How to make Santa Claus boots from fabric. Templates and stencils for New Year's boots

31.10.2019

And Christmas is the most long-awaited, kindest and, despite the cold, favorite winter holidays. One of the glorious traditions at this time is hanging special boots or socks on the mantelpiece or window - Santa Claus puts gifts in them for children and adults throughout the Christmas holidays. That is why such a boot is considered a symbol of the New Year.

Of course, these accessories can be bought in the store. However, they are unlikely to have as much warmth as if they were sewn with their own hands. Even for those who don’t know how to do needlework, it won’t be too difficult to make New Year’s boots for gifts on their own. This simple, but at the same time cute and most New Year's accessory will be a pleasant addition in the form of holiday decor or a cute addition to a gift for both a child and an adult.

History of tradition

New Year's boots as a festive attribute came to us from European countries. Once, many years ago, on New Year's Eve, Santa Claus - that's the name of Father Frost in Western countries - traveled around England and delivered gifts. In those days, almost every house had a fireplace or a stove, and people dried their things by the fire. Since Santa Claus usually came late in the evening, all the doors were already locked, and he looked into the houses through the chimney.

That night, after a winter walk, one family hung woolen socks by the fireplace to dry. As usual, looking into the chimney, Santa Claus did not notice how several coins fell out of his pockets and rolled down. The money went straight into the socks, where the owners discovered it in the morning. Since then, there has been a tradition of hanging decorative boots near the stove, window or on the stairs - where Santa Claus can pass and leave sweets, gifts or money.

Necessary materials

To sew a New Year's boot with your own hands, you will need a minimum of materials that can be found in almost any home:

Material for the main part. For the boot itself, you can take almost any fabric, but it will be easiest to work with felt, flannel, cord, velvet, footer, flannel. In addition, these materials will hold their shape better.
Material for finishing the boot. White fur, fleecy or smooth fabric - anything can be used. This part is optional, but gives the product a finished look.
Lining. Sewn on at will, makes the boot more durable and neat.
Ribbon loop for hanging.
Threads to match the color of the fabric.
Scissors.
Pencil.
Pattern paper.
Set of needles.

This classic New Year's boot is made by hand from red fabric with a white stripe on top. However, your imagination should not be limited by any boundaries: let the sock be blue, yellow, purple, and even striped - the main thing is that it creates a festive mood and you like it!

Process description

All the work will take a small amount of time (depending on your skill and the size of the sock itself). Manufacturing is carried out in several stages.

As you can see, there is nothing difficult about making a New Year's boot with your own hands. Now that the sock is ready, you can decorate it.

Boot finishing options

As decoration you can use materials and finishing techniques such as:

and skin;
embroidery (a New Year's boot can be embroidered with both threads and beads, sequins and beads);
lace trim;
bows;
decor using buttons, rhinestones, tiny bells, pompoms;
painting with acrylic paints.

The latter option is suitable if the fabric has a smooth surface.

Other manufacturing options

You can not only sew a New Year's boot from fabric with your own hands. Knitted with yarn knitting needles or crocheted, they will look very cozy. The latter option, by the way, will look more airy and elegant.

Thick paper can also be used to create boots. If the required color is not available, you can paint it before starting work, and then paint it with gouache, markers, or make appliqués from leftovers.

When the New Year's boot is finally ready, you can immediately fill it with sweets, lollipops, nuts, gingerbread cookies, and cookies. Or you can wait until it gets dark and, under the cover of night, place small pleasant surprises in hanging socks: for children - toys, fruits, for adults - cosmetics, money, pleasant and useful little things.

Especially in an unusual package - like a funny sock or a handmade boot hung from the mantelpiece or stair railing. Santa Claus's favorite shoes have become as important an attribute of the winter holidays as a Christmas tree with shiny tinsel or a bottle of champagne. We'll show you how to make and decorate a boot using scrap materials!

The story of the New Year's boot

The tradition of wrapping gifts in stockings and boots came to us from the West, where the place of Father Frost is taken by St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus. According to legend, he helped people unnoticed. One day Nikolai learned about three sisters who lived in poverty on the outskirts of the city. To help the girls, the Saint climbed to the roof of their house and threw three gold bars through the chimney.

Pieces of precious metal fell into the girls' stockings, which were drying over the fireplace. In the morning, a wonderful surprise awaited the sisters. They shared their joy with their neighbors, and they also hung stockings over the fireplace to receive a present from Nikolai. This tradition appeared in the 16th century and is gaining more and more popularity every year. Well, in modern houses where there is no fireplace, stockings or boots for gifts are attached next to the bed or Christmas tree.

New Year's boot made of paper or cardboard

Cardboard boots can be great!

Even a child can do the simplest decoration option. On the other hand, it gives room for imagination: the shape and decor of the product depend only on you. Prepare materials for creativity:

thick paper or cardboard;
scissors;
PVA glue";
a simple pencil and eraser;
ribbon for hanging.

Instructions

Fold the sheet in half. On the back side, draw a felt boot so that its inner side coincides with the fold of the paper. Cut out the design along the outline and unfold it. You will get a pair of boots connected to each other.
Fold the white paper in half too. Draw the fur trim of the felt boots - a rectangle with softened corners, one side of which falls on the fold of the sheet. Transfer the design to the fabric. Cut out the part, unfold it and glue it to the boot shaft from the back side.
Glue the boots together, leaving space for gifts inside.
For decoration, use pencils, felt-tip pens or glitter paints, paper or fabric snowflakes, sequins, pebbles, bows, and so on.
Fold the ribbon into a loop and sew it to the corner of the craft for fastening.

Striped stocking with pompoms

Step-by-step instructions for making stockings for gifts

A variegated boot can be made from any thick fabric of a suitable color. You will also need:

braid with pompoms (you can make them yourself);
thread;
thin tape;
needle;
scissors;
paper and pencil.

Instructions

Make a stocking pattern, transfer it to the back of the fabric and cut out two identical pieces.
Connect them from the wrong side, turn them outside and hem the edges.
Decorate the boot with pom-pom braid and attach several balls along the length of the sock.
Add a ribbon loop, fill the stocking with gifts, and hang it in a visible place.

An example of a pattern for creating a felt boot with decor

Felt is in the arsenal of every needlewoman. The material is suitable for small and large crafts, including boots. You will need:

a large piece of white, red, green or blue felt;
some white material;
cardboard or paper;
pencil;
threads and scissors;
glue "Moment";
thin satin ribbon.

Instructions

Draw and cut out full size templates for the base and top of the boots. If you plan to make an applique from felt, depict these details.
Cut out the base template, attach it to the back of the fabric and trace it. Then cut out two identical pieces and sew them on the sides by hand or on a machine.
Repeat with the boot templates and white felt. Wrap the resulting rectangles around the top of the boot and sew, turning the edges outward.
From the remaining felt, cut out decorative elements: snowflakes, holly branches, red flowers, silhouettes of birds. Glue them to the base.
Make a loop from the ribbon to attach the boot.

New Year's boot made of multi-colored ribbons

Creating a woven base from colored ribbons

If you're into crafts, you'll quickly find a collection of fabric scraps and ribbons at home. It's time to put them to work and sew a bright boot for gifts! In addition to the tapes, you will find the following materials useful:

bias tape with lurex;
adhesive web with a paper base;
cardboard and scissors;
canvas;
red satin cord;
red and green floss threads;
pins;
iron.

Step-by-step instructions for making a Christmas boot from ribbons

Instructions

Place a soft cloth on the table and a cobweb on top, leaving the paper part at the bottom.
Cut the ribbons to the required length, lay half on the web diagonally, and secure with pins. Thread the remaining ribbons through the already secured ones to create a kind of weaving. Follow the same pattern to make the second part of the boot.
Iron the base to secure the ribbons to the web and remove wrinkles.
Cut out two identical boots from cardboard. Apply them one by one to the front side of the blanks, remove the paper part of the web and place the tape “boots” on the canvas. Iron them again, finish the edges of the fabric and sew the details.
Decorate the edges with Lurex trim and the tops with treated canvas with Christmas embroidery (snowflakes or holly branches):

New Year's embroidery pattern for the boot (holly with knotted berries)

In order not to waste time on embroidery, you can safely decorate the tops with white faux fur.

Elegant felt boot

Step-by-step instructions for making a felt boot for the New Year

A Christmas boot doesn’t have to be a felt boot! A ladies' boot with a pointed toe and heel will complement the New Year's interior just as well. It can be used as a stand for. To make a craft, prepare the following materials:

brown or gray felt;
white cardboard or paper;
scissors;
dense red and white threads;
large needle;
round beige buttons;
bells;
white lace;
red stones or beads for decoration.

Instructions

Draw the outline of a high boot on paper or cardboard. Using the template, cut out two identical boots from felt.
Sew buttons to each one using red threads and glue on pebbles.
Attach the lace ribbon to the inside of the boot and fold it outward. Sew bells along the edges.
Sew the boots by hand using large stitches of white thread.
Sew a large bell to a long sock. Place gifts for relatives or fir branches inside.

Ideas for decorating New Year's socks

Embroider initials or family names, as well as Happy New Year greetings, onto the white boot.
Knit boots or decorate the fabric with festive embroidery.
Make a garland of small paper boots. Place a small gift in each: a candy cane or a card.
Make green elf boots with curled toes and scalloped tops.
Use embroidered mini boots for serving cutlery.

Examples of New Year's boots

Small boots made of fabric will be great!

You can safely use old velvet dresses to sew socks.

An unusual Christmas stocking can be cut from burlap

Can you sew or knit? Use this skill when making crafts!

Boots with cartoon characters whose feet are made of beads

Combine stocking stuffers with other holiday decor items.

The tradition of decorating a house came to us from the West. New Year And Christmas decorative sewn boots.

It’s very easy to make them with your own hands, and besides, such a boot is a great package for the little one gift, which is not entirely convenient to give just like that. And any little thing placed in it (for example, a chocolate bar) will become bright and memorable a gift, verified!

I will tell you about my experience in implementing an idea Alexandra Alexandrovna Nikulina on simplified sewing of such boots.

So, to begin with, let's decide on pattern. You can draw your own (it’s very simple), or you can translate it from a ready-made pattern in a magazine or on the Internet (luckily there are plenty of them). The main thing is that the gift that you are going to pack in this boot fits freely into it.

In use materials And decor give your space fantasy, decorate the front side with decorative stitches, ribbons, sparkles - after all, it’s a holiday!

I do patchwork sewing, so for the front side of my boot I prepared patchwork fabric from squares:

If you want to make your boot thicker, you can quilt the front (and back) side of the boot with a small layer padding polyester.

Now let's start with the most important thing: add layers. We put on the table:

layer linings face up
on it - the second layer linings face down
above - patchwork(facial) part of the face up
fabric for backdrop boot face down.

Cleaving all layers with pins:

We trace the contours of the boot according to the template and we sew(except for the top).

Trimming excess, leaving allowances along the seam line.

In places of bends, do not forget to do notches according to the allowances so that after turning the seam does not tighten.

Now turn it inside out boot between the patchwork part and the backdrop.

In this case, the seam between the two parts of the lining will be closed, and your boot, even from the inside, will not have open ragged seams! And this one line!

Now all that's left to do is finish it top cut.

Moreover, you can simplify the procedure here: leave a small “tail” of tape, then bend it into a loop and secure (and at the same time decorate) with some bead or button.

It's that simple! If you do without patchwork fabric, the work will take it's an hour off!

Making boots is fashionable fun and a profitable business.

In 2007, the fashion houses Oscar de la Renta, Dolce & Gabbana, Stella McCartney, Badgley Mischka, Josie Natori and Anthropologie presented their own Christmas socks to the public.

Each boot had a “character”.

For example, Mark Badgley and James Mischka sewed an elegant “feminine” sock from gray silk. It was decorated with a large bow and metal pendants, and “feminine” things were placed inside.

The sock from Anthropologie turned out to be the most “rich”. It is made of felt, cardboard, bamboo. It also included pipe cleaners, wire, buttons, schnapps, automatic guns and even silver spoons...

All of these Christmas socks, as well as socks from other famous designers, were available for purchase on eBay. By the way, the designers filled their socks with gifts. And the proceeds from their sale were used to help the elderly.

Like this New Year's boot you can do it yourself.

Like these ones christmas boots I sewed for my children several years ago.

To sew shoe for gifts we will need:
- red material (I bought red fleece 0.5 m)
- white material for “fur” (I literally bought a 20 cm strip of some kind of furry material)
- material of any other color if you embroider names (I had purple fleece)
- a piece of faith
- decorations

Let's retake the pattern - you can enlarge it in any graphic program or draw it by cells. My boots turned out to be 21 cm high.
Sewn shoe for gifts It’s simple: we cut it out on fabric with seam allowances, sew the sides of the boots and sew “fur” and a rope on top so that there is something to hang it on. We decorate to your taste. My kids put notes there with wishes for New Year gifts from Santa Claus.

ATTENTION: if you want, like me, to decorate boots with the names of children, then first you need to sew on the letters, and then sew the boots themselves.
I took the letters from Word, selected a font without unnecessary monograms, and simply enlarged the font to the size I needed. I printed them, cut them out of fabric, under which I placed interlining so that the letters remained even. That's all, the boots are ready!
This is what it looks like enlarged:

Natasha Oleynik (Saechka)

December is just around the corner - the month of pre-holiday bustle, the month of anticipation of holidays, fairy tales and miracles.

It is the Christmas and New Year holidays that have been absorbed into us since childhood with the aroma of pine needles, sparklers and fireworks, some kind of mystery, magic and miracle. Every time the chimes strike, we make another (or the same) wish, confident that this time it will definitely come true. We prepare gifts for our family and friends, come up with many different delicious dishes - almost for the whole year... As for the bowl of Olivier salad, I’m not sure that everyone still puts it on the New Year’s table. But once upon a time, in “stagnant times,” celebrating the New Year without this salad was considered bad manners. Traditions…

Sorry, as always, I deviated from the topic; after all, my topic is handicraft, not culinary.

Let's start making Christmas boots (socks, stockings - whatever you like) for gifts. Although such a boot itself can become a wonderful gift, isn’t it?

For production we will need:

1. Blue wool blend fabric for sewing the base of the boot;
(Or another one, to your taste)

2. Adhesive dublerin to give a more rigid shape to the boot;

3. Pieces of white non-woven material (bulk interlining, padding polyester) for making a snowman and snow;

4. Pieces of red or orange cloth for making the nose and
snowman headdress;

5. Dark brown yarn for making a broom;
6. Fabric with blue glitter for finishing the top of the boot in the shape of a starry sky;

7. Bias tape or braid for edging seams;

8. Beads for making eyes and mouth for a snowman and for depicting stars

9. Sewing machine or just a needle and thread.

So, we draw models of boots on paper, choose one of them in order to give a start to life.

We cut out two parts of the boot from blue fabric and from dublerin, arranging them in a mirror manner.
Mirror - it's like this.

On the wrong side of the main pattern, we place the dublerin with the adhesive side to the fabric and iron it with an iron through gauze or a cotton napkin.

We begin to decorate one of the sides of the boot.
To do this, fluff the edge of the non-woven material on one side, and on the other, align it with the bottom of the boot.

We lay several decorative lines along the non-woven material, sewing it on. We place the top line at a distance of about 0.8 cm from the fluffy edge, maintaining the illusion of fluffy snow.

We cut out circles of different diameters from non-woven material to make a snowman.
We sew the parts together, put a cloth bucket on the snowman’s head and sew on a carrot nose. Using black beads we draw embers-eyes and a mouth for the snowman.

We baste them to the front side of the boot and attach them with a zigzag seam along the edge.
Subsequently, the snowman seemed to me somehow defenselessly lonely, so I decided to “sculpt” his hands and reward him with a broom.
A bucket on the head is “dusted” with snow from fluffy non-woven material.

I made the broom from dark brown yarn: I crocheted the shaft (regular chain), and the “sweeping” part was a pom-pom tassel. When sewing the broom to the boot, do not forget to thread it through the snowman’s “hand”.

Representing the starry sky, we baste the corresponding fabric to the top of the boot,

turn it over and trim the edges.

We scatter several “stars” of beads between “heaven and earth” - below the “starry sky”.

We decorate the second (back) part of the boot with “snow” and “starry sky.” Our snowman lives on one side.

We fold the two parts of the boot face outwards and sweep them away. We edge the edges with braid and don’t forget to sew a loop on top.

Advice: If you are edging the edges not with bias tape using a special foot for a sewing machine, but with braid, then do not be too lazy to baste the braid to avoid unstitched areas later.

For the boot, you can sew textile hearts, snowflakes or stars from leftover fabric. A wonderful handmade gift for Christmas and New Year is ready. It will not only create a festive mood for your gift, but will also convey a piece of your warmth to your loved ones and friends.

THESE ARE THE IDEAS I HAVE PICKED UP AND HAD TO MAKE IT MYSELF.

Each of us loves the New Year, because on this holiday it is customary to give gifts. In order for a surprise to be liked, it must be adequately packaged. Place a gift, for example, a boot for Santa Claus, made by yourself.

Making a felt boot with your own hands

For a felt boot you need to prepare:

red or blue felt;
strong threads;
needle with pencil;
light fabric.

Two equal parts of the boot should be cut out of felt. Sew snowflakes onto the details with white thread. You need to cut a rectangle of white fabric along the width of the upper edge of the boot and sew it to the product. Next, connect the two blanks and sew them together. Then use thread to make a loop and place the gifts in the boot.

The technique can also be used to make a boot. For the density of the product, prepare medium-sized square shreds and padding polyester. Let's get down to the basic creative process.

Fold the parts of the boot in the correct order. Place one lining face down first, then the other lining face up. Next, lay out the scraps face up, and on them place the fabric for the back of the boot face down. You should firmly assemble all the parts, trace the outline and sew them with a machine. Excess fabric must be trimmed and the product turned inside out between the top and the patchwork part. Decorate the piping and add New Year's surprises to the boot.

To make a stocking with an applique pattern for the New Year, take:

a durable piece of fabric, for example, drape;
chintz and cotton wool;
applique drawing;
scissors with a needle;
strong threads;
flattering varnish.

You need to cut 2 parts of the stocking from a durable piece of fabric. An applique pattern should be sewn to one of them, but not completely, in order to fill it with cotton wool for volume.

Then stitch the end of the applique. You need to sew a piping on the product from another fabric. Embroider snowflakes using white threads, and cut out 2 parts of the stocking from chintz fabric in the same way as from durable fabric. Next, you need to overcast the chintz fabric and sew it to the outside of the halves of the drape.

The stocking can be turned inside out and a loop can be formed. Using glitter polish on the stocking, write the name of the person for whom the gift is intended.

Gradually, we are adopting the tradition of hiding gifts in New Year's boots and decorating the house with them. A New Year's boot with embroidery looks very beautiful, but it is a rather labor-intensive and time-consuming process. If you don’t have time for such a man-made miracle, then sew a boot from fabric, such as felt. It will turn out very elegant and quickly!

On the eve of the New Year 2014 - the Year of the Horse - we invite you to sew a New Year's boot with your own hands with the silhouette of a cute horse.

This boot comes in red and white, but would look great in other colors as well. The combination of blue and white colors is ideal for the Year of the Blue Horse.

The horse you see on the finished boot is called Dala. This tailless horse, Dala, is the national symbol of Sweden and is very loved by its inhabitants.

Before you begin, print out this pattern template:

If you sew according to this pattern, you will get a boot 30 cm long. But you can increase or decrease the size as you wish.

Anything you need:

red and white felt
red and white floss threads
sharp scissors like manicure scissors
needle

Using the template, cut out all the elements from felt. Colors, sizes and number of parts are indicated there.

Looking at the photo of the finished boot, we arrange all the elements in the order indicated.

Assembling the boot

First, we sew the horse figurine and hearts onto the front of the boot. You can sew with a seam “over the edge”, or “forward with the needle”.

Then we sew one of the cuffs, the heel and the toe to the front of the boot with red threads.

We also use red thread to sew white “plus signs” onto each red heart, and make a French knot in the center.

We make a few more red French knots around the horse's saddle and under each heart.

Using white threads we make a French knot for the horse’s eye, and also decorate the nose, heel and upper cuff of the boot with white threads.

On the back of the boot we sew the second cuff, toe and heel.

Now we put the two parts of the boot together with the wrong sides inward and sew them together. We sew with white threads on the red areas, and with red threads on the white areas.