Needlework master class "How to make a fabric tag with your own hands"

Many needlewoman often supplement their finished product tags - small cardboard tags. They write the product information (for example, what to do, what size, how to care), as well as information about the wizard and just the soul wishes and thanks for your purchase.

Tags come in two types: finished (printed in a printing house) and handmade by the hands craftswomen. Of course, the latter attracted much more attention as unique and do appear as an independent work of authorship, only a cameo.

To produce a designer tag is quite simple. Suffice it to stock the necessary materials and 1 hour of free time.

Materials and tools

For the manufacture of one size of 7 * 4.5 cm tag will need:

1. Kraft paperboard medium density;
2. Dvunitka (c / b fabric);
3. Thin padding polyester;
4. Teabag;
5. Hot water;
6. Capacity for brewing tea (shallow dish);
7. Glue "Moment Crystal";
8. Woven labels «Hand Made»;
9. Wooden buttons;
10. Tool for fitting the eyelets;
11. Blocks 1 red;
12. White thread;
13. Sewing machine;
14. ruler;
15. Needle for hand sewing;
16. Simple pencil.

manufacturing sequence

Kraft cardboard blank 2 to be cut under the tag, rectangles with a size of 4.5 * 7 cm.

For one of the workpieces is necessary to glue the thin padding polyester.

When the glue is tightly adhered, it is necessary to cut off the excess syntepon close to the edges of the tag.

While the glue dries, you must dvunitka toned. For this purpose it is necessary in a shallow dish with boiling water to brew the tea bag. When tea leaves infusion, to soak in her fabric preform.

workpiece size can take 7 * 10 cm.

When the workpiece to paint, it must be dried naturally or with the help of iron.

Then, two-thread must be imposed on the tag by syntepon, tuck it edges towards the wrong side and carefully glue the glue "Moment of Crystal".

Fabric must be glued with a little tension.

In the lower part of the future of the tag should be topstitch Woven labels «Hand Made».

In the center of the tag should be pasted, and then sew wooden buttons.

Second paperboard blank for the tag to be sewn around the perimeter.

Threads need to gently bring to the wrong side and attach with glue.

Tip: The needle thread tension is to do more than the usual fabric sewing. Otherwise the line will be weak.

Stitched preform should be glued with the back side of the tag, covered with a cloth.

At the end of the top of the tag to be processed eyelets.

handmade tag is ready!