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The way my mother remembers it, I was not a fan of my First Holy Communion dress. The very simple short sleeve lace dress (my mom picked out for me) did not cut it for me back in second grade. Even though I can agree with my mom now that the dress was perfect for my style & personality, I was not happy with her back then! I disliked the...
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....
I made this dress for my trip to Europe last year. I heard Europeans wear pants and long dresses, so I made the dress long with side slits. I didn’t take photos of the dress in Europe, but I grabbed a few photos when I wore it to a dinner & dance last May. I don’t like tight dresses so I made size 38. (I normally wear size 36.) The shoulders were a bit too wide...
The outer baptismal dress layer: Avery’s grandmother’s wedding dress (organza and floral trim) The inner baptismal layer: white stretch silk charmeuse I loved working with Avery’s mother and grandmother! They both shared opinions on what they liked/wanted, but they also gave me the freedom to design what I thought would look best. Ultimately, I decided to design something like the grandmother’s wedding dress and use as much of the grandmother’s fabric as possible. (The...
Blood. Sweat. Tears. New Commercial Space! A glimpse of the new Anagrassia Atelier!Thank you to all those who believed in me and encouraged me along the way! I look forward to growing Anagrassia and creating/starting a non-profit mentoring & training program for teens & preteens in 2016/2017! And a special shout-out to my little apprentice Gigi! Thanks Gigi! ...