Hand Embroidered Ukrainian Blouse

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Pho­tos by (my sis­ter) Pho­tog­ra­phy by Anastassia

My Ukrain­ian her­itage is vis­i­ble in many of my projects, but this is the first time I’ve attempt­ed a more authen­tic piece.

This linen peas­ant blouse is rem­i­nis­cent of a blouse my babcha embroi­dered before she immi­grat­ed to the Unit­ed States.

My moth­er start­ed the embroi­dery this spring and I fin­ished sewing it just in time to enter it into a contest!

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The embroi­dered blouse is made with100% thick ivory linen. (I love this linen! It’s the same linen I used for my East­er 2015 maxi skirt.)

My mom used Charles Craft Waste Can­vas for the embroi­dery. She used 10 count for the cuffs and 14 count for the rest of the shirt’s embroi­dery. She used pur­ple, blue, navy, green, and light blue for the embroi­dery floss colors.

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Thank you Tess for the beau­ti­ful pho­tos!

4 thoughts on “Hand Embroidered Ukrainian Blouse

  1. Laura

    Hav­ing nev­er done this, I’m guess­ing you do embroi­dery first, then you cut out the pat­tern pieces, right?

    Reply

    1. marusya

      Some of the pieces were cut ahead of time (sleeves) while oth­er pieces were cut after the embroi­dery was fin­ished (cuffs, col­lar, front).

      Reply

  2. sewing galaxy

    с ума сойти красота какая!!
    да к тому же еще и ручками..это же какая работа!!
    я в этом году в первые в жизни сшила и вышила вышиванку, но правда на машинке- и то долго длилось.
    несколъко лет мечтала о вышиванке, да все бопялась. руками вышивать крестиком к сожалению не умею.
    вышиванки просто обожаю…

    Reply

    1. marusya

      Thanks Sewing Galaxy!

      Reply

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