Anagrassia Lace Leotards & Tulle Flower Girl Dresses

lace bodysuit flower girl dress

Best Selling Flower Girl Dresses Pub­lished May 19, 2014 Mary Grace God­frey is the design­er and seam­stress behind the Ana­gras­sia label. Ana­gras­sia launched in 2013 with the trend­set­ting adult bridal sep­a­rates and “Flower Girl” dress­es, which were lace (lined) body­suits with tulle skirts. Since then, the brand has expand­ed its spe­cial occa­sion out­fits and cus­tom orders to include bap­tismal, Com­mu­nion, Bat Mitz­vah, and Quinceañera gowns and dress­es. Recent­ly, Mary Grace has focused her atten­tion...

Sewing Pillows with Cording

how to sew pillows

Pub­lished 1/13/2014 Recent­ly,  I fin­ished these col­or­ful dec­o­ra­tive pil­lows for a friend. The fab­rics I used were an embroi­dered polyester/cotton for the body and brown vel­veteen fab­ric for the out­er piping. Once I began cut­ting and sewing, I  was on a roll and thought I’d start and fin­ish the pil­lows in one night (maybe 2). But after fin­ish­ing one the pil­low cov­ers the first night & stuff­ing them with the...

Long Floral Kimono Jacket

Long Floral Jacket

Pub­lished April 7, 2018 Hap­py East­er! (Read more about my East­er dress here and Gigi’s East­er dress here) Here are pho­tos of my Flo­ral East­er Jacket.  I used Bur­dastyle’s 08/2016 Coat #116 pat­tern. (Pat­tern adjust­ments: FULLY LINED, SIDE SLITS, LOWER BACK PIECE CUT ON FOLD) I used the Egypt­ian cot­ton lin­ing scraps from Beranger’s jack­et. Work In Progress…Choosing the pock­et design and placement....

Silk Tulle Wedding Veil & Choosing Your Wedding Veil Fabric

English French Netting Long Cathedral length Wedding Veil White with lace

Wedding Veil Silk I was recent­ly com­mis­sioned to make a wed­ding veil. Pri­or to this order, I didn’t know very much about veils and I cer­tain­ly didn’t real­ize there were so many options and design pos­si­bil­i­ties. (It is so involved that you may want to decide upon a veil style and fab­ric before you buy or design your dress!) Let’s dis­cuss the options available!  __________________ ILLUSION TULLE The inex­pen­sive veils are made with...

Communion Silk Wool Dress with Illusion Neck

Communion Silk Dress Illusion Neck

I recent­ly made this beau­ti­ful white silk wool dress with illu­sion neck­line for a lit­tle girl receiv­ing her First Holy Com­mu­nion. Due the Covid-19 and the quar­an­tine orders, we haven’t had the girl try on the dress yet. I make future adjust­ments to this dress after the final fitting.  Silk Communion Dress: White Silk Wool Textile Silk Charmeuse Lining White Dot­ted Net­ting for Illu­sion Neckline Cot­ton Pom Pom Trim  This dress...