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- Collection: Embroidery of Ukraine
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Mallow Motif
Eight examples of the mallows motif, also known as eight-pointed star and a woman wearing a shirt with mallows embroidery.
Winding Dance Motif
Fabric featuring ten examples ways to embroider a winding dance motif.
Happy Vyshyvanka Day
This blog for children explains the origin of Vyshyvanka Day in Ukraine.
Image 2 of Ukrainian American community post-fieldwork workshop, Chicago, Illinois
Ukrainian American Post-Fieldwork Community Workshop, fieldworker Robert Klymasz interviewing Mary Hrynewych, doll maker.
Image 1 of Ukrainian American community post-fieldwork workshop, Chicago, Illinois
Mary Hrynewych's dolls in traditional Ukrainian attire.
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Anna Bilynsky, Chicago, Illinois
A white cotton blouse embroidered by Mrs. Anna Bilynsky and displayed at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Church in Chicago.
Needlework, Mrs. Anna Bilynsky, embroideress, Chicago, Illinois
A runner embroidered by Mrs, Anna Bilynsky of Chicago, with lozenge and triangle motifs.
Family Heirlooms Tweet
A tweet by a woman posting four photos of vyshyvankas that have been in her family for generations.
First Vyshyvanka
A tweet by a woman posting three photos of newborns wearing vyshyvanka, gifts of the Ministry of Culture during wartime.
A Vyshyvanka for Boris Johnson
A tweet by the Embassy of Ukraine to the UK of the vyshyvanka they gave to Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of England. He was the first world leader to visit Kiev during the war. The shirt is the work of Yuliya Magdych.