How to make a knight's children's costume with their own hands

New Year's holidays - this is the season of children's morning performances in schools, kindergartens and theaters. And how can one appear at the carnival to Grandfather Frost and other fairy-tale characters without special attire? This is why the search for a carnival costume is added to the list of important matters for the New Year efforts in families with young children.

Just a few years ago, the appearance of a superhero on the matinee caused general enthusiasm, but today there are so many such suits that I want originality. The costume of a knight in this case is what you need!

On how to choose the right fabric, how to develop a pattern and sew all the elements of the outfit, and will be discussed in this article. If you follow the proposed plan, the original knight costume will be released, which Grandfather Frost will accurately notice and, possibly, mark a special gift for the most vivid apparel.

Basic details of the costume

First you need to figure out which elements of the costume must be present in the attire. Firstly, it's basic clothing: pants and a long-sleeved T-shirt. They can be sewn specially for a costume or use what is available in the wardrobe.

The costume of a knight must be with a cloak. An excellent addition will be accessories such as armor, belt, helmet and boots. And of course, what knight costume without a coat of arms? This element must necessarily be present on the hero's chest and his cloak.

A bit about fabrics and colors

Presenting a knight costume for a boy, you should determine the color scheme. This hero is very manly and strict, and therefore the abundance of colors will damage the image. Everything should be done in low-key tones.

For example, for armor, it is best to give preference to steel-colored cloth. It can be brocade or other material of silver color. Pants can be made of soft knitwear of both dark and light natural shades. Ideal beige beige trousers in combination with burgundy velvet cloak. Or black trousers with a saturated blue or bottle shade.

It is necessary to choose a bright fabric for the coat of arms. It is best if it is the color of silver or gold. The costume of a knight for a boy must necessarily be with a sword or a blade. And that the child was comfortable to have fun on the matinee, you should make a belt of leatherette with special fixture for weapons.

How to sew a shirt

To quickly sew a knight's sweater, you should take the fabric, fold it in half with the face inward, measure the child's distance from the wrist to the wrist with outstretched hands and measure this value on the fold of the fabric, adding 6 cm to the hem of the sleeves. After that, it is necessary to measure the girth of the chest and abdomen and the greater value to place in the middle of the already postponed segment. In this case, add 5 cm to the free fit.

Next, use the ruler to lower the vertical from all points. From the extreme by 7 cm, and from the others to such a distance that it reaches the level of the length of the product plus a gateway. Next, draw a neck in the drawing. Do not make it too big. It is better to make a cut on the chest, so that the head gets through, and after processing the throat with an oblique bake leave 15 cm of free ends of the tape for tying. Next, the side sections of the sleeves and sides will be made, in the corners after their processing it is necessary to make incisions, so as not to pull the seams.

To create a spectacular carnival costume "Knight", you should sew such a shirt from a white satin.

How to sew pants

Knight trousers should be beautiful and comfortable first. Here, a knitted fabric, such as supplex or butter, is suitable. If it's a knight's costume for children, you can use cotton cloth. To sew such is simple. The construction can be made directly on the fabric. It is bent face down along the canvas. Thus, there will be two legs without external side seams.

It is only necessary to make sure that the tissue is 6 cm larger than the girth of the upper part of the child's leg. It is this measure that is postponed first in the fold, adding 5 cm allowances.

The second measurement is ½ girth of the hips plus an increase of 5 cm. It is placed in the middle of the first postponed segment.

The third measure is the height of the seat, the value of which is lowered from the fold perpendicular to both edges of the product from the extreme points of the larger segment. The same perpendiculars are lowered along the borders of the half-hip of the thighs.

Next, the middle seams of half the trousers are drawn. They should descend along the borders of the hip line and, sharply rounding off, move to the limits of the girth of the upper leg.

After this, draw the lateral internal incisions of the pants and their bottom, taking into account the fold. The final stage is the design of the top of the trousers. In front, the upper cut must be lower by about 3 cm.

Manufacture of armor and cloak

For armor, in addition to fabric, a thin sintepon will be required, which will make the details more massive. Armor for the chest and back are sleeveless, not cross-stitched at the side seams. To make it, you need to draw the necessary shape directly on the fabric, cut the same piece from the sintepon and the lining. The throat of this element also does not need to be made large. It is better to make a cut from the back. After all three parts are folded in such a sequence: the lining and the main fabric facing each other, and over the base - sintepon. Before processing, it is better to prick them with needles and make a stitch along the contour of the slices, except for the neck. After the armor, you need to twist and treat the throat with an oblique bake of the right color.

Then you can create real miracles: laying a line on the armor, decorate various patterns.

The helmet is also better to sew multilayered. His pattern is a strip of fabric around the head with dipped tucks from one edge, so that the product is closed up with a corner.

To sew a cloak, it is necessary to combine two rectangles of the necessary size from the velvet and the lining, detach along the contour, leaving a small hole for eversion, at the top to assemble on the elastic band and sew the ribbons.

Coat of arms - the main decorative element

How to make a knight's costume present? Of course, use the coat of arms! He should pay special attention. You can print on thermotransfer paper, transfer the pattern to the cloth of cloak and armor. And for more experienced craftsmen, a variant with a tissue application is suitable. Having cut out a pattern from non-friable tissue, it should be pasted with a cobweb to the base of the armor or cloak, and then tuned along the contour.