The book "Embroidery traditions of Ukraine: "white" and "printed" vishivanka" Lydia Bebeshko

The calling card of this edition is the charming white and black printed vishivanka (shirts) from different regions of Ukraine, interesting and original in terms of cut types, embroidery colors, its layout and execution technologies.
"Open window", "star cross", "curve", "wave", oblique crosses, water key ("gesik"), "blocks", "lamb horns", star "flowers" and "clovers", "horns" triangles - reproduce the best patterns of embroidered masterpieces from museum and private collections.
The publication provides information on types of cut, types of compositions, ornaments and embroidery motifs of white vishivankas and artistic and technological features of black written embroidery. Twenty-five models of vishivankas with white embroidery and twenty types of black written embroidery are presented. Each embroidery pattern is accompanied by a list of used stitches.