Silk Lace Baptismal Gown

Anagrassia Baptismal Christening Gown Silk Lace Ivory White Organza Charmeuse Sash Satin Buttons Couture Sewing Handmade Dress Girls Wedding Floral Alencon grey

Pub­lished 03/02/2018 Shop dress here: Silk Lace Chris­ten­ing Gown I made this Chris­ten­ing gown in Jan­u­ary 2017.  I made the gown with ivory silk organ­za, 4 ply silk, and silk charmeuse lin­ing. Lace was hand-sewn to the organza.  I also made a bon­net that matched the gown....

Ivory Silk Christening Gown

Anagrassia Baptismal Christening Gown Silk Lace Ivory White Organza Charmeuse Sash Satin Buttons Couture Sewing Handmade Dress Girls Wedding Floral Alencon grey

Pub­lished 03/03/2018 Shop the gown here: Silk Bap­tismal Gown I made this gown at the last moment for my friend’s lit­tle girl, M.  I used ivory silk chif­fon, dia­mond white silk charmeuse, and white guipure lace. (I would’ve dyed the lace, but the lace stands out when the lin­ing is a dif­fer­ent shade.)  I chose this guipure lace from my stock because it looked the most Nordic and M’s ances­tors are from Sweden....

Silk Baptismal Gown

silk pleated heirloom baptismal gown inspired by joan of arc

“Saint Michael the Archangel,defend us in battle.Be our pro­tec­tion against the wicked­ness and snares of the devil.May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;and do Thou, O Prince of the Heav­en­ly Host,by the Divine Pow­er of God,cast into hell Satan and all the evil spir­itswho roam through­out the world seek­ing the ruin of souls. Amen.” Silk Christening Gown This pleat­ed Ana­gras­sia bap­tismal gown is inspired by “Joan of Arc” and the Saint...

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...

Blush and Gold Hand Embroidered Ukrainian Linen and Lace Baptismal Gown for Baby Girl

floral embroidered bapstimal gown

This morn­ing, I would like to share a project I start­ed dur­ing the hol­i­days and fin­ished in Jan­u­ary. It’s a cus­tom ordered girl’s Ukrain­ian bap­tismal gown. The embroi­dery was made by hand and then hand sewn to the hand­made linen gar­ment. The gown and cap are lined with silk charmeuse. The lace used along the hem is from France. This design will improve and change over time.I plan to start...

Ukrainian Boys Baptismal Embroidered Gown

Ukrain­ian embroi­dered white linen boys bap­tismal gowns inspired by the gowns my babcha cre­at­ed (many years ago) and cas­socks worn by priests. The gown is lined with white silk charmeuse. Before the hand­made thread ties Pin­tucks One of the gowns was made with a lighter weight linen ____________________ One of the gowns cre­at­ed by my babcha many years ago...