Vera Anatolievna told the story how she first became interested in handicrafts in an interview,

The girl wears casual clothes, common for the Russian village of the 19th century. It consists of a satin shirt and a bright sundress, and there are small bast shoes on her feet. A contrasting pattern of a large white polka dot against a red background is combined with a small red dot on a white shirt and a green flower pattern that imitates embroidery. These patterns were often used by peasant girls to decorate their clothes when they learned handicrafts from older women in the family.

 
A rag doll in the hands of a girl told about her age. She is just getting to know the world through the game and learning to live in it.

 
However, even as a child, every peasant girl could not only take care of younger siblings, but also make dolls, fix clothes, embroider, run the house and do farm work. She could work in the garden, take care of livestock and poultry.