- A CLOTH and MEASURES (see below)
- a long hard ruler
- a chalk or a pencil to draw lines on your cloth
- scissors
- pins
- a notebook and a pen
For woman's shirt you need:
- a cloth of a main color. How much (if a cloth's width is 44"):
- for a kid under 12 years old:
- 2-times of a shirt's length
- for a teen girl or an adult:
- 2-times of a shirt's length plus 25"
(in case you would not bring your cloth, you could buy a creamy-white muslin, $3 per yard, right at the master-class)
- a cloth of a red color. 1/4 - 1/2 of a yard (depends on your model)
- MEASURES:
- length
- (from your neck to desired length, no shorter than waist line)
- sleeve
- (from your shoulder to your wrist, through bent elbow)
- chest
- hips
- neck
- wrist (in fact, fist)
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For a sarafan a list of measures an amount of cloth depends on a model
- For a feryaz-type sarafan you need:
- a cloth (it could be cotton, wool, silk, or brocade). If a cloth's width is 44", you need 2-times of length.
- MEASURES:
- length
- (from your neck to your ankle)
- chest
- hips
- neck
- shoulder
- (form your neck to your shoulder-joint)
- For a "Russian-folk-dancers-type" sarafan you need:
- a cloth (it could be cotton, wool, silk, or brocade). If a cloth's width is 44", you need
- for a kid under 12 years old:
- length plus 12"
- for a teen girl or an adult:
- 2-times of a length plus 12"
- MEASURES:
- tie an extra rope to a bust line, through your armpits.
- length
- (from the extra rope to desired length, no shorter than mid-shank)
- chest
- shoulder strap
- (from your backbone through your shoulder to the extra rope)
- between shoulder straps
- For a sarafan with a "frog-type" back you need:
- a cloth (it could be cotton or brocade). If a cloth's width is 44", you need
- for a kid under 12 years old:
- 2-times of a length
- for a teen girl or an adult:
- 3-times of a length
- MEASURES:
- tie an extra rope to a bust line, through your armpits.
- length
- (from the extra rope to desired length, no shorter than mid-shank)
- chest
- back
- (from neck to waist line)
- shoulder strap
- (from your backbone through your shoulder to the extra rope)
- between shoulder straps
For a poneva-skirt you need:
- a base cloth (wool or a thin flannel of dark colors, checkered,
example 1,
example 2). If a cloth's width is 44" you need 2 lengths of a poneva-skirt.
- a cloth for a front side (it has to be cotton, of a dark-blue or a crimson colors). If a cloth's width is 44" you need a length of a poneva-skirt.
- MEASURES:
- length
- (form your waist to a desired length, no shorter than your knee)
- waist
- hips
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