How to translate the word oberih.  The internet tells me amulet, talisman, charm, guardian.  I like the word amulet. Embroidered amulets (pleural oberehy) have gained a lot of attention in Ukraine in the last three-and-a-half years and for obvious reasons.  They are believed to offer protection and can be present in the main design on an embroidered shirt, or sewn Read more

Please scroll down for English. Привіт друзі! Слава Україні! Пишу ‘звіт’ – як відбулися перші майстеркласи української вишивки в Мельборні, колаборація цієї ентузіастки і дорогої Наталі від Create for Ukraine Project createforukraine.wordpress.com. На двох майстеркласах, вчилися пряму лічильну гладь у формі оберегового взору із Волині 11 учасниць українського і австралійського походжень. За кожну хвилювалася – Read more

A poem by Ksenia X. It began, as it does, with a sunrise and a goddess – Oriana. She blessed the earth and made it black, its fertility a gift for generations. Then came a river, north to south, On its banks the wind-bent willows, Where child-like mermaids played and, turning their faces upwards, Told Read more

About a fortnight of my non-work time during peak viral social distancing in Melbourne was spent on this nyzynka.  I’ve had this design for YEARS and have always wanted to do it in this colour.  It came from a servetka seen covering someone’s paska during a Velyka subota many years ago and lent to me to copy.  The Read more