Headgear for Shrovetide with your own hands

Maslenitsa is celebrated by Slavic peoples from ancient times. It starts in the second half of February or early March and lasts 7 days. This holiday symbolizes the departure of winter and the arrival of spring. For seven days, pancakes are fried and served with different fillings. Every day of the holiday has its name: a meeting, a flirtation, gourmet, binge, fracture, zolovkin evenings, aides gatherings, and the last day is a forgiven Sunday. In the last carnival, the effigy is burned - a symbol of winter, thus bidding farewell to the winter until next year. And it is on this day that, as a rule, mass festivities are held. And to be in the epicenter of events, in order to fully enjoy them, you need the appropriate entourage - a headdress for Shrovetide with your own hands or a complete peculiar outfit. Which one?- We'll talk about this in this article.

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A little bit about the traditions of

Burning stuffed in Russia was the most popular way of winter wires. A variety of stuffed animals were burned at the stake:

• poles, wrapped in rags;
• wheels clad on the pole;
• just bundles of straw.

But most often they made a doll that was a symbol of a wicked and cold winter:

• Usually straw, twigs, and rods were used for this.
• Clothing on the doll should be with a floral pattern.
• Hair was made from flax, plaited braids and a headscarf was tied on the head.

Important! This is one of the few cases when it is allowed to depict the face. The doll was fixed on a cross from a tree and decorated with artificial flowers and multi-colored ribbons. In her hands put dishes for making pancakes and tying ribbons, while making wishes.

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Costumes for carnival

In addition to pancakes and stuffed people, carnival is associated in people with festivals and carnivals. And here you can not do without costumes. Since this is a national holiday, it is appropriate to sew traditional Russian costumes. In the old days, these clothes were considered exceptionally elegant and outgoing clothes.

Men's suits

The basis for the carnival costume for the stronger sex is the shirt-kosovorotka:

• Traditionally, it is red - in the old days this color was considered the most elegant, but any bright color will do.
• The shirt can be decorated with a wide patterned braid.
• The shirt is girdled with a belt that matches the color. You can even use a scarf for this purpose.

Completes the image of the cap. This headpiece for carnival can be replaced with a cap or cap with lapels. In such a hat you just will not freeze.

Important! It is best to make the costume spacious, since Shrovetide involves outdoor festivities, that is, the costume will have to be worn over clothes.

Female outfit

Traditional women's clothing is represented by colorful spacious sarafans, necessarily flared downwards. It can be sewn with multi-colored satin ribbons or decorated with fringe. Excellent will look and embroidery.

A warm waistcoat is put on top of it, it's called "the junk-heater".As a headdress for Shrovetide for a woman, you can tie a handkerchief - the actual and easiest option yourself.

Important! Russian women necessarily blackened their brows and blushed their cheeks.

Costume of Parsley, Skomorokha

These characters are obligatory guests of all Russian festivals and carnivals. Their costumes are colorful and bright, they are made of light fabric. The clothes of the heroes are similar - a shirt and pants of contrasting colors or from cloth to polka dots, patches, and of course, cool hats decorated with bells.

Children's costume

You can sew dresses for carnival for your own children:

• Children's costume for a boy is chosen in the same way as a man's. You can do with a belted shirt of beautiful bright color, or you can sew a suit of Petrushka or Skomorokha. If you are able to sew at least a little, it will not be very difficult, if not - it is better to use the services of a seamstress or take a suit for hire.
• For a girl you can sew a sarafan pattern on the internet, tape it with ribbons or ribbons, artificial flowers or decorate the costume with beads.

Important! You can put a headscarf on your head, but it is best to go alongside the kokoshnik. Such a headdress can easily be made on Shrovetide with their own hands.

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Master the kokoshnik with your own hands

This headpiece, at first glance, resembles a fan in shape. It can be made from thick cardboard or using metal tape. You can tighten it with any cloth for your taste, velvet of bright color will look rich. Top kokoshnika - comb, decorated with beads, beads, gilded threads. Behind the headdress is fixed using a tape sewn on both sides.

Important! In the old days, embroidery with gold thread on the kokoshnik was done on the occipital side.

Kokoshnik with your own hands made of cardboard:

1. First you need to make a pattern, you can choose the right option on the Internet and print it on the printer.
2. The base is cut from the cardboard. It can be used as a pattern to fabricate the fabric from the fabric for the front and the underside.

Important! Do not forget to consider allowances, it is enough to leave 1-2 cm.

1. Finished details of the front and the underside are stitched together, but leave the bottom edge unsplit.
2. The resulting blank is pulled onto a cardboard base and the bottom edge is sewn.
3. A ribbon or elastic band is sewn on both sides to fix the dress on the head.
4. At the last stage the kokoshnik is decorated with improvised materials, for example, beads, artificial stones, ribbons, etc.

Important! Do not overload the headdress with ornaments and note that the cardboard can tear from heavy jewelry.

Wire-based kokoshnik

This is a more laborious procedure:

1. A wire with a diameter of more than 3 mm is selected which will hold the shape. Also useful are pliers, thick cardboard, fabric, ribbons and beads for decoration.
2. It is necessary to bend the wire so that the rim is of good shape.
3. Then the base is cut from the cardboard. It will be firmly pressed to the head and be in an upright position.
4. 2 items are cut from the fabric( upper and lower).As a pattern, you need to use a cardboard base.
5. The cardboard base is sewn to the metal rim with thick threads.
6. The same principle is used to make a comb. Cut out the cardboard pattern, the fabric details of the facial crest and its back, and the base is sewed to the wire.
7. The upper base, the comb and the back of the fabric are sewn together, then stretched over the top of the kokoshnik.
8. Then the bottom base is sewn.
9. Sewing tapes - they need to be stitched very carefully.

Important! The last stage is decorating. Unleash your imagination and decorate your resulting hat on Shrovetide with your own hands, rhinestones, gold threads, artificial pearls.

Now you know what it takes to have a fun and active time - to make a traditional outfit, get a positive mood, tune in to get pleasure, and go to the mass festivities in honor of the winter's departure!