15 facts about Ukrainian embroidery you might not know
In 2025, the Embroidery Day dates back to May 15. Ukrainians are dressed in national outfits, and social networks look like a huge embroidery gallery.
Especially they warm the soul in the shirts from the front: our wonderful military manage not to forget about this day among the aphids of the war, wearing shirts under bulletproof vests and locking in memory.
We hope you will also be embroidered in embroidery this day. We – Yes!
« Ukrainian Truth. Life » prepared a small cognitive test to check if you know everything about Ukrainian embroidery.
The collector of ancient embroidery Ulyana has been advised about embroidery.
Could in ancient times embroider on towels of pagan gods or other mythological creatures?
No, there is no confirmation.
Teachers and students of the Faculty of Ukrainian Philology of Uman State Pedagogical University named after Pavel Tychyna during Folklore-ethnographic expedition In one of the villages of Uman region found a fragment of a towel, which depicts a female figure with raised hands, in which it holds the flowers. It is the pagan goddess Mokosh. Researchers believe that the towel could be used in childbirth. In the same region, researchers also found two fragments of towels depicting a dragon snake: it is known that one of them was embroidered in 1912 by all women of Sushkivka village. That year was a terrible drought, and the snake, which was considered the patron saint of water, had to return the water to the village.
yes such towels happen
Teachers and students of the Faculty of Ukrainian Philology of Uman State Pedagogical University named after Pavel Tychyna during Folklore-ethnographic expedition In one of the villages of Uman region found a fragment of a towel, which depicts a female figure with raised hands, in which it holds the flowers. It is the pagan goddess Mokosh. Researchers believe that the towel could be used in childbirth. In the same region, researchers also found two fragments of towels depicting a dragon snake: it is known that one of them was embroidered in 1912 by all women of Sushkivka village. That year was a terrible drought, and the snake, which was considered the patron saint of water, had to return the water to the village.
No, only elements of Christianity were displayed on the towels.
Teachers and students of the Faculty of Ukrainian Philology of Uman State Pedagogical University named after Pavel Tychyna during Folklore-ethnographic expedition In one of the villages of Uman region found a fragment of a towel, which depicts a female figure with raised hands, in which it holds the flowers. It is the pagan goddess Mokosh. Researchers believe that the towel could be used in childbirth. In the same region, researchers also found two fragments of towels depicting a dragon snake: it is known that one of them was embroidered in 1912 by all women of Sushkivka village. That year was a terrible drought, and the snake, which was considered the patron saint of water, had to return the water to the village.
The embroidery of the lowlands is how?
How to distinguish Volyn embroidery from Hutsul?
What are the ornaments predominate on Hutsul embroidery?
Is this shirt male or female?
Where are these embroideries?
What color did the thread use the most on embroidery from the village of Kosmach?
Photo: Mother Sun, Grodade Development
White
Kosmach is often called the « Sun Cell », locals convince the village that there are rain and hail, and sunny days more than in neighboring villages. Perhaps that is why in their traditional tights, Kosmacha residents use clear orange and yellow colors
Green
Kosmach is often called the « Sun Cell », locals convince the village that there are rain and hail, and sunny days more than in neighboring villages. Perhaps that is why in their traditional tights, Kosmacha residents use clear orange and yellow colors
Red
Kosmach is often called the « Sun Cell », locals convince the village that there are rain and hail, and sunny days more than in neighboring villages. Perhaps that is why in their traditional tights, Kosmacha residents use clear orange and yellow colors
Orange
Kosmach is often called the « Sun Cell », locals convince the village that there are rain and hail, and sunny days more than in neighboring villages. Perhaps that is why in their traditional tights, Kosmacha residents use clear orange and yellow colors
Where did you like to embroider shirts with beads?
Bukovina
In Bukovina (Chernivtsi region) in embroidery loved to use a variety of materials: cotton and woolen thread, silk, cheese (metallized threads), flywheels and beads.
Volyn
In Bukovina (Chernivtsi region) in embroidery loved to use a variety of materials: cotton and woolen thread, silk, cheese (metallized threads), flywheels and beads.
Polesie
In Bukovina (Chernivtsi region) in embroidery loved to use a variety of materials: cotton and woolen thread, silk, cheese (metallized threads), flywheels and beads.
Dnieper
In Bukovina (Chernivtsi region) in embroidery loved to use a variety of materials: cotton and woolen thread, silk, cheese (metallized threads), flywheels and beads.
What shirts mostly wore women 100 years ago?
What shirts were called Jew?
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Could Ukrainians get married in black embroidery?
What is Brokari Embroidery?
Ukrainian treasures
Embroidery with purple threads
Frenchman Henry Brokar’s manufactory sold soap, whose pieces were wrapped in paper with embroidery scheme. This idea belonged to his wife, Charlotte. The drawings transferred to the paper into the cell, she involuntarily popularized cross stitching.
Embroidery from schemes that were printed on soap wrappers
Frenchman Henry Brokar’s manufactory sold soap, whose pieces were wrapped in paper with embroidery scheme. This idea belonged to his wife, Charlotte. The drawings transferred to the paper into the cell, she involuntarily popularized cross stitching.
Embroidery with a « pearl » seam
Frenchman Henry Brokar’s manufactory sold soap, whose pieces were wrapped in paper with embroidery scheme. This idea belonged to his wife, Charlotte. The drawings transferred to the paper into the cell, she involuntarily popularized cross stitching.
Traditional shirts were only embroidered.
Why did many women’s old shirts have no embroidery on the breast?
What were your favorite jewelry for embroidery throughout Ukraine?
