When there is very little time left before the New Year holidays, mothers have to decide in what outfit the child will participate in numerous matinees. A hussar costume for a boy, sewn with his own hands, will be the most coveted and unforgettable robe for the celebration. The main thing is to correctly create a romantic, courageous image and take into account the basic attributes of a hussar.
Preparation of material for tailoring
Hussar uniforms consisted of several parts. The main ones were a mentique - a cape with fur, a doloman - a short jacket, a shako - a headdress, chikchirs - cavalry trousers, boots - tight tall boots. Before you sew a hussar costume for a boy, you need to decide on the details, prepare a plain fabric of red and black colors. You can refuse from mentics, as the child will be uncomfortable and hot. You can also simplify sewing clothes by reducing the number of loops. In chikchir decoration, you can restrict yourself to stripes, excluding the presence of buttons. Accordingly, to make a costume, you will need 3 meters of a gold cord, 8 large copper buttons for fastening the doloman and 16 smaller buttons that will decorate the ends of the loops. To create a shako you need cardboard.
We sew a hussar doloman
Hussar costume for a boy should start with sewing doloman. As a pattern, you can take a child’s jeans jacket and, turning it around, circle the details on a red cotton fabric . The collar at the doloman should be upright. Sew the golden braid in eight rows on the shelves, creating loops on the left side, and sew large buttons to the right. A jacket will be fastened on them. Decorate the ends of the loops with small buttons. Also, if desired, the cord is decorated with the back and cuff of the sleeves of the doloman.
New Year's hussar costume for a boy must have epaulettes. Cut out the four details in the shape of the shoulder. Two of them duplicate. Stitch in pairs the details, twist, sew a hole with a hidden seam. Attach epaulettes to the shoulders of the jacket, decorate along the edge with the same gold cord.
We sew hussar pants
What is the hussar uniform without chikchir? The soldier's trousers should be tight. You can remove the pattern from underwear or from tights, slightly increasing it. To create pants, take a fabric of black or dark blue color, transfer the details of the pattern, cut. Then sew side and step seams from the wrong side. On the front side of the trousers, draw a hussar knot from the cord. Decorate the legs with stripes on the sides. Work open edges, insert elastic.
Headgear
The carnival costume of a hussar for a boy must include a shako. Before manufacturing, you need to make a pattern of cardboard, which in the future will serve as a frame. First draw a rectangle, the long side of which will correspond to the circumference of the child’s head. Add 1 cm for a loose fit and 2 cm on one short side to connect the part. The top of the shaky cylinder in front is a bit overpriced. To create the appearance of the vertex, divide the length of the rectangle in half, lift the middle 5 cm up. Connect the resulting point with the vertices of the sides. Next, glue the joints of the cylinder on the back of the head. To make the top of the headgear, attach a rectangular pattern with the part where the top will be located to a piece of cardboard and circle with a marker. To the resulting oval, add an allowance of 2 cm, cut out the template, make notches. In the future, the allowance will need to be bent and, having inserted inside, glued to the cylinder. Sheathe a shako can be black fabric. Cut out the same parts that were made for the frame. Make a peak in the shape of a crescent. Glue the pattern allowances on the inside of the cylinder. And also cover it with black fabric.
Next, the headpiece is decorated with a gold cord with tassels, which should be on the front of the shako and, freely crossing it from left to right, hang down to the shoulder. Attach the sultan to the top of the cylinder. You can make it from a cocktail tube covered with fur.
The hussar costume for the boy should be easy to wear, and not overloaded with attributes. Additional accessories can be a saber, a hussar bag, spurs. Your little soldier is ready. In a dress sewn by his mother’s hands, he will evoke respect and catch admiring glances at any holiday or carnival.