So there are many inspiring examples of embroidery floating around.  You see photos online (a reason I keep Facebook), in books, on greeting cards under the quintessential representation of a Uki Easter or Rizdvo eve feast, or worn or used in like proper real life by people. I remember one such example, standing at the Read more

Ukraine has an International Embroidery Day (Всесвітний день вишиванки) held on the 4th Thursday of every May since the year 2006.  It would be an amazing day to be in any Ukrainian city or town.  My experience from visiting music festivals was of people happily wearing their embroidered shirts and blouses with jeans, sneakers, braces, Read more

There are the inevitable projects conceived and commenced but never completed.  It may be because part way through, something looked wrong.  (It wasn’t quite accurate to say in my first post that everything ALWAYS looks better in fabric and thread).  Or that a good way in, I have made a pretty epic mistake that requires Read more

Red is one of THE most used colours in Ukrainian embroidery.  It features on it’s own and  in patterns of dual colours or multiple colours in the regional embroideries of many parts of UA. Growing up, I was exposed primarily to my Baba’s embroidery and therefore her style of composition and colour choices.  Some shades of Read more

This is a question probably a little bit like asking “what is borsch?” Some fundamentals will be the same, but there will be as many variations as there are people familiar with it, and all of them will be true. Embroidery will be something different to every person who does it or has seen it, Read more