Making Stitches Podcast · Episode 41 · March 25, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min

FROM UKRAINIAN EMBROIDERY TO CANADIAN QUILTING with Olesya Lebedenko

Hello and welcome to the first episode in this new series of Making Stitches Podcast! Kicking off the series is a chat I had with Ukrainian artist Olesya Lebedenko. Olesya first got creative as a young child making up stories for her toys, then at the age of 5 she was taught to cross-stitch by her grandmother. Crafts would stay with her throughout her life - she says she has never been able to sit and do nothing with her hands. When the global economic crash hit in 2008, Olesya found herse...