favorably emphasize the interior of the room and will become the pride of the mistress-craftswoman.
To work, you will need a frame with equal sides and several types of contrasting material. In order not to get confused in the future, it is better to draw a diagram of the future product in advance and number all the stripes.
Why throw away the remnants of fabric when you can make a panel of fabric with your own hands, which will become an original decoration or gift
The shreds are cut in the required quantity and attached to the base, strictly following the specified order. To make the composition interesting and bright, it is important to alternate colors correctly and take care of the reliable fastening of the parts. For this, it is recommended to use a special hot melt glue..
On the wall, a picture of scraps will look very good. Therefore, upon completion of the work, it is necessary to fix the resulting product in a frame..
When choosing a fabric for a panel, you need to take into account its color, as well as its structure. The silk material will stand out great and expensive on the wall. And the fabric, which has a dense structure, is very comfortable to work with..
In order to avoid sagging of thin shreds, it is recommended to put cardboard in them. In addition to this purpose, such tabs will help to avoid translucence of the material..
If you need to make an abstract spiral of patches, it is better to make a pattern in the opposite direction. And then lay out all the stripes strictly according to the scheme.
Fabric panels (video)
Some craftswomen manage to make beautiful works from the remnants of the fabric. Therefore, it is not necessary to use only new material..
A decorative fabric panel helps to bring an atmosphere of coziness and comfort to the room. Such an element of decor can be easily made on your own, and from those materials that are at hand.