Were it not for her, Kashubian colorful embroidery would likely never have come into existence. Thanks to the active efforts of Teodora Gulgowska – an artist, community activist, and longtime director of the open-air museum in Wdzydze, who designed the patterns, trained embroiderers, and handled the distribution of their work – Kashubian embroidery in all its forms is today a hallmark of Kashubia and an inseparable…