DIY jeans toys - patterns

Very often, a huge amount of things accumulate in our house that we no longer want and will not wear. The easiest way is to throw them away or give them to someone. But often these things can be given a second chance and make them different trinkets for the home. In this article we will talk about how to make toys from jeans with your own hands, patterns of which can easily be found on the Internet.

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What to sew a toy?

Toys are very diverse, and the question always arises, but what to choose? In fact, almost any kind of soft friends can be sewn from jeans, and not only. All this depends on the skills of the needlewoman, who is engaged in sewing, as well as desire and ability.

Themselves toys from old jeans with their own hands are divided into several types:

1. Pendants.
2. Pillows
3. Handbags
4. Animals and birds.

We will talk in more detail about each species in order to choose the most desirable for yourself.

Pendants

Pendant toys are quite popular and are used in many areas of decor. This can be hung on a bag, backpack, used as a Christmas tree toy and much more.

In order to sew this with your own hands, it is enough to make a pattern from any picture that can be found in children's coloring. To design the edge of such a decor element, scissors with a zig-zag serrated blade are useful.

Important! Making such a toy out of jeans with your own hands is much easier than other types, and beginners are recommended to start with such cute products.

Pillows

The toy is very practical and unusual. This can be used both for decoration, and have a practically useful purpose. In it you can make pockets and store all sorts of lost little things.

To make such toys from old jeans with their own hands, they usually use not only solid denim, but also jackets with buttons. Then the top of such a pillow can be removed for washing, which is very convenient and practical.

Important! The complexity of tailoring such a little thing is slightly larger than the previous one, but a beginner, if he understands a little, will easily sew such a miracle.

Handbags

The name of these toys speaks for itself. Such things look very unusual and attract attention to the hostess. And if it is also made by hand, then such an exclusive simply captivates the eyes.

In order to do this, it is not necessary to have a whole canvas of fabric. If you make the proper efforts and be creative, then the toy handbag made of rags will be simply an indispensable accessory for your hostess.

Important! The complexity of sewing such a thing depends on the imagination and skills of the needlewoman, as well as on the complexity of the pattern.

Animals and birds

DIY soft toys made of jeans, the patterns of which simply flooded the sewing forums, mainly depict all sorts of characters in the animal world. Use such a soft, made by yourself, a miracle can be as a gift or decoration. With this product you can easily please both a child and an adult.

Important! This is the most difficult category of jeans made toys. The more complex the pattern, the more complex and creative it comes out. If you use lace, ribbons and other materials in addition, your product will be as unique as possible.

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General sewing tips

In order to know how to sew toys from old jeans with your own hands, you need to understand some of the features that are inherent in this fabric:

1. A distinctive feature of jeans is that the fabric is quite dense and rough. In order to properly sew something out of it, you need a machine with the appropriate needle.
2. To prevent the edges from fraying, as is the case with any cropped jeans, it is recommended to use scissors with zig-zag blades.
3. A filler for toys is recommended to use synthetic winterizer, synthetic winterizer or holofiber.
4. On jeans, they often use different finishing materials, which are suitable for decorating the product and giving a certain style.
5. The combination of our fabric with other, less dense, but natural looks great. This makes the Country style product more unique. Lace trim also looks good.

Important! The biggest advantage of denim products is their durability. Such toys have their own style and charm inherent only to such things.

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Sew a soft toy from jeans

How to sew a soft toy - we will look at the example of a bear from jeans with our own hands. In order to do everything according to technology, follow these tips.

Materials

In order for everything to work out well, we need:

1. Old jeans.
2. Eyes and nose for a bear - buttons can be used.
3. Filler.
4. Threads in tone of fabric.
5. The needle for the machine number 100 or number 110.
6. Scissors
7. Ribbon for a bow on a neck.

Work stages

Now that all the materials are ready, you can get to work. For this:

1. Find on the Internet a simple pattern of a bear from jeans with your own hands.
2. Print it and carefully cut with scissors.
3. The fabric that we will use in the work needs to be washed and dried.
4. We will sew the product from the legs. If your jeans are small, the toy will come out small.
5. Turn the jeans inside out.
6. The leg must be cut off somewhere at a height of 30 cm from the bottom, and also get rid of the bottom hem.
7. Along the seam of the leg, you need to cut so that a rectangle with a size of about 30x40 cm comes out.
8. Iron the fabric so that it is better and more comfortable to work with.
9. Fold the rectangle face in.
10. Considering the location of the shared thread or the pattern, lay out the pattern on the flap.
11. Circle the patterns and make seam allowances.
12. Next, very carefully and accurately cut the details of the product.
13. Sew the main parts of the product that can be sewn at this stage.
14. Insert your eyes and nose. To do this, make small holes in the cut out part of the head or, if you use buttons, sew them.
15. Fold the front and back parts with their faces facing each other, and sew them, leaving the hole marked on the pattern (used to twist and fill the product). Or leave a small opening yourself, if this is not noted on the pattern of details.
16. Cut the fabric next to the seam, but not very close. In the rounding points, make notches.
17. Turn out the toy.
18. In places where the ears should be separated from the body, stitch.
19. Fill the product with the selected filler.
20. Sew in the overturn hole with a seam called “over the edge”.
21. Tie a bow around the neck of your new friend.

Now you can enjoy the company of your product or present it as a gift.

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Sewing pendant toys

In order to sew a keychain from jeans, a lot of preparation is not needed. The simplicity of such a product suggests that even a child can make it. How to sew such toys from old jeans with our own hands - we will show by the example of a cat pattern.

Materials

Everything that is used in the work to obtain the finished product can be found in every home. So, we need:

1. Denim trim.
2. Mouline thread for decorating the product.
3. Filler.
4. Threads in tone of fabric.
5. Scissors for processing slices.
6. Small pieces of fabric for decoration.

Work Stages:

1. Print the pattern on the printer and carefully cut it.
2. Lay out the cut parts on the wrong side of the fabric.

Important! Do not forget to take into account the direction of the shared thread or the picture.

3. Circle the patterns of parts, make allowances for the seams.
4. Cut parts with scissors.

Important! If you don’t have any special zig-zag scissors on the farm, process the same line after the edge of the product.

5. Sew the eyes and nose to the cat. Make a mustache.
6. Sew the parts on the front side, leaving a filling hole.
7. Fill the toy with filler.
8. Sew in the hole by inserting the ribbon for hanging “back to the needle”.
9. Decorate with a bow or ribbon as you wish.

Your keychain is ready!

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Pillow toy

A pillow toy is a stylish addition to the interior of your home, as well as a practical keeper of all kinds of little things. We will consider how to sew such soft toys from jeans with our own hands on the example of an owl pattern.

Materials

We will need:

1. Old jeans pants.
2. Denim trimmings with a pattern (for wings).
3. Fleece flaps for eyes and nose. It is recommended to take white, black, beige and blue.
4. Threads for machine number 100 or number 110.

Work Stages:

1. Find an owl-pillow pattern on the Internet.
2. Print and cut it.
3. Worn and pre-dried jeans are turned inside out.
4. Cut the legs about 30 cm from the bottom.
5. Cut the legs along the seam so that you get two 30x40 cm rectangles.
6. Iron the flaps obtained.
7. Fold them with the front side inward, so that the center of the toy coincides with the seam on the rags.
8. Circle the product pattern and leave seam allowances.
9. Cut out all the details.
10. Make 2 semicircles of beige felt and one triangle for the eyelids and owl nose.
11. Take a nose and sew it with a zig-zag line.
12. Now repeat the steps first for the eyes and eyelids.
13. Fill the edges of the wings with even sections.
14. Sew on the wings.
15. Fold the parts of the toy with the wrong side inward and sew, leaving a filling hole.
16. Fill the product with filler.
17. Continue the seam by stitching the parts all the way.
18. Shred the edges of the product near the seam.

Now a stylish product will decorate your interior for a long time.

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In this article, we looked at examples of how to sew toys from old jeans with our own hands. Now you know how to properly dispose of things you do not need and give them a second life in the form of such wonderful products.