Author's Story

Hello! I'm Victoria from Dnipro, Ukraine – I am new to handmade.

I am an English entrepreneur and project and program manager by education. All my life I worked in the field of foreign economic relations: purchasing goods from China and Europe.

Handmade has always been my Christmas and New Year hobby for about 7-8 years. I sewed felt toys - symbols of the coming year - and gave them to friends, relatives, colleagues. I sewed name pendants and Christmas garlands as gifts. Working with felt has always had a calming effect on me J It used to be and still is my escape from everyday life, because creating something with your own hands is just wonderful!

When the war started, I lost my job as a manager. But, being optimistic, I started sewing yellow and blue felt birds, 50% of the money I transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In this way, I collected and transferred about 3000 UAH!

Then I became interested in brooches made of stones and beads. And it turned out to be my true love...

I started making brooches - hearts and flags in patriotic Ukrainian colors.

This was not enough for my creative explosion, so I began to sew Ukrainian symbolic plants - twigs of red viburnum, sunflowers, spikelets...

I think that this is not the limit of my imagination, and I want and will create something new!

I created my Instagram page where my patriotic works are presented. I will be very happy to make new friends, subscribers, evaluators of my talent and potential clients!

Viktoria, Dnipro