In the midst of autumn, in many kindergartens and schools, children now and then prepare small amateur performances. Often, educational institutions do not provide costumes for their young actors, so parents have to design and sew outfits themselves. However, even if you do not have sewing and cutting skills, we recommend that you try to make an outfit with your own hands from scrap materials. Today we’ll tell you how to make Emelya’s costume from the popular Russian folk tale “At the Pike’s Command.”
The hero of your favorite fairy tale: what is he like?
Before you start making a costume, remember a Soviet-made cartoon or an illustration for a book. In both the first and second cases, the image of Emelya suggests the slightly sloppy appearance of a young man lying on the stove all day long. Accordingly, he cared little about his appearance and clothing. Hence a padded jacket made of warming fabric, a hat, patches on trousers, a painted shirt and, as usual, bast shoes.
Also pay attention to the general relaxation of the image. Clothes are wide and spacious, warm, so as not to feel chilly. Based on the image and approximate characteristics of the image, try to sew Emelya’s costume for the New Year.
Attic doll, Emelya and Horse in a coat: handmade toys presented at the World of Childhood exhibition
Vologda craftswomen presented handmade products at the World of Childhood
, which opened at the Foundation for Support of Civil Initiatives. Among the exhibits there is a specially aged “attic” doll, workers Avdotya the lacemaker and Potter, the well-known Emelya (on the stove, of course), Pinocchio (though not wooden), and also spectacular model dolls, as if they had just stepped off the catwalks , and even... A horse in a coat.
Visitors to the exhibition are greeted by funny curly-haired Africans created by Vologda resident Tatyana Stupina
. “Foreign guests” are in their usual environment: they are located under a decorative palm tree, which, conveniently, grows in the Foundation for Support of Civil Initiatives. A durable wire frame is hidden inside the toys - it allows them to take any shape. The bodies are stuffed with padding polyester, and the heads - there is something detective-like about this - are wearing nylon stockings. The craftswoman created the hairstyles for the toys from “curly” threads – to do this she had to take off her black gloves.
«I am a design engineer by profession, but I have always been drawn to creativity and handicrafts. I created my first soft rag doll ten years ago; I sewed clothes from two pairs of old mittens, which at first I wanted to throw away,
– says Tatyana Stupina.
Nowadays there is a large assortment of materials in stores, but if you look closely, you can find everything at home: an old leather bag, an unnecessary blouse, and nylon tights... All this is suitable for doll outfits
.”
Tatyana Stupina amazingly manages to convey the age, character and emotions of her dolls. For example, Avdotya the lacemaker is an important, thorough and sedate worker. And Evdokia, who sat down on a tree stump to rest, is an old grandmother. The needlewoman selected the appropriate clothes for her: both threadbare knitwear and fur from a sheepskin coat were used.
«The doll tells you who she wants to be and what she wants to wear. Sometimes it's a mystery to myself. It happens that I decide to make the postman Pechkin, but it turns out to be the spitting image of Emelya!
“- shares Tatyana.
By the way, she built a stove for Emelya - from a box, ceiling tiles and trim. “ If I wanted to create something new, the Internet will not help. As a rule, images are born in the head, where a whole “library” of one’s own interesting ideas is formed. There would be enough time to implement them all
. ”
Emelya's simple outfit from a fairy tale
To make a costume for a children's party or production, it is not at all necessary to have sewing skills on a sewing machine. It is enough to be able to make an even seam and process the edges of the material. However, you can often do without sewing at all. For Emelya's costume you will need: a blouse made of light fabric with a large print, contrasting braid, multi-colored scraps of fabric, faux fur, old cotton (or pajama) pants, a hat.
First of all, it should be noted that most of the components of this outfit can be made from ready-made clothes. You just need to slightly correct it to guess Emelya’s image. Therefore, find in your wardrobe an unnecessary blouse with a large print and a straight shape. Having tried it on the boy, roll up the sleeves and sweep them with threads to the desired length.
Now sew a bright braid onto the collar and bottom of the blouse. Here it is better to use a machine to save time.
Make several squares from pieces of fabric and sew them onto the pants with an uneven seam.
From gray fur, cut out a rectangle with a length equal to the circumference of the child’s head and a width of 8 cm. Sew it onto the bottom of the hat. In general, Emelya’s children’s costume is ready. If desired, complement it with a sleeveless vest with fur trim. An old and worn item will do. These are the ones who make Emelya’s image realistic.
Second costume option
Despite the fact that Emelya’s costume for a boy involves certain colors and elements, you can achieve recognition without using some of them. Therefore, we will look at different outfit options for a children's theater production.
For the Emelya costume for a boy you will need:
- wide braid with folk pattern;
- red trousers;
- patterned blouse;
- black cap;
- red and white fabric;
- black thin satin ribbon.
Start making your outfit by lining the blouse collar with braid and shortening the sleeves. If possible, sew it on both the sleeves and the bottom of the shirt. Use a thin cord as a belt.
From white fabric you need to sew something resembling underpants. To do this, measure the circumference of the child's boot and the length from ankle to knee. Cut two rectangles of fabric, adding about 10 cm in width. Sew the ends of the material together to make a pipe. Try them on a boy. The fabric should not squeeze the child’s calf; on the contrary, it should be loose and even fall off it. To maintain an element of the look on your legs, use a black ribbon, simply wrapping it around your legs.
Step-by-step instructions with photos
Step 1: pattern
The first thing you need to do is a sketch. We draw an image, outline the details. On thick paper, or better yet cardboard, we draw a life-size pattern. You can use our template - just copy the image to your computer, enlarge it to the required size and print it.
You choose the size of the toy yourself - it all depends on your needs. The length of our fish turned out to be quite large - 45 cm
If you enlarge the template several times, you can sew not only a toy, but also a pillow toy for the nursery.
Step 2: sew the fabric scraps together
Our fish consists of three parts: head, body and tail. We prepare the fabric - we select pieces that match the color and texture - for each part of the fish.
The soft fish toy will turn out more interesting the brighter we choose the color of the fabric
We sew the pieces of fabric together, iron the seams:
Step 3: transfer the pattern to the fabric
Fold the resulting fabric in half lengthwise. Transfer the pattern to the fabric. We cut it out.
How to make a flower from fabric?
To decorate your cap, you can use a ready-made flower on a pin. Or you can do it yourself. To make a scarlet flower from fabric, cut out the petals from red fabric. The petals themselves should be drop-shaped. Place the two petals overlapping each other, making the center of the flower. Glue them together with a glue gun along the sides. Then add another petal. Thus, by sticking the petals one after another, you will get a beautiful scarlet rose. Once you have completed the flower, you can attach it to the cap of Emelya’s New Year’s costume.
How to sew a blouse with your own hands?
If you don’t have a suitable straight-cut blouse in your wardrobe that serves as a shirt in Emelya’s outfit, then you can sew it yourself. For a blouse you will need cotton fabric and wide painted braid, as well as a sewing machine. It is best to choose a thin fabric so that the child does not feel hot in the shirt.
After measuring the child and writing down the necessary measurements, draw on the fabric the necessary details indicated on the pattern and sew them on a typewriter. When taking measurements of the boy, do not forget that the shirt has a wide, loose style. Therefore, feel free to add another half to the resulting centimeters in the waist and sleeves. I made my own braid from Emelya’s costume.
Common mistakes when building a brick screen
Laying bricks close to the walls of the stove will slow down the heating of the room, causing excess heat to be released into the atmosphere through the chimney.
Laying bricks in a checkerboard pattern.
This option does not provide the proper air circulation described in the previous section. And since the screen area in this case is much smaller than with solid masonry, its cooling occurs much faster.
Thermal energy from the stove passes through such a screen as if through a sieve, so the room heats up faster, but cools down faster.
The efficiency of heat use in this case is reduced by almost half.
How to decorate a shirt?
Decorative ribbons with patterns and a variety of braids are usually used to decorate a kosovorotka. It can be used to cover both the bottom of the product and sleeves with a neck.
In addition, you can also make a belt for a shirt in the Russian folk style from a beautiful ribbon. Measure the required number of centimeters of tape and machine its edges. Then try it on with a shirt.
Costume made from old clothes
Here’s another idea on how you can make Emelya’s costume from scrap materials and old things. This outfit option involves the use of unnecessary pajama or cotton trousers and bright-colored long sleeves, which it wouldn’t be a shame to decorate with patches and other decor. The photo shows Emelya’s costume from a fairy tale.
So, to make Emelya's outfit, you will need clothes, pieces of bright fabric, a hat with earflaps and faux gray fur.
The first step is to start decorating with trousers and a sweater. Cut a 10 x 12 cm oval from bright fabric with the top cut off. Using a sewing machine, sew the pocket to the pants without finishing the edges. Sticking threads and not very smooth edges will give the outfit a special look. Just the kind required by the image of the lazy Emelya, lying on the stove all day long.
Cut out different patches from other fabrics and sew them in a chaotic manner to the long sleeve.
For greater similarity, you can dilute the outfit with socks or leggings sticking out from under the trousers.
Cover the earflap hat with gray fur and lightly comb it in different directions to create a frayed effect. You can also apply white fur crumbs to the fur and rub. Or cut a few tufts from a fur headdress.
What should you pay attention to when making a stove?
When making a homemade miracle wood-burning stove, you will need to make a special damper; it is necessary to remove smoke from the device. With the help of this component you can adjust the intensity of traction. For the blower, which is located on the front door, the master must make a blind damper. In order to ensure its reliable and correct fit, you need to use a spring. The most complex component of a homemade Buleryan is the front door. It should close almost hermetically. The better it adheres to the surface of the furnace, the more efficiently the entire structure will work. The miracle wood-burning stove, which has the most positive reviews, should be made using the technology described in the article. This is the only way you will be able to get a device that will work efficiently and be durable.
Using a pipe of impressive diameter, you should make two rings that should fit almost tightly into one another. To do this, you need to cut pieces of 40 millimeters in the amount of 2 pieces from a pipe that has a diameter of 350 millimeters. One of the segments needs to be cut and then unfolded. Then the front side of the structure is made, using a ring of a smaller diameter. The second ring should be used when installing the door and should be welded to the sheet metal circle. Then another ring is welded onto the door, which is slightly smaller than the diameter of the ring located on the front side of the device. In the gap formed by the door rings, you need to lay an asbestos sealing cord, and then a damper.
How to make Emelya's vest?
Almost each of the options for Emelya’s costume proposed above includes a vest with fur inserts. In general, this particular detail is one of the characteristics of the hero of a Russian folk tale. You can trim the edges and collar area of a finished vest with fur, or you can sew it yourself. To make it, you will need brown or gray fairly dense fabric and short fur that looks like lamb.
First you need to measure the boy. You can use as an example one of his clothes that fits him well. For example, taking a child’s sweater, measure the circumference of the sleeve at the top, the length of the product, and also the width. Based on these data, make an approximate calculation of the fabric you will need for the vest. Remember that the vest is a loose item and should not be tight.
Lay the fabric out on a flat, flat surface. Using measurements of the boy's sweater or the child himself, draw a pattern on the fabric. Here is the simplest version of a vest, without buttons and complex designs.
After making a drawing on the fabric, cut it out and carefully sew the parts together using a sewing machine. Finish the edges of the product and try it on your child. Now it's up to the decor. Take the prepared fur and cut it into strips about 3-4 cm wide and equal to the length of the vest. Now baste by hand onto the edges of the vest, then machine stitch. The finished vest can be decorated with a flower on a pin or a small patch of colorful fabric.
