Beauty Matryoshka

She meets guests at the doorstep of the house! Her outfit is made of felt, decorated with lace, ribbons and braid. She makes sure that the doors do not slam, and for stability is filled with sand from below.

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Size approx. 26 x 15 x 38 cm.
The details of the nesting dolls on the raster grid (one grid cell corresponds to 5 x 5 cm), the torso, as well as the face motive of the nesting dolls are shown in the photo series at the beginning of the article.
YOU WILL NEED: black felt 0.75 m wide 45 cm; red felt flap; a flap of white cotton fabric; pieces of braid, ribbons, lace ribbons and braid with pompons of dark red and black colors, min. 35 and 45 cm; cotton yarn for embroidery in black and red (Anchor); flizofix flap; the remains of black wool yarn; 12 cm thick black tape approx. 2 cm; cotton wool for filling; sand; threads for sewing matching colors (Coats).

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: To make a paper pattern of the torso of the nesting doll, bottom and insert for the head in full size according to the motive given on the raster grid. The detail of the body should be transferred to felt twice, the bottom and the insert for the head - 1 time, cut out the details with allowances for 1 cm seams.
The motif of the face of a full-size nesting doll should be transferred to a white cotton fabric and cut out. Cut the mouth out of red felt according to the motive and iron using flizofiksa.Embroider eyes with black cotton thread with stretch stitches, cheeks with red cotton thread with long stitch “forward needle” stitches. Embroider hair in black wool yarn with long stretch stitches.
Then, sweep the face in the middle of the upper circle of the front part of the torso, draw a narrow red lace ribbon along the contour of the face, scribble the face. On the front part of the torso of the nesting dolls, sew a part from red felt (the lower part of the torso), pieces of braid, ribbons, lace ribbons and braid with pompons according to the photo or randomly.
Stitch the insert to the back of the torso along the cut of the head (arrow on the motif) with 1 cm seam allowances, grabbing a loop of black dense tape at the top in the middle. Then, grind the front part of the torso of the nesting doll to the back part of the torso / insert for the head, leaving open sections of 10 cm long in the seam: at the top for turning out, at the bottom for attaching the bottom. Stitch the bottom.
Turn out the matryoshka and fill it with sand to half. Then put a piece of film, fill the head of the matryoshka with cotton wool. Sew the open area of ​​the seam manually.
Photo: Adriano Brusaferry. Production: Dagmar Bili.
The material was prepared by Elena Karpova.