• 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)

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