Bereginya doll is a man-made guardian angel. It is not difficult to make it yourself and put it at home to preserve the family hearth. Our ancestors put a grain or a pea in such a doll's knapsack so that there was plenty in the house and no one would go hungry. The doll was "handed" and a pinch of earth or ash in the event that the amulet was intended for the departing one.
It is necessary
For a doll with a height of 5-6 cm, you need: a square flap of light, preferably linen fabric (15 x 15 cm); kerchief, preferably made of thin fabric (25 x 10 cm), with a slit along the long side; a flap for a skirt (5 x 15 cm); a strip of fabric for hands 4 cm wide (while the size of the hands is found out during the manufacturing process; the arms must be elongated to hold the knapsack well); a square of fabric 7 x 7 cm for a handbag; "Filling" for a knapsack; red stripe - headdress; cotton wool; linen; scissors; strong threads for tying
Instructions
Step 1
In the middle of the fabric, you need to put cotton wool and shape the head - firmly and evenly (photo 1). The threads should be left with a margin of about 12 cm for other windings.
Step 2
Red warp should be applied to the head without bends, without covering the forehead, and bandaged. Having decided on the length and height of the outfit, you need to collect the skirt on a strong thread. Then you need to fold the blank for hands with the outer sides inward. In the bag you can put a synthetic winterizer or something "on the theme" of making a doll-beregini (candy, seeds, coin). Then you should put on a skirt and fasten it tightly at the back. Use the same thread to tie the doll's hands. After that, you will need to cut off the petticoat and attach a knapsack to your hands (photo 2). Optionally, you can pick up an apron and place it over the skirt. At the end, you should put a scarf on the doll.
Step 3
You can make a bereginya not in a headscarf, but with flax hair. First comb the flax, preferably with a wooden comb. From a thin strand, twist a thread and tie it combed hair in the middle - no more than 3 cm wide. You need to shape your head with this hair: holding flax in your left palm, you should, as it were, twist your head into your hair with your right hand, gradually increasing it to 2, 5 - 3 cm. At the back, the strands must be connected, carefully covering the entire back of the head, and tied tightly around the neck (photo 3). Then you can braid the coastline with a braid with a ribbon.
