How to decorate children's and adult felt boots - 25 ways of original decoration

“Everything new is a well-forgotten old.” This old expression, said by the milliner Marie Antoinette, very well describes the tendency of fashion to return to its roots. This season, traditional Russian felt boots are back in fashion.

The process of making felt boots is quite laborious, and finished products require special care, so for a long time they were considered "lordly" shoes and were the best gift in winter. Today, felt boots are a higher quality product, more practical to wear and resistant to weather changes.

On the shelves of shoe stores you can find a variety of options for boots, but we want to show how to make a unique thing that elegantly complements any winter look from simple, familiar to us, gray boots.

Do you want to wear boots and look stylish at the same time? It is very simple, you just need to decorate them with lace.For this you will need lace and thread. Traditional felt boots have a rather rough appearance, so the lace should also be quite rough. Crocheted lace is best. Quite wide lace can be sewn onto high boots, while low ones should be decorated with a narrow lace ribbon. The registration process itself will not take much time. The lace needs to be well ironed and sewn to the freebie felt boots. If desired, you can add beads to the composition.

Felt boots decorated with fur cuffs look harmonious and very rich. To decorate boots, you can use both natural and artificial fur. Short-haired fur will be more practical to wear, since it is less rubbed and disheveled. Fur cuffs are well complemented by voluminous laces and large decorative buttons covered with leather. The fur must be sewn on top and bottom, the joint can be made at the back or on the inside of the leg.

The art of appliqué gives us a huge scope for imagination. Felt, leather, fur, knitted patches will turn ordinary felt boots into a work of art. First of all, you need to develop a sketch of the future decoration. It can be anything: a floral ornament, summer or winter motifs, ornaments in the Gzhel or Khokhloma style. Next, you need to select materials. At this stage, you can experiment, combine leather and fur, try on different options for a sketch. The most important stage is the fixing of the prepared elements on the boots. The appliqué can be either sewn on or glued on.A person with little experience in needlework will find it easier to use a glue gun.

Painted felt boots are very popular. For painting, you need to pick up special waterproof acrylic paints, these are often used for painting using the batik technique. Felt, must first be primed with PVA glue. You need to prime only that part of the boots where the drawing will be applied. It will be more convenient to draw with thick colors.

Simple felt boots can be turned into a bright accessory with hair dye. The color of the paint should be darker than the color of the boots. For a more permanent staining, the felt needs to be slightly moistened. With a soft brush or sponge, apply the first, even layer of paint and leave the felt boots for a few minutes to absorb, then apply another layer. It is important to ensure that the paint does not dry out before applying the next layer, and that the layers are uniform. For a good result, you need 4-5 layers of paint. Painted felt boots should be left for a few days so that the paint is well absorbed, and then wash off the paint with water and shampoo.

The felted wool used in the production of felt boots is a very soft material, so embroidery is a very popular way to decorate them. Ornaments embroidered using the “Smooth” technique will look the brightest, since this technique gives the most dense pattern. For embroidery on felt boots, you can use only floss.Acrylic embroidery thread will break, because felt boots are made from a rather dense layer of fur. A regular needle is also not suitable for embroidering on felt boots - there is a very high probability of breaking it, so we recommend using a thick needle.

Another great option for decorating felt boots is embroidery with satin ribbons. Pictures embroidered with ribbons are very voluminous and bright. Rich floral motifs look especially beautiful. However, satin ribbons are a rather easily soiled material, which makes them less practical. Felt boots embroidered with ribbons are better to use as shoes for going out, and not as everyday shoes.

To decorate children's felt boots, it is absolutely necessary to have felt. It is very easy to make portraits of cute animals, figures of cars, trains or boats from this bright, dense material. In order for such an ornament to serve the baby as long as possible, you need to choose the thickest and most dense felt. Children are very mobile, they run a lot and constantly conquer new peaks, so it is very important to sew your jewelry to the boots with high quality. The stitches should be small and tight. Just a few multi-colored pieces of felt, a needle, thread and your imagination will make your baby's boring felt boots his favorite shoes.

Knitting fans can also make their own adjustments to the fashion for felt boots. Knitted cuffs will look very original, in addition, they can serve as additional insulation for boots.A knitted gossamer on the top will add mystery to your appearance, and voluminous knitted braids on your legs will not leave anyone indifferent. Knitted elements on felt boots will go well with a knitted scarf, mittens and hat and make your winter look very soft and warm at home.

In winter, both adults and children are most looking forward to a wonderful New Year's fairy tale. To make the waiting not boring, and everyday life become brighter, you can decorate the felt boots with shiny tinsel. To decorate shoes, you should choose tinsel with very short bristles. It is also better to limit yourself in choosing a place for fixing decorations on felt boots: the upper part of the freebie and only the outer side are best suited. Tinsel is a very fragile material, so it is better to sew it to felt boots. The stitches should be frequent, and it is better to choose the thread to match the tinsel.

Very simple, but very elegant and appropriate decoration in the form of a snowflake looks on felt boots. You can make it in many ways: draw, embroider with threads or beads, sew on with tinsel or ribbons, lay out with rhinestones. A delicate openwork snowflake on the shaft of dark boots looks great. Light shiny dust will complement this decoration well; it can be fixed on felt boots with PVA glue.

To decorate felt boots with your own hands, you can also use beads and beads. You should be prepared for the fact that voluminous jewelry will periodically cling to clothes and objects around you, so beads and beads should be sewn to felt boots with strong synthetic thread or fishing line. Combining different sizes and shades of beads and beads, you can embroider magnificent paintings, sophisticated ornaments, graceful flowers or butterflies on felt boots, create an original, bright abstraction or depict fireworks.Such decoration is well suited to the image of both an adult woman and a little girl.

Felt, from which boots are made, is very similar to fabric, so you can safely use self-adhesive or hot-melt rhinestones to decorate it. It is very convenient that such rhinestones are sold in shops for creativity and haberdashery in the form of ready-made compositions. There is nothing easier than choosing a ready-made pattern and applying it to felt boots. You can choose a more complex option: buy ordinary rhinestones, independently develop a sketch of the pattern, apply it to the felt boots and glue the rhinestones with a glue gun. In any case, the sparkle from rhinestones on your shoes will attract the attention of others.

Sequins remain an indispensable material for any needlewoman. This is a fairly inexpensive material that is great for almost any occasion. Sequins can be glued with a glue gun, but not in the case of using sequin tape - it is more practical to sew it on. It is enough just to "girdle" a freebie of a felt boot with a sequined ribbon - and your shoes will sparkle with completely new colors.

Things made or decorated with your own hands do not go out of fashion, so you can afford bold experiments. One has only to show imagination and an ordinary thing will sparkle with new colors, and you will look unique and original.