DIY magpie headdress - pattern

Both everyday and festive women’s Russian national costume suggests a headdress. They are very diverse, and a modern person can get confused very easily. Moreover, most likely, they will seem to us almost the same. And in the days of our ancestors, it was from the headdress that one could immediately understand where the woman was from, what her social status was, whether she was married. Let's try to figure it out together and make a hat of “forty” with our own hands, the pattern of which will be very simple and understandable.

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What is a magpie hat?

“Magpie” is an independent female headdress or addition to another dress. It is also called the crown or anchor.

The composition of a simple “magpie” includes:

• The fun
• Wings;
• Tail.

Important! In some embodiments, there can only be two parts: the ocellar and tail, or the ocellar and wings.

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What do you need for work?

• For the manufacture of this piece, silk, kumach, and velvet on a canvas basis were used.
• For decoration used embroidery, beads, gold embroidery.

Important! Some models consisted of two dozen elements, and it took time, dexterous hands and painstakingness to put it on. Historians note that this headdress is very similar to the Scythian calaf, which is characterized by bright colors, huge headphones and embroidered solar signs.

Often, jewelry for the head was the most expensive part of the wardrobe. Girls could wear rich “magpies” during the holidays, two or three years after the wedding. After the birth of the child, a change in social status occurred, and the woman walked in other clothes - a cap and a warrior.

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Varieties (photo)

There are differences between the magpies. Consider the most famous types of this headgear.

Kargopol

It stands out immediately, as it has a distinctive shape: it hangs over the forehead in the form of a sharp protrusion. In order to create it, the bottom is made pointed.

Important! Usually, the bindings were made soft, so under them it was necessary to put on an additional hard headgear, thanks to which the shape of the gown was kept.

Kargopol "magpie" was worn with a kind of cap, which is called sderich. She plays the role of a warrior, with whom her hair is gathered and pulled together. The solid “hoof” above the forehead acts as the basis for the elegant oracle embroidered with beads.     

Wedding

Such a hat includes three parts:

• Kitty with small pointed horns;
• Nape
• “Magpie,” which has a heel-like shape.

The nape was made of velvet, which was embroidered with gold threads. It was fixed on birch bark for stiffening. This part was intended to close the back of the head. Its upper and side parts are sewn with strips of silk fabric, at the edges of which are strings. Then they need to be crossed on the forehead, and tied around the horns several times. Thanks to this, the kitsch and podsatyal tightly fastened.

Important! A golden little magpie is worn on top of the horns. The main motif of the embroidery, which adorned the head and top of the headgear, is the “tree”. The same ornament is used to decorate the sleeves of a wedding shirt.

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We sew magpie

We are no worse than our ancestors, therefore, we will consider how to sew a life-size headdress for a girl with her own hands.Of course, we take into account modern realities and replace birch with cardboard.

Preparation required:

• Thread;
• Needles;
• Tape;
• Sequins;
• Braid;
• Scissors;
• Tape measure;
• Sewing machines.

The entire amount of work will be as follows:

• We cut off the fabric. Its dimensions: width - 20 cm, length - head circumference.
• About ten centimeters out of twenty sew various ornaments: braid, sequins, ribbons.

Important! Do not forget to leave below two centimeters of fabric for hemming.

• Fold the fabric in half, stitch the edge of the fold.
• Cut another piece of fabric, measuring 50 by 70 centimeters. In this case, the back will be slightly covered.
• Find the middle of the length and make a rounding of the upper part with scissors.
• We decorate the bottom with various trifles or brushes.
• Corners can be left straight and slightly rounded.
• The lower part from the middle of the length is sheathed with an oblique inlay.
• The upper rounded part is treated with double stitching.
• After that, you need to pull the ends of the threads to form a beautiful assembly.
• Then you need to combine the goggle and assembly, but do not stitch them.
• Everything is flipped to the wrong side and a piece of cardboard about 30x7 cm in size is applied.
• We insert the ribbons or fabric, sheathed or overcast, into the goggle.
• The place where the cardboard is located must be flashed so that it does not move.
• We perform seam processing on a sewing machine.

Everything, the headdress of “forty” is ready with your own hands!

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Stock footage

We hope our article was useful to you. Now you know exactly how to be the most original at a fair or celebration, because such a costume made by yourself is surely remembered by everyone.