Hello hivers and sewing lovers, it is always a pleasure to greet you and be part of this platform that allows you to explore, test and evolve with your talent. Speaking of which, I have decided to consider the development and publication of "easy and quick" sewing projects for beginners, although we all know that it is not so, because every art deserves patience, practice, perseverance and love. I will do everything in my power to make the explanation concise. When frustration grabs you, rest a little and remember why you started in this art, it works for everything.

For this first fast and easy sewing project for beginners, we are going to learn how to decorate a winter hat. This was a special request from a little girl I love very much and out of the blue she told me she wanted something with a froggy motif. Have you noticed that children's designs are mostly round and soft? Well this one was no exception, let's go for the materials: a beanie can be ready made or if you prefer to make it @yulilemus02 has a pretty simple and good tutorial. Pencil, scissors, needle, thread, black and white fabric for the eyes, satin ribbon in the color of your choice, this is optional because you can give it a different touch with whatever you want.

First determine the center of our hat to mark where the eyes will go, then take the white fabric, fold in 4, fasten with pins and according to the required size cut in a circle as shown in the image, same step with the black fabric, the difference is the smaller round and has a triangle-shaped opening, to give it more colorful, when you put them together look like a pacman, if the fabric you used is frayed you can use a lighter and pass the fire around it. Then, I put a few dots of silicone, but you can pin or baste, which is a loose seam, you can continue sewing by hand or go to the sewing machine and pass a zig zag seam, first the base color and then the other.

For the smile, I used the same 2 tones, creativity is free, use it in your favor with whatever you like, here it was the same procedure as before. Finally we make a bow, as we usually tie our shoes and sew by hand with stitches to secure both pieces: the bow and the frog hat. Remember to always clean the excess threads and fabrics to give it a better finish, ready hivers for our first easy and fast sewing project. If you are up for it please tag me. The photos are personal records edited in Canva.

AFRIKA