Folk Accessories

A little from the Balkan style, a little from the Tyrolean - a mascot belt and a bag of shreds with pompons will help to make even the simplest outfit original.

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TALISMAN BELT
Such multi-colored belts were once a must-have accessory for those who ranked themselves among the "children of flowers."
YOU WILL NEED: braid 7.5 cm wide; a matching narrow snake braid; optionally leftover rep tape; thick wool yarn for pompons; for decoration various braids with ornaments and patterns, embroidered or crocheted ornaments and motifs, silver beads of different sizes, a machine for making pompons (optional); sewing thread, buttonhole thread, scissors.

PERFORMANCE: trim the wide ribbon to the desired belt size. Lay the ends of the tape with a corner and fix on the inside with a few stitches. Make two large pompons. Hang the pompom on a woolen thread at the end of the belt and decorate with several beads.
Stitch the "snake" on one half of the belt. Make a socket out of rep ribbon. To do this, sew along one edge of the tape with threads for sewing loops with large stitches, pull the threads, knot. Sew an embroidered motif to the center of the outlet. Further, randomly decorate the belt with embroidered or crocheted ornaments and motifs, as well as various braids.Tip: rep ribbon can be replaced with lace.
At the end, sew beads on the belt.
SHOES BAGS WITH POMPONS
Beautiful fabrics, even if there are very few scraps left from them, can easily be turned into exquisite souvenirs. For example, handbags decorated with pompons - by the way, they can also be used to store various little things, including sewing accessories.
Size: big bag approx. 35 x 40 cm, small - approx. 20 x 30 cm.
YOU WILL NEED: for a large bag: cotton fabric in a cage 0.80 m long, 90 cm wide; braid with pompons of suitable color 80 cm long.
For a small bag: shreds of different patterned fabrics; optionally leftover wool.
Sewing threads, scissors.
PERFORMANCE, big bag: from cotton fabric to cut out 2 details of the size. 37 x 47 cm, as well as 4 strips for pens size. on 27 x 6 cm. The sizes already include allowances for seams and hem. Fold the two parts of the bag face to face and grind the side and bottom sections. Leave the upper cut (narrow) open. Iron the top cut to the wrong side, first 1 cm, then 3 cm of allowances. Stitch the hem to the edge.
For pens, fold 2 strips face-to-face and grind to a width of 1 cm, while leaving one end open. Unscrew strips, pull out corners, iron edges. Handle the bags in appropriate places on the top edges of the bag. To decorate, sew along the upper edge of the braid with pompons.
Small bag: from strips to cut 6 strips of the size. 7 x 42 cm each. Sew the sections in a zigzag pattern. Stitch strips of fabric over long sections, folding them face to face, 1 cm wide, into one rectangular piece.Iron the seam allowances. Fold the part in half to size. 32 x 21 cm face to face. Stitch the sides to a width of 1 cm. Over the upper cuts, iron 2 times on the wrong side of 1 cm and sew.
For pens, cut 4 strips size. 37 x 6 cm. Purely grind and sew to the bag, as described above. For decoration, make pompons and sew to a bag.
Photo: Matteo Manducio, editor: Claudia Risland, materials: Dagmar Murcudis.
Material prepared by Elena Karpova

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