Hand Embroidered Ukrainian Blouse

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!

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.

Next Ukrain­ian project.…..MY LINEN DRESS!!!

Thank you Tess for the beau­ti­ful pho­tos!