"Rushnyk" pilot

My first "brush strokes"

"Rushnyk" is a Ukrainian traditional cloth – is one of the most important elements of Ukrainian ritual culture. Like a song, it is old and profound. The rushnyk accompanies a person through the cycle of life: from birth, to marriage, and at death. Rushnyky from different parts of the country have their specific colors and symbols.
Rushnyk has a special place in Ukrainian wedding traditions. I found some interesting facts:
Throughout Ukraine it was a widely practised tradition to tie rushnyky around the prospective groom’s matchmakers (svaty) as a sign that this prospective bride had accepted his proposal of marriage. If a young girl chose not to accept the proposal, she sometimes used the excuse that she did not yet have a sufficient number of rushnyky in her wedding chest. (great idea! lol)
More than that, rushnyk was present in up to twenty different rituals of the traditional wedding ceremony.
In different parts of Ukraine, girls had to embroider from 4 to 12 rushnyky! (which is a lot). During long fall and winter evenings girls gathered together, embroidering and singing. Rushnyk is like a song itself expressed on the cloth. Traditionally they prayed and washed hands before working on it.
I decided that i also need to make my own rushnyk. I bought couple of patterns, traditional to my region and last week started my work!
Man, it's hard: there are so many rules to it and it has to look good on both sides! I believe we should keep our traditions, so it's my turn.