Special Order for a Bride: Matching Ivory & Cream Alencon Lace Crop Top Blouse & Shorts
Couture Sewing, for sale, Lace, Wedding
Bridal Alencon Ivory Lace with Cream Lining Crop Top Blouse with Back Zipper, Matching Shorts Bottoms, Wedding Rehearsal, Shower, Couture, Anagrassia

Here are a few pho­tos of a recent cus­tom order (designed by the bride). I absolute­ly love how the out­fit turned out!  I used Alen­con Ivory lace and Cream Poly/Spandex for the lin­ing and under­lin­ing of the blouse and shorts.  The blouse was self draft­ed to fit the bride & I used a Bur­dastyle shorts sewing pat­tern (with adjust­ments) as a guide for the shorts pattern. Side Invis­i­ble Zipper...

Burdastyle Charcoal Wool and Navy Leather Winter Coat
Marusya
Charcoal Wool and navy leather 1 2011 126 Burdastyle sewing pattern winter coat

 Last Octo­ber, I made a navy cash­mere and leather coat for one of my dear­est friends. I would not call it a suc­cess. Since this first coat did not turn out as I had hoped, I sim­ply had to design a new ver­sion of the win­ter coat! The new coat was first going to be an orig­i­nal and mod­ern twist on a par­tic­u­lar vin­tage style. (I’m being vague in my descrip­tion because...

The Cascade Champagne Silk Wool and Silk Charmeuse Dress
Marusya
Silk Wool charmeuse champagne long dress crossover cascade gown Cascade Champagne Silk Wool & Silk Charmeuse Dress I really don’t know what I was thinking when I decided to enter Burdastyle’s pattern challenge and downloaded their cascade dress pattern. Not only did I think I would have time to sew the dress, but I also planned to embroider its top crossover edge.! Fortunately, I was able to bypass sleep and finish sewing the dress just before the deadline. However I was unable to finish the embroidery. At this point, I’m not sure if I will add its embroidery.. (I think I will save it for a dress I know I’ll wear more often.) I don’t particularly like this dress. There are too many details going on. And I really don’t like the ruffle on the shoulder. Perhaps I’m boring, but I feel like I’m a mermaid with a seashell on my shoulder. (I had one sister laugh and call it a croissant, while another sister called it a perogi.) If it weren’t a Burdastyle pattern challenge, I probably would have eliminated the ruffle, (with no hesitation). I recently received this really special Christmas gift from my aunt. It’s a necklace with a photo of my babcha (grandmother)on one side and photo of my dido (grandfather) on the other side. The top bodice is lined with ivory silk charmeuse. Originally the skirt was lined with ivory silk charmeuse too, but I ultimately eliminated it. The two silk layers did not fall nicely together and it created more bulk at the hip. (This was a headache considering I had to seam rip everything apart and then hand-stitch the skirt edges again!!)

I real­ly don’t know what I was think­ing when I decid­ed to enter Bur­daStyle’s pat­tern chal­lenge and down­loaded their cas­cade dress pat­tern. Not only did I think I would have time to sew the dress, but I also planned to embroi­der its top crossover edge! (Vote for your favorite dress here) For­tu­nate­ly, I was able to bypass sleep and fin­ish sewing the dress just before the dead­line. How­ev­er I was unable...

White Lace and Linen Pleated Dress
Marusya
linen dress with lace

The moment I saw this pleat­ed dress pat­tern, I knew exact­ly what I want­ed to make! I’ve been hold­ing on to this linen for some time now and I’m excit­ed to final­ly use it for the right project. The hand of the linen is heavy and flex­i­ble, so it’s beau­ti­ful and per­fect for this dress design! I’ve been swamped with orders and alter­ations recent­ly. So when I came across a con­test,...