Many people have a question about what kind of costume to make for an event like a carnival or a masquerade. A great idea is a hussar costume, which includes doloman, chikchir and shako. Doloman is a jacket embroidered with gilded or gold lace.
Create Doloman
This jacket is preferably made of red or blue matter. To do this, you need to print a special pattern, having enlarged the details to the required size so that they are suitable for you or the person for whom the carnival costume of a hussar is sewn. When cutting fabric, you should make small allowances equal to about one centimeter. It is necessary to fold the front sides of such parts as the back and front, with each other. Then you need to stitch the side seams and seams of the shoulder side, as well as the middle seam located on the back. All seams resulting from work should be overcast. The sleeves of the future jacket must be folded along so that the front side looks down. After that, they must be sewn and all the edges should be finished. Then you should sew the sleeves to the main part of the doloman.
The collar parts must be folded so that their faces are facing each other. After this, they must be stitched, then turned inside out and processed with an iron. The collar is sewn on the front side of the doloman in the area of the throat cut. Then, buttons must be sewn onto the doloman.
Gold lace should be sewn along the lines that are marked on the pattern. So that the ends of the lace do not crumble, they should be scorched or processed with a zigzag. Well, and what a hussar costume without an epaulet? The details of such an element should be folded in pairs so that they face inward. Then it is necessary to stitch so that there remains an opening for eversion. Having carefully done this procedure, you should sew this hole with a secret seam. Epaulettes are sewn in the shoulder area. They can also be decorated with a golden braid.
Making Hussar Trousers
Chikchira is an element that is part of a hussar costume, which is a pair of trousers. The beginning of their creation is no different from sewing a doloman. Also, with the help of a pattern, cut out the necessary elements from the fabric. Then, having folded the cut out parts in pairs so that the front sides are directed towards each other, it is necessary to sew all the seams. After turning them inside out, stripes should be attached to the sides. In front of the leg should be done "Hussar knot." Having stitched the middle seams, it is necessary to overcast all the edges. In the upper part of the trousers it is necessary to create a drawstring into which the elastic band will be inserted.
If no black boots were found among the shoes, then you can build bootlegs. To do this, cut out from the fabric special parts applied using a pattern. In several places of the parts obtained, it is necessary to attach Velcro that will hold the structure.
How to create a shako
The last element that any hussar costume has is a shako or headpiece. With the help of the pattern, the necessary details should be cut out of cardboard. In this case, one must be guided by the size of the head on which the shako will be worn. Parts are fastened with a glue solution. Coloring is done with gouache. It is necessary to glue the main part of the cut cylinder. Then bend the special teeth to the bottom and insert them inside the previously made cylinder. The whole structure should be glued to the side walls. Then, those teeth that are on the visor should be bent up, inserting them into the main part from the bottom and gluing from the inside. A golden braid or lace should be fastened to the visor; buttons must be fastened to the ends of the braid.
On this, the costume is completely ready. You can make both an adult and a children's hussar costume . The main thing is to have enough zeal and patience.