Patchwork without a needle: a master class for beginners. Learning the kinusaiga technique

Master class "Fabric panels on polystyrene"

Wall panel "Puss in Boots"

Author of the work: Karyazina Marina Nikolaevna, teacher of technology, librarian, MOBU "Novosergievskaya secondary school No. 1", Novosergievka village, Orenburg region
This master class is designed for children over 12 years old, parents, teachers and just creative people. With the help of adults, even ten-year-old children can easily cope with the work.
Purpose: The product can be used for decorating children's institutions, at home - for decorating a children's room, and also as a gift for any holiday.
Target: Introduce students to the technology of making applications on foam
Tasks:
1 Teach how to make a fabric appliqué on foam
2 Develop fine motor skills of hands, creativity, imagination, attention
3 To cultivate accuracy, diligence, aesthetic taste, a sense of collectivism

The progenitor of the foam application technique is Japanese art.
Culture, art, traditions of Japan never cease to amaze and delight us to this day.
What the inventive and incredibly sensitive to the beauty of the Japanese did not come up with! And here is another amazing phenomenon: patchwork paintings - the so-called kinusaiga.
Kinusaiga is a kind of synthesis of several techniques. This is, firstly, the application technique, secondly (it was this technique that gave reason to call kinusaiga patchwork paintings), thirdly, mosaic, fourthly ... wood carving.
In other words, kinusaiga is a technique of mosaic patchwork application on a tree.
Kinusaiga is an artistic genre that arose, so to speak, on the basis of economy. Rather, Japanese thrift. It was originally a way to "recycle" old worn-out kimonos. Kimono silk is an expensive and beautiful fabric, I wanted to come up with a “second life” for it. And they came up with!

Patchwork pictures of kinusaiga are created like this. Firstly, the draft of the future patchwork picture is drawn on paper. All lines are transferred to the tree. And along these lines, grooves-grooves 2 mm deep are cut in the tree.

Then the paper picture is painted - each fragment is a certain color. These fragments are numbered (both on paper and on wood), and according to the shape of each piece of fabric, exactly the same piece of the same color is cut out, only a little more. The technique of application on wood requires that a 1 mm allowance be left along the edges of each piece. This edge will tuck into the groove cut in the tree when the fragment itself is glued to the appropriate place.

Kinusaiga is a rather rare genre: not all Europeans who have visited Japan were lucky enough to look at patchwork paintings. But for those who manage to see them, they make an indelible impression.

Instead of wood, foam can be used as the basis for the panel. This greatly simplifies the process of getting the job done. And it allows even elementary school students to engage in this type of creativity. For the implementation of the panel, material costs are practically not required. For the base, you can use the remains of building foam. Well, for the "coloring" of our panels, unnecessary children's clothes or things that are out of fashion are suitable. It is better to use fabrics that stretch well.
Materials and tools:
Styrofoam
Scraps of fabric
Marker
Stationery knife
Nailfile

Panel making process

Prepare a piece of Styrofoam of the desired size. In this case - 80x50. The thickness of the foam is 3 cm. We use a clerical knife to cut the foam. We apply the drawing you like on the foam with a marker.

With a clerical knife, we make cuts along all the applied lines. We put forward the knife blade by 1-1.5 cm.

Well, now the fun begins! We take a flap of fabric larger than the area to be filled

Gently tuck the fabric into the prepared slots with a nail file.

Cut off excess fabric with scissors. It is better to use nail scissors.

We tuck the remaining fabric into the slots so that the edges are even. Some craftsmen recommend smearing the slots with glue for strength. It is absolutely not necessary to do this. If you do all the work correctly, the fabric will hold tight even without glue. In addition, it is much easier to work without glue, especially if children are involved in the work.

Kinusaiga is a Japanese type of creativity, which consists in creating bright and original paintings from fabric patches without using a needle. This type of creativity is quite simple, however, to make paintings from fabric pieces, you need to know a certain technology for attaching them.

Kinusaiga is a Japanese type of creativity, which consists in creating bright and original paintings from fabric flaps without using a needle.

History says that modern patchwork, as well as Japanese needlework kinusaiga, developed under the influence of economy. The process of emergence of this type of creativity is due to Japan. Previously, such patchwork embroidery was made on the basis of silk left over from a worn kimono. Since only expensive fabric was used for sewing a kimono, after this garment was worn out, it was reshaped, and the remaining pieces were used to create paintings that decorated the house.

Previously, wooden planks served as the basis for creating paintings. The needlewomen drew a sketch on paper, and then transferred it to a tree using a copying canvas. Further, slits were made along the contour of the image, into which silk pieces of fabric were tucked. In the process of creating a patchwork masterpiece, bright shiny volumetric objects were obtained on the basis.

The most popular kinusaigi plots among the Japanese were:

• landscapes;
• geometric patterns;
• architecture image.

Interestingly, the skills of the Japanese were enough to create canvases from the smallest patches so that they looked more like a pictorial work of art or even a photograph.

Gallery: kinusaiga (25 photos)

Kinusaiga: ideas for creativity (video)

Patchwork without a needle: description and technique of modern needlework

Kinusaiga has retained its performance technique since ancient times. To create a picture, it is necessary to impose an ornament of patches on a flat or voluminous substrate, the edges of which should be carefully tucked into the prepared slots (grooves) in the base.

In European countries, kinusaiga is also called a patchwork without a needle. This art has several distinctive features:

• finished products can be not only decorative, but also applied, for example, patchwork is often used to decorate caskets, key holders, Christmas tree decorations;
• in the creation of any object, various fabric trimmings can be used, the interaction of which creates an interesting play of textures;
• in modern patchwork, in addition to flaps, various laces, ribbons, and decorative elements can be used.

Materials required for needlework

To create a panel using the kinusaiga or patchwork technique without a needle, you will need the following materials:

• foam base in sheets 1-1.5 centimeters thick;
• shreds of fabric of various textures and colors;
• ribbons, braid, decorative cords, buttons, lace and other decorative elements that are suitable for decorating a future picture;
• sharp scissors;
• soft pencil;
• sewing chalk or fabric marker;
• stationery knife;
• carbon paper, which corresponds in size to the future picture;
• stack.

To create a panel using the kinusaiga or patchwork technique without a needle, you will need certain materials

It is also advisable to prepare a sketch of the future picture before starting work.

Image technique

To make the first painting in the kinusaiga technique, you need to choose a simple motif, consisting of understandable shapes and color relationships. If creating a sketch turned out to be a rather difficult stage for beginners, you can find ready-made schemes or templates before starting work. The sketch is drawn at 100% scale, corresponding to the size of the future picture. Further, the general forms are divided into several parts, each of which will have a separate piece of shred.

One of the most important stages of working on a sketch is the distribution of color spots. This step is mandatory for beginners, because if some colors are mixed up during the work, their replacement will take a lot of time.

To make the first painting in the kinusaiga technique, you need to choose a simple motif

After the sketch is completely ready, you can begin the main work on creating crafts:

1. Next, the sketch is transferred to the foam using carbon paper.
2. Along the transferred lines, with the help of a clerical knife, cuts are made on the foam with a depth of 3-4 millimeters. At this stage, it is necessary to ensure that all the cut lines are even, otherwise the picture will take on curves that are unpleasant to look at.
3. After the base with slots is completely ready, you need to return to the sketch, which must be cut into pieces along the drawn lines.
4. Then each paper piece is applied to the fabric of the desired color, circled with an allowance of 2-3 millimeters. After all the pieces are distributed, they must be carefully cut.
5. Next, the resulting shreds are stacked in turn in their places on the foam, and their edges are carefully tucked into the grooves using a stack.
6. After all the shreds have been distributed over the picture, you can start decorating it. Most often, decorative elements fit into those places of the image in which the groove is located. Such processing avoids the appearance of ugly joints of fabrics.
7. If there is a desire to fix all the patches, before filling them into the grooves, it is necessary to lubricate the edges with PVA glue.

Many needlewomen prefer to make without a needle. Basically, this technique is used when depicting flowers. To do this, under the desired piece of fabric, you need to put a cotton pad or synthetic winterizer in one layer, and only then fill the edges of the material into the grooves.

Do-it-yourself paintings from scraps of fabric on polystyrene foam: work templates

In the kinusaiga technique, there is no limitation in topics, therefore, absolutely any drawing in which all forms have a closed structure can be taken as a template.

The most popular templates for the following topics:

• fruit;
• still lifes;
• images of human figures;
• portrait images;
• scenes of festivities;
• household scenes;
• animals;
• flowers;
• dolls;
• landscapes.

Each template is a linear representation of the objects in the picture without drawing the smallest details.

Kinusaiga: flower (video)

Kinusaiga: master class for beginners "Patchwork house"

To create a patchwork-style house, you need the list of tools and materials already described above. After preparing them, you must follow the step-by-step recommendations that the master class gives.

1. First of all, stencils with the image of the house are selected, which you need to print or redraw yourself on a sheet of paper. If the diagrams were printed out, they need to be enlarged to the required dimensions, and if they were drawn, it makes sense to immediately draw a picture in the right proportions.
2. Next, carbon paper is applied to a sheet of foam plastic with a thickness of at least 1 centimeter, and a drawing of the building is placed on top of it. The image is transferred to the foam, and then outlined with a felt-tip pen or marker.
3. If there is a desire to frame a picture made by oneself in a frame, the image should be placed at a distance of 5-6 centimeters from the edges of the base.
4. After the image of the house is completely applied to the base, the foam is carefully cut along its contour to a depth of about 4 millimeters. At this stage, care must be taken not to form a through hole or a break in the foam. All lines should end without reaching 2-4 centimeters to the frame.
5. Next, you need to choose a fabric for needlework. The best option for a patchwork that does not involve the use of needles is cotton fabric. In addition, this material will be able to emphasize the geometric correctness of the constructed drawing of the house. Cotton is also easy to process. If cotton fabric is not available, you can use knitwear.

It is not very difficult to make a house in the style of kinusaiga

Work on the canvas

After the base is fully prepared, and the fabric is selected, you can proceed directly to work with the flaps.

1. The first step is to prepare shreds of the desired size and color. Since the depicted house has many similar details, in order not to get confused in them, you will need to make 1 more sketch, which can be much smaller. Each closed area of ​​the image is marked with a certain sign or number on both thumbnails. After all the pieces of the image are marked, the large sketch needs to be carefully cut into separate shapes.
2. Each figure is transferred to the fabric of the desired shade, and then cut out with an edge of 2-3 millimeters left for an allowance. After all the geometric shapes that make up the house are cut out, you can start embroidering.
3. In accordance with the marks on the small sketch, each patch is placed on the desired area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe base. The left allowance is carefully processed with PVA glue and tucked into the grooves using a stack. In the absence of a stack, you can use a nail file. If any pieces of fabric do not fully push through, they should be cut with nail scissors.
4. The whole picture is embroidered according to a similar principle.

In order to make a frame, you should lay the material in the cuts made in advance along the edge, and then fix it along the edges with the help of carnation-shaped buttons.

Kinusaiga: master class (video)

Is it possible to work with fabric without a needle, while creating amazing panels from pieces? Yes, such art was invented many centuries ago.

By name, it is easy to guess that the kinusaiga technique came to us from the East. Like all Japanese art forms, kinusaiga impresses with its originality, brightness and many ideas that can be implemented using simple techniques. Pictures from patchwork have already managed to conquer European needlewomen. But not many people know how to make a panel from pieces of fabric in practice, without using threads or needles.

Art history of kinusaiga

Like the classic one, the Japanese kunusaiga technique is the result of savings. Initially, the remnants of silk from a worn kimono were used as the main material for patchwork "painting" on wood.

Traditional Japanese attire has long been made from the most expensive fabric that a family could afford. Therefore, simply throwing out the old thing, no one raised their hand. After the kimono wore out, it was reshaped into smaller items for everyday life, and from the remaining small scraps, paintings were made to decorate the home.

Wooden planks served as the basis for wall panels made using the kinusaig method. Masters drew a sketch on paper, copied it onto the board. After that, slits were made along the contour of the future picture, into which silk shreds were tucked. So, from small pieces of different colors, voluminous objects were obtained, which grew into paintings of extraordinary beauty.

Most often, the Japanese depicted landscapes or intricate geometric patterns on canvases. The number of small details, a skillful combination of colors, smooth transitions from one shade to another. Skillful craftsmen created canvases that looked more like paintings and even photographs than like paintings from “waste material”.

Modern patchwork without a needle

The European patchwork without a needle, or the kinusaiga technique, has its own distinctive features:

• applied nature of products. Modern needlewomen create not only wall panels, but also decorate caskets, key holders, boxes, Christmas decorations, etc. in this way;
• various types of fabrics. In addition to traditional silk, cotton and linen fabrics, thin fleece, and velvet are used. This allows you to make things more textured and interesting;
• additional decorative elements. If in ancient Japanese paintings there was nothing but fabric shreds, modern handmade masters decided that various ribbons, lace, beads would add charm to finished products.

Basic principles of work in Japanese technology

Kinusaiga has not changed in terms of technique for many centuries. Pre-cut pieces of fabric are superimposed on a flat substrate or a three-dimensional object. And their edges are tucked into special slots (grooves). As a result of a combination of pieces of different colors and shapes, an original plot or pattern emerges.

What is required for needlework

Necessary materials:

1. Styrofoam blanks. For paintings, panels, box covers, use foam sheet. This can be packaging from household appliances, cut into layers 1-1.5 cm thick. If you are planning to make a New Year's ball, valentine, Easter decor using the kinusaiga technique, purchase special foam figures in a needlework store.
2. Fabrics. The more fabrics of different textures and colors you manage to collect, the more diverse future work will turn out. It is not necessary to immediately run to the store and buy dozens of cuts. If you're just at the beginning of a patchwork journey, just open the closet and take a look. Thus, you will kill two birds with one stone - make room for new things and get a huge pile of material for creativity.
3. Ribbons and braid of any width, decorative cords, lace, buttons. If you are already fond of other needlework, then all these elements are probably present in your jewelry box. If this is the first work, then again look around and see a lot of gizmos that will come in handy when designing a future masterpiece.
4. Scissors. Be sure to be sharp so that the cut pieces crumble as little as possible.
5. PVA glue for gluing fabric to the base for kinusaig.
6. Pencil or thin marker for drawing on the foam.
7. Fabric marker or sewing chalk to create the outline of future shreds.
8. Stationery knife to make cuts in the foam;
9. Copy paper.
10. A stack (or something similar) with which you will tuck the edges of the fabric.

How to make the first panel

When all the tools are prepared, you can start creating paintings using the kinusaiga technique.

1. First of all, you need to decide on the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe future product. It is easier to focus on photographs of finished works, schematic drawings. You can sketch yourself. To do this, you need to choose any picture you like (for starters, it is better if it is not too saturated), transfer it to paper and draw lines that will be the boundaries of multi-colored shreds.
2. After the sketch is transferred to paper, schematically indicate on it all the shades used. Identical colors can be marked with numbers or icons. Don't try to save time by skipping this step. If the shades are mixed up during the work, then the alteration will take much more minutes.
3. Using carbon paper, transfer the outline of the pattern onto the foam base.
4. Carefully make cuts 3-4 mm deep with a utility knife. Try to act clearly along the contour, otherwise the future drawing will also look uneven. The basis for kinusaig is ready.
5. In the next step, return to the sketch again. Cut it into pieces.
6. Lay each piece of paper on the fabric, according to the numbers, trace with a marker and cut it out, leaving 2-3 mm allowances along the entire contour.
7. Move on to the main and most exciting operation. Take one piece, attach it to the desired area on the foam and tuck the edges into the cut out outline. Do this for all pieces.
8. If you want the pattern to be slightly voluminous, you can use filler. Ordinary cotton pads or a thin padding polyester are best suited for this purpose. Put them in one layer under those elements that you want to highlight (for example, flower petals or the contours of an animal or other object).
9. After all the shreds have found their place, proceed to decorate the finished kinusaiga picture. Most often, decorative elements are laid at the same junction of pieces of fabric.
10. In order for the product to please the eye longer, and the shreds to hold on to the substrate more firmly, each piece can be slightly smeared with glue before applying.

Here is such an interesting way to create paintings and decorate interior items can be mastered in one day. The Japanese kinusaiga technique is suitable for both independent needlework and creative lessons with children. This is a wonderful alternative to the usual and knitted patchwork.

The technique is great for those who are “you” with a sewing machine or just want to learn a new business. Select the necessary materials and boldly start creating!

The Japanese are a practical people. In essence, kinusaiga is the conversion of old kimonos (as it happened historically) into new paintings.

What you need to create a kinusaiga with your own hands:

– A3 cardboard;

- A4 cardboard;

– Multi-colored patches of fabric;

- Sintepon for stuffing;

- Wooden stick or toothpick

- Scissors;

- Acrylic paints;

– Thin brush;

- Soutache cord of different colors;

– Pins for sewing;

- Picture frame.

The schema is, for example,

All the shreds that are at your disposal will be used:

Neatness is the main rule when creating your masterpiece in the style of kinusaiga
The sequence of work is as follows:
1. copy the drawing onto tracing paper, cut it into its component parts. Number the individual details of the pattern and cut out elements of fabric from them, as if using a stencil, with an allowance of 2-3 mm along the edges.

2. Prepare the field for the picture. To do this, stick a sheet of ceiling tiles, 0.5 cm thick, onto thick cardboard.

2. Glue the second copy of the printed drawing onto the foam plastic and cut out grooves 2 mm deep along the contours of the drawing
3. Lubricate the contour of the grooves with a glue stick. If you are doing this kind of work for the first time. you can smear the entire surface with a glue stick.
3. And the painstaking work with the textile mosaic begins: the edges of each element cut out of the fabric along the contour must be filled into the grooves.

Several schemes for making miniatures using the kinusaiga technique:

Kinusaiga, miniature
Miniature “Playful breeze” is suitable for beginners in this type of needlework

The original drawing is attached:

"Rain"

“Spring walk”