Summer is a great time of the year! You can relax comfortably in the fresh air everywhere, and especially on your own balcony.
It is especially convenient here to relax without leaving your home after a busy day. It will take quite a bit to arrange such a vacation: remove all unnecessary from the balcony and arrange a cozy corner for relaxation - as far as the size of the balcony allows. In any case, for a pair of flower pots, a small table and a pair of folding chairs, there is a place on any balcony.
And to make the rest really enjoyable, the balcony just needs to beautified a little. How? We will give you some ideas!
VALVE PILLOWS
It is not convenient to get comfortable for relaxing on the balcony without soft pillows. And to sew them is very simple even for beginners - from hand towels! You can decorate them again with pompons and colorful ribbons. (see model photo above, first in a row photo).
You will find the motive of the star at the end of a series of photographs at the beginning of the article.
The size of each pillow is approx. 50 x 36 cm.
WHAT YOU NEED For two pillows: 2 bath towels, pink and green, size. OK. 50 x 100 cm; neoprene bright orange OK. 15 x 15 cm; 2 m of decorative tape of bright yellow color 1 cm wide; 1 m of decorative tape of bright orange color 1 cm wide; 55 cm of decorative tape 1.5 cm wide bright orange and bright green; matching thread for sewing; the remains of yarn bright yellow, bright orange and bright pink; 1 pompom (for packaging for the manufacture of pompoms) diam. 20 mm, 45 mm and 85 mm; 1 safety pin; 2 fillers for pillows size 35 x 50 cm.
HOW TO MAKE Pink pillow: on the narrow side, sew 2 narrow bright yellow ribbons at a distance of 2 cm from the edge, at a distance of 1 cm from the first braid, sew the second. In this case, tighten the ends of the braid to a width of 1 cm on the wrong side.
On the other side, with a width of 35 cm, put the other side to the wrong side so that a valve is obtained, grind the sides of the pillow, the seam width is 1 cm.
Cut 4 parts of 20 cm from the orange braid, sew 2 ribbons at a distance of 5 cm from the long sides on the valve and, accordingly, on the underside of the pillow at a distance of 8 cm from the fold.
Make pompons according to the manufacturer's instructions. Sew 3 pompons, as shown in the photo of the model.
Green pillow: sew a wide orange braid at a distance of 1 cm from the narrow side of the towel, tuck the ends inwards by 1 cm.
Sew the green pillow in the same way as the pink one, but use yellow ribbons for the fasteners.
The motive of the star is to transfer to the wrong side of the neoprene and cut. Make yellow, pink and orange pompoms. Sew pompons to the star. Tie a green ribbon with a bow and sew it under pompons. Pin the safety pin on the back of the star and use it to attach the star to the pillow.
Put stuffing in the pillows and tie the ribbon-ties with a bow.
HUNTING TROPHIES
What is not a work of art - horns (real horns can be replaced with knots similar to them), painted in neon color with spray paint and in addition twisted with bright yarn and decorated with flowers and pompons.
WHAT YOU NEED Horns; suitable neon color paint; the remains of yarn in neon shades; packaging for the manufacture of pompoms diam. 20 mm; yellow and pink fabric flowers.
HOW TO MAKE Paint the skull with paint, allow the paint to dry completely.
Make pompons according to package directions.
Tightly twist one horn with pink yarn, on the other horn fasten the flower (s) and pompom (s). If desired, fabric flowers can also be painted with neon paint.
HOME BALCONY SCREEN
A rug, a beach litter - anything will fulfill this role! Stitched pockets will save you space, because they will replace shelves and cabinets. And stars can be painted according to a pattern or made and stitched on an application using the same pattern.
The star’s motive is given at the beginning of the article, at the end of a series of photo models.
The size of our screen is 80 x 150 cm.
WHAT YOU NEED Rug, bedding for the beach, pink and white size. 80 x 150 cm; 1 m neoprene neon-orange color 1.5 mm thick, 45 cm wide; 8 m of decorative braid of neon yellow color, 1.5 cm wide; 8 blocks diam. 2 cm; 1 bottle of neon paint lemon yellow; brush, thick cardboard; knife cutter; pliers matching the color of thread for sewing.
HOW TO MAKE From neoprene to cut 3 pockets size. 35 x 37 cm, 21 x 32 cm and 45 x 26 cm. Tighten the upper edge on the inside to a width of 2 cm, stitch. Stitch pockets on the rug on 3 sides, if desired, sew inside the stitching, as in the photo of the model.
Copy and enlarge the motive of the star to the desired size, transfer to cardboard. A star cut out of cardboard with a knife. If you want to stitch the applique, use the cut out part, if you want to paint the motif with paint, then use a sheet of cardboard with the cut out motif to paint.
To stain, put the stencil on the fabric and paint over the motif with paint and a brush. Allow the paint to dry completely or fix it as directed by the manufacturer.
On the long sides of the rug, punch 4 holes and secure the blocks with pliers. Cut the braid into 8 parts 1 m long and thread into blocks.
Hang the screen on the balcony railing using braid.
THREAD YES NEEDLE
Even flower pots could not resist fashionable sewing.
To create such beauty from plastic pots with lace top, you will not need a long instruction. Take a thick needle with a blunt end and thick yarn and complement the plastic openwork with your own color pattern.
WASHER FOR FLOWERS FROM WASTE
The balcony is easy to decorate, using only what you were going to just throw away. The remnants of the thread and the used colored plastic containers, if desired, without any problems turn into original vases for cut flowers.
WHAT YOU NEED Empty multi-colored plastic containers; the remains of multi-colored bright yarn; awl; sharp knife; tissue starch; gloves crochet hook number 3,5.
HOW TO MAKE Remove stickers from plastic containers. Allow the containers to dry completely, smoothly cut the neck off with a sharp knife.
From yarn, arbitrarily tie the top for vases from a chain of air. n. length = diameter (perimeter) of the top of the tank. Then knit 4 p. Art. b / n, while in each p. start with 2 air. p. replacements and complete 1 connection Art. knitted from the upper air. p. replacement. Further work art. non-cash or st. with n round. If desired, knit each circle with yarn of a different color.
To get a frill, starting from the 6th p. make increases. If you want to reduce the diameter of the top, starting from the 6th p. turn down p.
After the top of the vase reaches a width of 8-10 cm, finish knitting and close everything.
With an awl, along the edge of the top of the container, pierce the holes with an interval of 7-10 mm. If the plastic is very thick, preheat the end of the awl over a fire.
In threads of contrasting color, sew the crocheted top to the top of the plastic container, with straight or zigzag stitches.
Put on gloves and dip the crocheted parts into textile starch, then wring them and give them the desired shape. During drying, constantly check the shape and adjust if necessary.
CUTLERY
To make the balcony more vibrant, just dip disposable cutlery in acrylic paint.
You will find even more new ideas for decorating the balcony, cottage and country house in the new special issue of Burda. Creative.
Photo: Mickey Hoyle; idea and embodiment: Dagmar Bila.
Material prepared by Elena Karpova
