Black and white pen and ink drawing by Gretchen Shields. An older man leads a young man on horseback. Man on horse is reaching out to a woman standing to his right. Woman wears an ornately embroidered View B with a belt. Man on horse wears a simple View C. Older man is wearing View A with embroidered neck opening.

Woman wearing View B with embroidered neck opening and sleeve cuffs. Shirt is unbuttoned to show side neck opening.

Close up photo of embroidery on neck opening and cuffs of View B.

Back view of man wearing view B made in plain white cotton. View A and C have the same back view. View B has similar lines except for the gathered sleeves at cuffs

Man modeling View B a simple white cotton shirting. He is wearing denim jeans and standing in front of a white backdrop.

Woman and man standing outside with hedges behind them. Woman is wearing embroiders View B and man is wearing plain white View B. The are standing side by side with arms around eachother.

Photo of back cover of 116 Shirts of Russia and Ukraine. Shows all views, descriptions, size and yardage chart, and fabric suggestions.

116 Shirts of Russia & Ukraine

$30.00

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Misses 6-20; Men's 32-46.

This pattern offers three shirts typical of the late 19th century Ukraine and Russia. They highlight the beautiful traditional embroidery of the region. They were historically worn by peasants and nobility alike and are preserved and worn on festive occasions today. All three are narrower than many other shirts from this region and each has a high snug collar, a lined shoulder area, and narrow side panels.

View A is the simplest version it is a typical straight sleeved Ukrainian shirt with its center front opening facings turned to the outside. It closes with hooks and eyes, and has instructions for traditional twisted thread ties as well.

View B is from North Central Ukraine and features an overlap side closing. The sleeves are gathered into narrow cuffs. Instructions for hook and eye closures as well as traditional button and loop closures are provided for cuffs and collar.

View C features an off-center side placket which is a more traditionally Russian feature. It's folded construction conceals a buttoned closing. The sleeves are the same as View A's straight sleeve.

These popular shirts reflect a merging of European and Central Asian traditions, and can easily be lengthened for versatile dress or robe styles. These shirts have historically been a great canvas for traditional embroidery. The pattern provides history, lore, and embroidery designs.

Suggested fabrics: Light or medium-weight soft fabrics such as cotton, broadcloth, linen, chambray, muslin, rayon challis, lightweight wool, or silk.

This pattern is available as a Paper pattern and PDF pattern. Choose the
pattern format you want in the drop down menu. The PDF pattern has instructions and files for copy shop (36” and A0), print at home (A4 and 8.5”x11”)

Yardage chart (.pdf)

116 Shirts of Russia & Ukraine

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