Blue Ukrainian Embroidered Face Mask

Blue Ukrainian Embroidered Face Mask

This Ukrain­ian embroi­dered face mask is for a woman on the east coast. The linen & cot­ton face cov­er­ing is cov­ered in tra­di­tion­al & authen­tic slav­ic embroi­dery design using light blue and navy threads. The ful­ly lined mask is made with fil­ter pock­ets and white elas­tic bands.  Shop her : Blue Ukrain­ian Embroi­dered Face Mask...

Notre Dame Face Mask

couture face masks

“Through the pur­suit of beau­ty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both ampli­fy our joys and find con­so­la­tion for our sorrows.” ~Sir Roger Scruton Hand Embroidered Face Masks I recent­ly fin­ished a face mask for a grad­u­ate of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Notre Dame. The face cov­er­ing is hand embroi­dered (cross-stitched) with navy, Kel­ly green, and gold threads. I used an authen­tic Ukrain­ian embroi­dery pat­tern that...

Ukrainian Embroidered Lace Dress

hand ukrainian embroider dress sewing

Khrys­tos Voskres! Christ is risen! Phew! Lent is over and true to tra­di­tion; I bare­ly fin­ished my annu­al East­er dress for East­er Mass. Every year at this time, I design and sew a Ukrain­ian inspired East­er dress. This year, I had trou­ble choos­ing between 4 dress designs. So by the time I nailed down a design and start­ed the embroi­dery, it was already half way through Lent. Blue Ukrainian Embroidered Dress A...

Ukrainian Embroidered Dress

Ukrainian Hand Embroidered Dress in Honor of My Babcha  My Babcha was a spe­cial woman. Her sto­ry is quite remark­able and the lessons she taught me were even more so.  I only hope to be as strong as her and pass on her spir­it to others. Aside from her wis­dom, her love of sewing was passed on to me. My babcha was an incred­i­ble seam­stress! She was self taught and...

Ukrainian Bridesmaid Dress

Ukrainian bridesmaid dress

Pub­lished August 8, 2013 “Made in Honor” Dress The maid of hon­or dress for my sis­ter’s wed­ding ( tomor­row) will be extra special! The top por­tion of the dress was my babcha’s Ukrain­ian embroidery. After my babcha passed away, my aunt gave me some of my babcha’s unfin­ished embroi­dery. At first, I was torn on what I should make out of it. So I left the embroi­dery  aside until I was...