Ukrainian Vyshyvanka

Ukrainian embroidered linen dresses

Hand Embroidered Ukrainian Shirts and Dresses Pub­lished 20/23/2018 Here are just a few absolute­ly stun­ning pho­tos of my sis­ter’s fam­i­ly photoshoot. Each piece was embroi­dered by my mom. My grand­moth­er sewed the adult vyshy­van­ka dress around 35 years ago and I sewed the girls’ vyshy­van­ka dress­es and the baby’s bap­tismal gown, which my sis­ter stuffed in his pants. The pho­tos were tak­en by Indi­ana pho­tog­ra­ph­er Adi­na Brown-Sel­ner. Her pho­tog­ra­phy busi­ness is called...

Ukrainian Embroidered Products this Fall

hand embroidered silk blouse

Pub­lished 08/28/2018 I’m excit­ed to FINALLY fin­ish some Ukrain­ian embroi­dered projects and share them this fall. One of the projects has been in the works since Sep­tem­ber 2017. Here are just a few pho­tos of some of the mock-ups and sam­ples of the prod­ucts com­ing out soon! Gigi pho­tographed in her sam­ple dress for her very first vyshyvanka! Bur­dastyle Pat­tern 06/2018 Folk Dress for Girls...

Ukrainian Embroidered Linen Dress

Ukrainian Embroidered Linen Dress

Pub­lished 12/20/2013  Clothes real­ly are worth pass­ing on. Cer­tain pieces are made to last and are impor­tant ele­ments of the sto­ries that tell the his­to­ry of a love, a fam­i­ly, and how things came to be the way they are. That hideous fur coat? It shows the streak of reck­less ele­gance that runs in the fam­i­ly, just as those point­ed leather cow­boy boots do, worn for generations. First Ukrainian Dress I...

Ukrainian Bridesmaid Dress

Ukrainian bridesmaid dress

Pub­lished August 8, 2013 “Made in Honor” Dress The maid of hon­or dress for my sis­ter’s wed­ding ( tomor­row) will be extra special! The top por­tion of the dress was my babcha’s Ukrain­ian embroidery. After my babcha passed away, my aunt gave me some of my babcha’s unfin­ished embroi­dery. At first, I was torn on what I should make out of it. So I left the embroi­dery  aside until I was...

Retro Dress

Floral strapless beige bolero easter dress marusya

Buy Dress Pat­tern here Spaghet­ti Strap Par­ty Dress East­er Dress 2014: Mad Men, Retro & Babcha Inspired Pub­lished 03/16/2014  A Few Notes About the Video Before I begin shar­ing my project, I want say thank you to my old friend from Notre Dame friend, Pat McKillen. He gave me per­mis­sion to use his song Found for my video. Even though it’s one of his old­er songs, it’s still one of my favorites as...

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“Those who cre­ate are rare; those who can­not are numerous. There­fore, the lat­ter are stronger.” –Coco Chanel _____________________________ Pub­lished May 16,2013 Wel­come to the Marusya Blog!* *Ask before repost­ing Marusya Marusya posts or photos. *The blog only rep­re­sents Marusya. The voice/style of blog does not reflect nor rep­re­sent any­one else (includ­ing sponsors)....