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(a) An easy to do design. After you have embroidered what is shown, reverse the colors. Continue the body of the design by repeating the pattern as it is given. Be careful about the borders, (b) This is the wrong side and is what you will see as you work the design on the left. The dots represent staritng points. activities, including annually scheduled -card parties for the benefit of local orphanages, an annual Mothers’ Day celebration, at which the mothers of club members are guests of the Branch, an annual dinner-dance for the club members and their friends, and so forth. Through out the club year, varying in fre quency, entertainments and af fairs, such as bazaars, dances, bingo parties etc., are held for the benefit of recogniz-ed chari ties and operating expenses of the Branch. Some of the recog nized charities included in the past have been the American Red Cross to which both financial and blood donations have been made, the Salvation Army, the Cancer Drive, United Service Organiza tions, and others In addition, club members have prepared and donated scrapbooks to hospital ized children, food and clothing packages have been sent to dis placed persons, and individual do nations have been made to fami lies suffering under extreme per sonal hardship. In line with the cultural pur pose of the League, on many oc casions club members have pre sented Ukrainian folk dances in native costumes and have cooper ated in exhibits of food and art. For example, under the auspices of the Federation of Women’s Clubs, the Branch recently parti cipated in an exhibit of Ukrain ian Art in the window of Gimbel Brothers. The Branch has engag ed in Ukrainian concerts and plays, and on one occasion, com bining the old world and the new presented the first Ukrainian Min strel Show. The Branch has co operated in the Coll Project of the Federation of Women’s Clubs on two occasions winning certi ficates of merit for the best dres's- ed doll and for originality. Indi vidual members, in the name of the League, hav.e assisted in the drive of the American Heart So ciety and Freedom House activi ties in connection with Civil De fen se. Plans for the current year in clude many of the activities men tioned above, in which the Branch has been engaged for the past 13 years. In these critical times, our organization recognizes the im portance of emphasizing our bas ic principles of promoting the idieals of freedom, democracy, AN OUTLINE OF UKRAINIAN EMBROIDERY FOR THE MODERN MISS AND MRS. Podolia and the weaving stitch Last month’s article showed how to work this interesting stitch and mention was made o-f two regions in Ukraine where it was once much employed: Kiev and Pofesya. Of those who were interested and tried this way of embroidering I ask, “Wasn’t it easy and weren’t you surprised to see how quickly it went? !” We are continuing with the weaving stitch this month be cause from Podolia, “a land abun dant in bread and milk, the gold en apple of Ukraine, the heart of honey’s scented with flowers and colored with gardens,”’ has come a very important group of de signs featuring it that must be presented separately because they are executed in a different man ner. humanitariasm and patriotism, and our efforts will be extended in this direction to influence bv example, the many displaced Uk rainians who are now being ac corded the benefits of the American heritage. A. Kean, Pres. How it differs To work the stitch as they did in Podolia it is necessiary to have the wrong side of the material (the side you will not be viewing when the piece is completed) fac ing you. Now this will be con fusing at first; I know it was very much so to me. However do not be di'scouraged for you will find out later that not only do the threads Це better but that it is actually easier to work that way. The latter is so because Podolian weaving stitch designs are very, very, massive and require careful counting of the threads of the cloth yon are embroidering to make them possible, and this is more easily done from the wrong side. Another thing that distinguish es the Podolian weaving stitch from that of the Kievan or Polis- syan is that when the finished piece is held the way it is to be viewed, the embroidery threads lie longitudinally. Anne Strykowsky. Are you a proud subscriber of OUR LIFE, a beautiful Ukrain ian women’s monthly magazine. Subscription only $2.00 per year in the USA, $2.50 in Canada, $3.00 abroad. Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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