In the days of our forefathers garment decoration items and household patterns it was endowed with sacred meaning and linked with various mystical beliefs. Slavic embroidery appeared before Rurik reign. She has decorated clothing and bedding. In the patterns predominant red color, and the foundation was most often a white cloth.
This line of arts and crafts is popular to this day, so needlewomen and folk art admirers offered a selection of interesting facts about the Russian national embroidery.
With the advent of Christianity in embroidery has become a little different than before. The struggle with paganism, but to get rid of old customs did not happen. The patterns on the fabrics are endowed with new subjects.
The pagans worshiped the sun and often used his image. It symbolized the source of life and god Jari. Christians, too, depicted the sun, but it has meant God's greatness.
Russian traditional embroidery was divided into several types:
- calculating. This is a process in which the thread when sewing and are considered to be closely linked to the tissue. The most common method of counting equipment was a two-way joint. He performed in small lines and often similar to the lace. This way on the fabric depicted patterns, human figures or animals. Quite often, this method is combined with embroidery stitches, when the needle goes down in front of the seam. Bias expanse also relates to this technique embroidering.
- Free expanse. This is a technique in which it does not matter the type of fabric. Free expanse of white thread runs on muslin or any other white cloth. First scheduled circuit pattern, and then sewn thereon flooring. The result is a fabric with a beautiful pattern.
- Tambour - a chain of embroidery. This technique decorated with dense tissue. Links in the chain were to go from one another.
- with gold embroidery. The most well-known form of national Russian art embroidery metallic thread. Such a method was used in the decoration of velvet or silk products. Most often, they were decorated with festive hats and gowns, church vestments of the priests, or the salaries of icons. Sewing spool combined with product design gems.
Russian traditional national embroidery is the source of the Slavic culture and keeps the memory of old traditions and customs.
Many Russian museums keep samples of the first embroidery. Most preserved objects made in the 19th century. Then embroidery was divided by the peasant and urban. City is not carrying a special meaning, and perform only a decorative function. A peasant keeps a Christian customs and performed only under certain occasions, such as weddings, christenings or holidays.
Every girl in Russia was supposed to know how to sew and embroider, otherwise it is considered a bad wife or bride.
Nowadays Russian embroidery has not lost popularity and is often used in the works of contemporary handy people.
