Ukrainian floral embroidery on vintage women’s shirts. Embroidered flowers can be so cute!

Floral embroidery patterns are among popular Ukrainian needlework stitches. Ethnologists say that the oldest patterns were most likely geometric, but floral needlework designs, though appeared later, became extremely popular and are often seen on authentic Ukrainian clothing, particularly on women’s embroidered shirts. Here you are a few garments adorned with traditional stitching in red and black colors. It’s amazing how differently flowers can look and how many embroidery stitches can be used to create simple flower petals on the fabric.

These are exhibits from the Ukrainian national center of folk culture “Ivan Honchar Museum” in Kyiv

They are embroidered shirts from Central and Northern Ukraine, the early 20th century.