The cold winter is coming. Have you already put on thick cotton socks? There must be a few pairs of old socks that you want to get rid of. Don’t keep them! Today I will teach you how to recycle old socks. , handmade DIY cute Lucky Cat! It saves money and is environmentally friendly, so hurry up and learn it~
[Material]:
1. Thick thread 2. Thin thread 3. Large and small scissors 4. Needle 5. Water-based pen 6. A pair of socks 7. Extra sock rags (to be used as a lucky cat collar, you can find one that matches the socks Color) 8. One bell 9. Cotton
Step 1: Stuff cotton into socks to create a “body shape”
[Method]:
1. Grab a big ball of cotton and make the body of the Lucky Cat. The amount of cotton must be sufficient to make it look round and cute.
2. Stuff the cotton into the socks at once. If it is not stuffed well, or if you find that the amount of cotton is too much or too little, take it all out, and then stuff the cotton into the socks at once. If it is divided into several times, If it is stuffed in, the body shape will not be easy to be proportioned.
Step 2: Create the Lucky Cat’s “head shape”
[Method]:
3. Take out a small ball of cotton and shape it into a head shape. The amount of cotton on the head is about 1/4 of the body. When stuffing the cotton, pay special attention to the roundness of the surface, so that the cats face will be cute.
4. Stuff the cotton into the top of the body. Pay attention to leaving the sock opening at the back of the head, not directly above the head.
5. Use the hidden seam method to sew the opening. After sewing, there will be two extra corners on both sides, which can be used as the ears of the Lucky Cat. Gently pull them up.
6. Shaping: Gently press and rub the structure of the head and body. After the structure of the head and body is completed, gently press up, down, left and right. In addition to making the distribution of cotton more even, it also makes the gourd shape of the head and body more obvious.
Step 3: Create the Lucky Cat’s “face” effect
[Method]:
7. Draw the facial features: The proportions must be mastered. First draw the facial features on the face with a water-based pen, so that the position can be accurately grasped when sewing. Mastering the charm of facial expressions is also an important key to making Lucky Cat cute!
8. Sew the nose: Use thicker embroidery thread, hide the thread at the suture area of ??the head, and sew back and forth from the bottom of the head to completely sew the drawn nose area. Embroidery thread can be used for the nose, and the shape of the sewn nose will be fuller and more three-dimensional. Use outline stitches to sew out the lines of the eyes, beard, and mouth, and just sew with ordinary thin threads. The three parts need to be stitched and sutured separately. If one line is sewn to the end, if a mistake is made in one place, the whole process will have to be repeated.
Step 4: Cut another sock to make the arm part
[Method]:
9. Take another sock and cut it flat up and down, and use the front part of the sock to make the two hands of the Lucky Cat.
10. Turn the sock from flat to vertical, and then fold it in half from the middle. It needs to be folded symmetrically so that both hands will be the same size!
11. Cut off the excess socks, cut about one centimeter apart, and fold them in half. One side is the original center line of the sock, and the other side is the two sides of the original sock. We need to cut off about one centimeter on the other side of the center line. , the front end should be cut into an arc shape.
Step 5: Sew and install the Lucky Cat’s “arm” part
[Method]:
12. Turn over and sew, making sure the sizes are the same. Turn the cut two hands over to the back and sew tightly.
13. Stuff the cotton and rub it left and right. After stuffing the cotton, rub it left and right repeatedly to make the thickness of both hands consistent.
14. When sewing the hands and the body, the heights of both sides should be symmetrical. The position of the hands should be approximately below the collar. The direction of the hands should be raised upward when sewing. In order to allow the hands to support the lifting, the hands should be sutured close to the body.
15. To shape the gesture, press down gently and press the front ends of the two prepared hands downward to make the lucky cats gesture more vivid.
Step 6: Finally make the base and collar of the Lucky Cat
[Method]:
16-17. If the doll is easy to tip over after it is completed, you can use the extra socks to cut a width of about 3 to 5 centimeters to make a base.
18. Use an extra circle of sock rags to put around the lucky cat’s neck, and then sew it on.Bells can add some decoration to the Lucky Cat to make it more lively.
