Sew a wall hanging: Here is a sewing idea you can use to make your home look even more beautiful. With a lovely picture made from boiled wool fabrics, that "hygge" feeling will move right into your home. :)
Sew a wall hanging: More hygge for your home!
My tutorial for a wall hanging made from boiled wool scraps shows just how easy it is to create coziness with a quick sewing project!
I am often asked what one can sew from fabric scraps of boiled wool. For example, after you have sewn a Lovis jacket. I would be happy to show you what I make with them!
A while ago, I already showed you my stylish felt wall pocket. My boiled wool wall hanging goes perfectly with it!
Both materials radiate warmth and comfort through their natural quality. And they are perfect for a cozy home in the Scandi style!
Sew a wall hanging: Required materials
For the handmade wall hanging, you need the following materials:
- 53 x 73 cm boiled wool in cream white*
- approx. 53 cm wide boiled wool strips in various colors*, approx. 10 cm high
- possibly Texipap* or glitter fabric* for sun, moon, or stars
- Sewing thread*
- Fabric clips*
- Pins*
- Sewing machine
- Cutting mat
- Rotary cutter
- Scissors
- Magnetic poster hanger, 50 cm*
- Fabric glue*
Sew a wall hanging: Instructions
The back of your picture, onto which the mountains, hills, trees, or sun are arranged, should be about 3 cm larger than the finished picture.
Why is that? Boiled wool is a material that stretches. During sewing, it can happen that it warps a little.
That is why I trim the edges neatly with a ruler and rotary cutter at the very end to get nice, straight edges.
Cut the boiled wool strips into wave patterns as you like.
This works best with a rotary cutter.
Arrange the boiled wool strips on the background fabric.
If you like the arrangement, pin the "landscape" in place with a few pins.
For more delicate motifs, you can use temporary spray adhesive like I do. This reduces the need for pins. ;)
For the tree, I cut out a sufficiently large piece of boiled wool loden or boiled wool.
Afterward, I lay the tree cutout on my cutting mat and cut it to shape with the rotary cutter.
Before placing the tree on the background, I spray the background with temporary spray adhesive.* By the way, one can lasts forever. I use glue from Odif, which is the same company that makes Odicoat for coating fabric.
Now the tree can be laid on the background. Where the branches overlap, I pin the layers together. The same goes for the trunk.
Leave a minimum margin at the bottom edge of the picture in the width of the poster hanger, so that only one layer of fabric is between the rails.
Afterward, the motifs can be topstitched with a longer straight stitch (e.g., 3.5 - 4 mm).
Trim the fabric edges back to 50 x 70 cm (or a size of your choice).
For this, first fold the back fabric back far enough so that it is not in the way when trimming the landscape.
Now you can measure the back fabric to the width of the poster hanger and cut it directly with the help of the rail.
Now connect the hangers with the provided cord and screw them into the pre-drilled holes of the top rail.
To ensure the rail sits really firmly (since it is actually intended for posters!), you can coat the rails with a little textile glue before joining them together.
Then let everything dry well lying flat.
Your homemade hygge-style wall hanging is finished!
This is what the finished wall hanging looks like
Do you like hygge-style sewing ideas as much as I do? Then do as I do: Make more of them!
Look, even from very small boiled wool scraps, you can make something beautiful: This little one is only 15 x 17 cm. But I just love it! The topstitching gives the tree such a beautiful structure!
By the way, such small boiled wool pictures also work well as decorations for homemade cards!
Feel free to tell me in the comments how you like the tutorial!
Happy hyggelig sewing,
yours, Sabine
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