Bukovynka embroidery – flowery motives

One of the most beautiful and vivid kind of Ukrainian embroidery is Bukovynka embroider. The masters made vivid goods, using for embroidering colourful threads.

How look bykovynski embroidery?

Inhabitants of this region made shirts with special diligence, came traditions of this mastery into their children and grandchildren. Earlier in embroidering used linen or hemp threads which were dyed by natural dye different colours. The most spread colours were dark –blue, red, cherry-coloured and dark-green.

The clothes was embroidered of geometrical ornaments which were made in shape of vegetative and spring motives. Due to big number of colours embroidery it was given nam among people «lapanka». Beside flowers and leaves it is possible to find another ornaments such as flowers, winged horses» etc.

The most expensive embroideries were edged with golden and silver threads. Some models were completely embroidered of beads, for that reason their weight could be nearly 10 kilos. Those goods were expensive and available only for rich families.Такі вироби були доступні тільки заможним сім'ям. Because that, beads were brought from another countries and were so expensive.

The bukovynska embroidery: peculiarities

• Daily female dress were chlopanka ( simple cotton clothes) which had easy cut, narrow embroidered strips on the sleeve and on the edge of it.
• The festive variant decorated on shoulders along whole length, on left and right, on the chest, back and from sides.
• The Hutsuls’ shirts and Rusins differ from each other of individual peculiarities.

Different ornaments were different in every region. They was made of different technics– cross, satin stiches, twisted stich or lower-stitch. It was made male, famale and shirts for children.

Schems of embroidering of beads– blank

Nowadays every needle workers can try to decorate shirt or dress For that it is necessary to find scheme and instruction in the internet and choose appropriate strong threads . If you have doubts at you skills you can buy special blank with ready ornaments and set of threads and beads. To make so modern embroidery is so easy with that manage even beginner. The clothes decorated of own hands will take special place in your person’s stock of clothes.