Do-it-yourself postcards embroidered with ribbons. Do-it-yourself cross-stitch postcards
Can serve as an independent gift, and a great addition to it. If you've never done cross stitch, don't worry. You can choose the simplest and smallest pattern that can be embroidered in a couple of evenings. And if you are a lover of embroidery, then it will not be difficult for you to embroider a small motif for a postcard.
First of all, you need to choose a pattern with a pattern and embroider your favorite pattern on the canvas. It is advisable to choose a small canvas, since on a large canvas even the smallest patterns will turn out to be too large and it will be quite difficult to insert them into a postcard. Although, if you want to make a big postcard, then this option is just for you. Then immediately worry about colored cardboard for the postcard itself.
Postcard with embroidery: master class
So, for this master class, I used such a simple pattern that my mother embroidered specifically for this MK. You can download this scheme on the forum of our site, a link to the topic is at the end of the article.
This scheme was embroidered on the smallest canvas, and its finished size turned out to be 7 cm (the area of the drawing), + my mother embroidered a small margin in two rows of crosses around the drawing and sewed up the background in blue. You can make the background a different color, but I do not advise not to do it at all, with the background you get a more complete picture. You can just sew up the background with white threads, but leaving an empty canvas, in my opinion, is not aesthetically pleasing. And do not forget to thoroughly steam your embroidery with an iron, preferably through cheesecloth.
So, our embroidery is ready. Now you and I must make a passport for inserting embroidery into a postcard. In order to make a passport, I used the scheme that one of our regular visitors posted on our forum.
At the end of this article there is a link to the topic of our forum, where you can find this and other schemes for the passport, as well as some schemes for postcard embroidery. You can download all these files for free by registering on our resource.
If possible, print the passport template on plain paper. If there is no printer, then draw, taking into account the dimensions shown in the photo. Depending on the size of your embroidery, cut out a window into which we will then insert the embroidered motif. My embroidery turned out to be a little wider than the window on the template, so I slightly modified the window to fit it. Then, using a clerical knife and a ruler, I cut it out.
Using the passport template you made, transfer it to a sheet of colored cardboard or scrap paper from which you are going to make a blank for a postcard. All lines should be applied and cuts should be made only from the inside so that the front remains clean and tidy. Cutting out the blank itself from scrap paper, I slightly lengthened the postcard itself. But I leave it all to your taste and imagination. On the cut-out blank from the inside, mark the fold lines (dotted lines on the template). You don't need to draw them with a pencil. They need to be pushed through, i.e. make a creasing to make the folds more accurate. Creasing is the application of deep grooves on paper of high density or cardboard. After scoring, you can easily bend them.
On the inside around the cut out window, glue strips of double-sided tape. I think that you can glue the motif with ordinary glue. But the option with adhesive tape is the easiest, neatest and fastest.
Tear off the protective tapes, turn the blank right side up and place the passport on the embroidered motif, exactly matching the embroidery with the window.
Turn the card over, now you need to close the unsightly wrong side of the embroidery. To do this, glue double-sided tape on the left edge around the perimeter and close the wrong side of the embroidery.
Now fold the card completely and check if it closes well. I had to trim the glued side a little so that the card closed without problems. But after trimming, the edge became not very neat and threads from embroidery looked out. I closed this edge with a decorative border, which I also glued on the front side of the postcard for the composition.
And the most pleasant thing remains - decorate the card to your liking and write a congratulation. I, as an adherent of minimalism in everything, limited myself to only gold inscriptions on the front and inside. And I printed the congratulations on a separate sheet and glued the cards inside.
Below is a link to the discussion topic of this article, in which you can ask your questions if something is not clear, as well as download templates for a passport and embroidery patterns for postcards. I will also be very happy if you post photos with your embroidered postcards.
Valentines, hearts, Valentine's Day ... What else can you think about when there is less than a month left until February 14?) Today we will learn how to make valentines with our own hands in the form of postcards, the key element of which will be the embroidery loved by many!
How to make a blank for a postcard
And we will start, perhaps, with such an important question as how to make a blank for a postcard with your own hands. Of course, now it is not a problem to buy ready-made blanks, but it may turn out that the purchased blank does not fit in size to the plot you embroidered. This is where you will have to think about what you can make the basis for a postcard from?
Remember:
- from decorative cardboard (it can be smooth, uniform and textured)
- from paper for drawing (pastel or watercolor)
- from scrapbooking paper (although it is thinner)
And now we are looking at the technology for creating a blank for a postcard, we will proceed from the fact that you have already embroidered the plot.
Blank of 2 sheets
The simplest blank looks like a regular postcard, that is, it consists of 2 sheets. It is done as follows. On the cardboard, the height and width of the future postcard are marked with a pencil, while the width should be 2 times larger than the size of the finished postcard.
It is better to cut with a clerical knife, while making sure that the ruler is on top of the part of the paper that goes to the postcard. So you will avoid damage to the workpiece if the knife suddenly goes to the side.
Then the workpiece is cut out and carefully bent in half.
You can make your own Valentine using this simple template. In this case, the embroidery is glued to the postcard on a thin double-sided adhesive tape.
To make the edges of the embroidery look neater and more beautiful, pull out a few threads around the entire perimeter of the canvas. You will get some kind of fringe.
You can just as well glue the embroidery to the purchased blank for the postcard:
If you want to make a more interesting and festive version of such a valentine card, then you will need a curly scrapbooking hole punch, with which you can cut along the edge of a paper sheet.
From card stock in a contrasting color, cut out a rectangle or square (depending on what shape you are making the card) the same size as the card itself. Go through all 4 sides with a curly hole punch, so that as a result you get a beautiful “lace” paper blank.
By gluing it on thin double-sided tape or Moment Gel glue to the base of the postcard, you will get a more original blank, on which you can safely stick the embroidered plot.
Blank of 2 sheets with a window
You can complicate the task and make a window in the blank for the postcard through which the embroidered fragment will “look out”.
To cut a neat and even window, draw 2 perpendicular lines on the left (inner) side of the workpiece that intersect exactly in the center of the page. Then, in each direction from the center point, measure a little less than half of the height and width of the embroidered plot.
Remember that the embroidery should be 0.5-1 cm larger than the window itself!
We cut out the window with a clerical knife, we get the finished blank.
To glue the embroidery to the base of the postcard, glue double-sided tape around the perimeter of the window.
Then remove the protective layer and fasten the embroidery.
To prevent the wrong side of the embroidery from being visible, glue a piece of cardboard on top of it exactly the same size as the finished postcard.
Now you can sign the card!
Prepared on the basis of a master class by Olga Dolbnina
This is what your Valentine will look like:
In this video tutorial, you will clearly see how to attach embroidery to a postcard with a window (although the purchased blank is taken as the basis here, but the principle is the same):
Blank of 3 sheets with a window
This blank is slightly different from the previous one, but the main difference is that the blank itself consists of 3 sheets: the window is located in the middle, and 2 “sashes” on the sides:
Such a blank is convenient in that by gluing an embroidered plot to the central part, you can immediately close the wrong side of one of the “leaflets” (usually the left one), and as a result you will get a clean postcard that you can sign and give!
As you understand, the central window, which is also called cutting, can be of any shape (round, oval, in the shape of an arch and even a heart), the main thing is that the dimensions fit the embroidery.
Master class on making postcards with embroidered motifs.
Ivanova Elena Vladimirovna, teacher of MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 34", IvanovoDescription: The master class is intended for needlewomen who are fond of cross-stitching, teachers of additional education and everyone who wants to learn how to make exclusive postcards.
Purpose: greeting cards for friends and relatives.
Target: Making greeting cards.
Tasks:
* Develop artistic taste and sense of beauty;
* Develop creativity, imagination;
* Cultivate perseverance, the ability to concentrate;
* Arouse the desire to create postcards with your own hands.
When you look at the pictures embroidered with a cross, you marvel at how skillfully, masterfully, the embroiderer masters the needle. For beginner needlewomen, this lesson may seem complicated, long, painstaking. But, as they say, “the eyes are afraid, but the hands are doing”, therefore, having carefully studied the technique of cross-stitching, you can safely get to work. And only then it becomes clear how quickly the image appears, and the picture is born cross by cross.
This exciting activity develops artistic taste and a sense of beauty, cultivates perseverance and the ability to concentrate.
It is not necessary to start learning to embroider with three-dimensional paintings. By practicing, you can embroider several miniatures, which can also be used. For example, use them in the design of postcards.
I am sure that many, at least in childhood, have tried their hand at this type of needlework, and imagine how to cross-stitch. But just in case, I remind you:
Any work must begin with fixing the thread. It is better not to make standard knots, as then the front side may look uneven. It is necessary to fold the thread in half, pierce the canvas with a needle, without pulling the thread completely, return inside out, and thread the needle into the loop formed.
Next, lay out the oblique stitches in the desired color according to the scheme. First, the needle is injected into the upper left corner, withdrawn in the lower right, and then injected into the upper right and withdrawn in the lower left. It turns out a complete cross. Thus, by choosing a color that matches the pattern of the pattern, the entire work is embroidered.
At the end of embroidery (or if the thread runs out) on the wrong side, we stretch the needle through a few stitches and cut the thread.
Always be careful, attentive when working with scissors. Use the needle carefully: do not put it in your mouth, do not lose it, after work, put it in a place that is hard to reach for children.
To make postcards you will need:
* Remains of floss threads,
* Cross stitch needle,
* Scissors are simple and zigzag,
* Remains of canvas Aida 14,
* Schemes for embroidery,
* Double-sided cardboard,
* Double sided tape,
* Simple pencil,
* Ruler,
* Glue,
* Figured hole puncher,
* Decorations (flowers, sequins for decor).
Patterns for embroidery:
Blue-blue butterfly. Rose.
Multicolored butterfly. Flower.
1. For a blue-blue butterfly, choose blue, blue and bluish-gray.
A piece of canvas measuring 5 cm by 5 cm is folded diagonally and again diagonally. Thus, we outline the middle, from where we will start work.
2. In accordance with the scheme, we begin to embroider in blue from the middle.
3. Having embroidered the body of the butterfly, we move on to the wing. We continue to embroider in blue.
4. Embroider another wing. A butterfly outline appears.
5. Well, the antennae.
6. Move on to blue. We fix the thread, we continue to embroider according to the scheme. One wing:
7. Move on to the next:
8. Embroider the outline of the butterfly with a bluish-gray color and fill in the wing:
9. Similarly, do the following:
10. We begin to embroider the outline of the butterfly for clarity, using a blue thread and a back stitch. Mustache first:
11. Then the wings:
12. Here is the finished miniature:
13. We pull out a few threads around the edges, creating a fringe effect:
14. Similarly, according to the scheme, we embroider other motifs. Rose:
15. colorful butterfly:
16. Flower:
17. Cut out a rectangle measuring 10 cm by 12 cm from light blue cardboard, process the edges with zigzag scissors.
18. Cut out a square 8 cm by 8 cm from blue cardboard, make butterflies around the edges with a figured hole punch.
19. Glue a blue square onto light blue cardboard.
20. Glue the embroidered motif in the middle.
21. Decorate with butterflies and sequins in the form of flowers.
Postcard with a butterfly.
1. Cut out a rectangle of light pink cardboard measuring 13.5 cm by 11 cm.
2. Cut out a rectangle of pink cardboard measuring 11 cm by 8 cm, process with zigzag scissors.
3. Glue a motif with a butterfly in the middle of the pink rectangle.
4. Turn over to the back and glue the strips of double-sided foam tape (for volume)
Ribbons - an old and unusually beautiful type of needlework. This is the technique we will use to make the postcard. Traditionally, patterns are embroidered on thick and opaque fabrics, but for postcards it is more convenient to use thick paper or cardboard. Even a person who is not familiar with embroidery can make such a postcard.
We will need: a blank for a postcard, colored cardboard, curly and regular scissors, glue. Satin ribbons: green and white 3 mm thick, and blue - 7 mm. Tapestry and ordinary needles, a thin knitting needle or an awl, threads, a lighter.
First, cut out a square with curly scissors from colored cardboard. It should be about 1 cm narrower than the workpiece. It is this square that we will embroider.
First, on the wrong side, we mark the places where the needle with the tape will pass through the cardboard.
Now we pierce the marked holes with a needle and expand them with an awl or knitting needle.
It is better to make the central horizontal row of holes wider than the rest, because. we will have to thread the ribbons through them twice.
Now let's start embroidery. Cut off 20-25 cm of green tape. We cut off the tip of the tape diagonally, lightly melt it with a lighter and thread it into a tapestry needle.
It is necessary to melt the ends so that the tape does not fray during operation. Now the tape must be secured so that it does not slip out of the eyelet during the embroidery process: pierce the tape with the tip of the needle a few millimeters from the edge, and then pull the longer end.
Glue the free edge of the tape to the wrong side of our square. We stretch the needle to the front side, twist the tape into a tube and bring it to the wrong side through the opposite hole. We got a stem. In the same way we make two more stems. Then we cut the tape and glue the remaining tip from the inside out.
We take a blue ribbon, fasten it, just like the previous one, and bring it to the “face” through the same hole as the stem. (Fig. 8) Now, from the inside, we draw an ordinary needle and thread through the tape. We collect the tape on the front side with a “forward needle” seam. (Fig. 9) We tighten the tape well and turn it inside out. Do the same for the rest of the flowers.
Postcard with ribbon embroidery elements. Master class with step by step photos
Kononova Elena Vladimirovna, teacher of additional education, MBOUDODSYUT, Ustinovsky district, Izhevsk
Purpose: card for Mother's Day, International Women's Day, birthday.
This master class is intended for students in grades 4-5, teachers of additional education, technology teachers and adults who are fond of ribbon embroidery.
Target: making a postcard in the technique of "ribbon embroidery" with your own hands.
Tasks:
- Familiarize yourself with the technique of "embroidery with ribbons"
- develop fine motor skills, creative abilities of students
- cultivate artistic taste, accuracy.
Materials and tools:
Two-thread fabric 13*16
Ribbons pink and green 2.5cm wide
White beads 3 pcs
Threads, needle
Tapestry needle with a blunt end
Decorative detail "grandmother box" 2 pcs
Double sided tape
Cardboard double-sided green A4
Double-sided white cardboard 13.5*20
Figured hole punch
Stamp "From the Heart"
Stamp pad
Manufacturing sequence
1. On a fabric (two-thread) apply a pattern in the form of a circle d = 5cm.
2. Insert the tape into the eye of the needle, leave one end short, the other long.
Make a knot at the long end of the ribbon. To do this, bend the end of the tape by 0.5 -1 cm and make a puncture with a needle in the middle of the folded edge. Pull the needle with the tape through the puncture made and tighten.
3. We embroider a flower. We bring the needle with the tape from the middle of the circle to the front side.
4. Straighten the tape gently. Next, we lay the tape to the edge of the circle without pulling it, slightly loosening it. We make a puncture with a needle in the middle of the petal.
We bring the needle with the tape to the wrong side and tighten it.
5. Again we bring the needle out of the middle of the circle
and make the second petal
6. In the same sequence, we perform all subsequent petals.
7. After the flower is completed, we bring the needle with the ribbon to the wrong side and make a knot, cut the ribbon obliquely.
8. We proceed to the implementation of 2 and 3 flowers. Due to the fact that the ribbon is wide, the flowers are voluminous, which gives a special effect to the postcard.
9. Embroider the leaves. To do this, use the green tape. We make a knot. We bring the needle between the petals of the flower (gently push the petals apart).
10. We lay the tape to the right and fix it in the middle of the tape (the execution technique is the same as for the petals).
If the length of the petals is the same, then the leaves may have different lengths (one shorter, the other longer).
11. Bring the tape with the needle to the wrong side and tighten slightly.
12. Bring out the needle under the first leaf
and lay the tape to the left.
13. You can make 2 leaves, or you can make one.
14. In the same sequence, we perform all the leaves.
15. Sew on the beads.
16. Making postcards. Fold A4 cardstock in half.
17. Green cardboard 14*17. Cut out a rectangle 11.5 * 14.
18. Fasten the cut-out part to the fabric with embroidery using double-sided tape.
19. Attach a decorative piece to the upper right corner.
20. Tint the edges using the ink pad.
21. Attach double-sided tape to the wrong side of the fabric and attach to the postcard.
22. Cut out a piece 2.5 * 7.5 from white cardboard, put a stamp and tint the edges.
23. Fix the inscription in the lower right corner with double-sided tape.
24. We decorate the inside of the postcard. On white cardboard in the upper part, using a figured hole punch, make a design, tint the edges with an ink pad
and use double-sided tape to fix on the inside of the postcard.
25. And the last step is to fix the decorative figurine on the top of the postcard.