
This master class will teach you how to make a ritual doll-amulet with your own hands.
The doll's clothes were always very elegant, because inIts purpose was to attract the attention of future grooms. The distinctive feature of this doll is its neck. Beautiful multi-colored collars are wound around it, each of which signifies the desired quality of the future spouse. After making the doll, it was placed on the windowsill - so that it could look out for its betrothed.I can't promise that this master classwill definitely help you improve your personal life, but you will be able to create an original doll. And during its creation, you will decide what kind of man you see next to you. And do not doubt, the cosmos has a lot of everything, and it will definitely send you exactly such a person. Before making a doll-amulet for marriage, I advise you to think about the qualities of the future groom. It is better not to use the particle "not" in wishes. Instead, you should choose a synonym (not "so that he is not evil", but "so that he is kind-hearted"). Wishes should not be contradictory (for example, so that the groom is a sociable person and spends time only with you). Wishes should be such that they cannot be interpreted ambiguously (you wished for a smart man, but he turned out to be a bore). It is best to focus your wishes on yourself when making wishes: "so that we are good together", etc. To make a doll we will need:
- white cloth for the bullock doll
- wadding
- a white cloth for the face
- cloth flap for the undershirt
- cloth flap for an expert
- cloth flap for kerchief
- several cloths for collars
- flap fabrics for skirts
- cloth flap for apron
- string of floss or for knitting (white and red)
Let me remind you that Slavic dolls were made withoutwith scissors and a needle. All the details were tied with threads. A needle could be used only to decorate outerwear. When making, use only natural materials, because you want your marriage to be real, not “artificial.” In addition, it is best to make such a doll on the waxing moon. Moreover, it is made only for yourself, or bought, but not as a gift. The base of the amulet doll is a wooden log or a fabric column. It is made without hands, so it looks like a phallic symbol dressed in women's clothing. For the base, I took a column of white fabric about 30 cm high and tied it with red threads in three places - in the middle, at the bottom, so that the fabric does not unwind, and divided the upper part in half to highlight the head.We seal the top of the column with cotton wool.
Cover the top with a piece of white fabric and tie it with a thread. Try to make the face with a minimum of folds.
Now we put on the shirt, tie it with a thread, leaving the smell at the back.
Traditionally, such a doll is made from top to bottom,Now it's time for the headdress. There are no specific requirements for the headdress. On the one hand, our doll is not married yet, so she is a girl, and girls before marriage used to wear headdresses that left their hair open (at least in the summer). Therefore, you can make her hair and a girl's headdress - a bandage. On the other hand, the doll dreams of getting married, and the headdress of a married woman certainly covers her hair completely. We will stop at the second option. We put a headdress on her head.
And a scarf on top. We fasten the scarf with a thread around the neck.
Let's move on to the most important detail of our doll -neck, or more specifically - to twisting the collars, of which there must certainly be an odd number. For this we will need strips of fabric about 3 cm wide (I took 4 red plain and 3 white with flowers). Fold the strip in half lengthwise and twist it around the neck. Place the collars closer to each other, so the doll will look better. Fasten the last collar with a thread so that it does not come undone.
We put the skirt on the doll inside out and tie it with thread.
We put on an apron, I decorated it with embroidery.
It remains to make a belt with tassels. I braided a pigtail from white and red knitting threads. We make tassels. We wind the threads on 3 fingers.
We cut on one side.
On the other side we wind it with threads. This is what I got.
We sew them to the belt and decorate the doll. Our beauty is ready!