How to sew burkas?

Tags: #Jeans #Suede #Nylon #Sintepon #Felt #Wool

We are used to buying shoes in a store, or having them made to order. But there are special “cozy” shoes that you sew yourself. You can easily make new items such as slippers, chuni, sock boots and burkas (high or short for home use). A variety of materials and colors can be selected to suit your taste.

What kind of warm shoes are burkas?

Burkas are winter shoes made of felt, felt or suede. They are indispensable in cold climates.

The lower part - the toe, vamp, heel, as well as the lining along the boot - are often made of leather.

The sole is traditionally rubber or leather.

Reference! For the first time, mass production of burkas was opened in Tsarist Russia at the end of the 19th century.

During the early USSR, burkas were part of the uniform of senior officers of the Soviet Army.

Materials and tools

Traditionally for the outside use:

felt;
drape;
sheepskin;
suede leather;
felt;
overcoat cloth;
thick denim fabric;
chunky knitwear.

As insulation and filler:

batting, pharmaceutical cotton wool;
felt;
padding polyester, holofiber.

Advice! If you use sheepskin, then there is no need for insulation; it is enough to cut out the parts from the skin with the fur inside.

We will need:

Main material. You can use an old coat or sheepskin coat that has gone out of use.
Finished rubber sole. You can buy slippers and cut off the soles. For an indoor version, felt from old thick felt boots is perfect. It is also permissible to place a piece of thick leather or rubber on the sole of the cloak.
Bias tape or grosgrain tape for edging edges. Knitted strips 3 cm wide are perfect.
Dense material for the insole, or a ready-made insole. The ideal option is sheepskin.
Filling: padding polyester, batting, old coat. If you want to sew a warm option for a cold winter, then make double burkas with insulation.

Advice! The inner layer of the buroks can be made removable by sewing thin liners one pattern at a time. For convenience, sew Velcro tape onto the liners and main parts.

Strong threads, preferably nylon.
Velcro tape (Velcro) connects the burkas to the liner.

The material used is traditionally light: white, beige, gray, coffee. Children's ones come in bright colors.

Necessary tools and equipment:

tailor's (furrier's) knife;
ruler;
tape measure;
shoe or rubber glue.

Taking measurements

To create a pattern we will need the following measurements:

Foot length.
Foot width. We measure along the contour of the foot outlined on paper. If you are not using a ready-made sole, it is better to take several measurements. If you have special features of the foot – a protruding bone, a non-standard shape.

Boot height. Determined from the floor level to the expected height of the product.
Foot circumference.There are several options; if you need the most comfortable boots, then we use all three measurements. It is also advisable to measure at what distance from each other you laid the measuring tape.

Patterns

Model 1 – simple stocking-type burka-boots

They consist of only three parts, the left and right halves of the boots, as well as the sole. They are cut out freely, since there is no separate front part.

To create such a pattern You can use a large wool sock:

Circle it and compare it with the dimensions obtained from measurements. The most important thing here is not to make the workpiece very small.
To pattern the sole, outline the foot on a piece of paper, add 1-2 cm for a loose fit.
If you are making double insulated burkas, then the pattern of the liner should be slightly, 0.5 cm, smaller in all respects than the pattern of the main product.
When cutting the left and right halves, as well as the sole, do not forget to make these parts mirrored.
The sole can also be made multi-layered, with insulation.
In this model, we make the sole from the main material, which can be duplicated with ready-made rubber if desired.

Cutting with scissors

Progress:

We place the parts on the fabric, chalk it, if we cut it from fabric, then do not forget about the seam allowances.

Important! We do not allow seam allowances for items made from sheepskin, other fur, or natural leather.

Cut with scissors or a knife.
Similarly, we cut out parts from insulation and lining material.
We fold the blanks face to face and secure them with pins.

We stitch it.
Apply and secure the sole with pins.

Sew on the sole.
We turn the bootleg outward, that is, on the wrong side in our case.
We sew the bend.
Turn it inside out.

We glue or sew on an additional rough sole.
We decorate.
Let's try it on.

Short burkas with insulation

Model 2 – shortened burkas with a front insert-tongue

An interesting model that deserves attention.

Important! Using this pattern, you can sew burkas of any height, simply by lengthening the one-piece shaft, or making it stitched.

Pattern:

We need to know the length of the sidewall, as well as the height of the toe and heel.
Knowing these measurements, we build a drawing of the side panel. The length of the upper part is equal to the circumference of the lower part of the boot, minus the width of the insert, then divided by two.
The pattern is given for slippers; if necessary, we make a drawing of the shaft: 1 piece with a fold, the height of which is equal to the required height of the shaft, and the width is equal to its girth.
The insert design is a tongue rounded at the front; its width can be chosen as desired, but on average it is 5-10 cm, depending on the size of the shoe. The widest part is twice as wide as the narrow part.
Add the required number of cm for the height of the boot.

Progress:

We cut out the details.
Basic cutting operations are the same as the previous model. If desired, we make the model two-layer.
Sew the sides along the narrow central part. You can make one part with a bend.
We connect the parts of the side panels and inserts back to back.
Secure with pins.
Sew on the front side.
We trim with finishing tapes.
Sew the seam along the back on the wrong side.
We work with the sole in the same way as the previous model.
Turn it inside out.
Attach a thick sole.