The (Unsuccessful) Navy Leather & Cashmere Notre Dame Inspired Winter Coat for “Croc”
Marusya
Navy Cashmere leather long collared winter coat anagrassia quilted lining

Thank you Tess & Gigi for taking these photos on our walk last week. Photography by Anastassia I always knew “Croc” would remain one of my best friends after col­lege. She used to share her crois­sant ends with me at Star­bucks dur­ing our fresh­man year at Notre Dame. Yes, you heard me right — “crois­sant ends.” Almost every Tues­day and Thurs­day before our His­to­ry class togeth­er, we used to grab Star­bucks cof­fee...

Sewing with Silks Webinar on Burdastyle
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how to sew, preshrink, wash and cut silk burdastyle webinar

Sign-up for the webi­nar I’m giv­ing on Bur­dastyle this Thurs­day! This webi­nar is for begin­ners and inter­me­di­ate sew­ers. (But if you’re an expe­ri­enced seam­stress, you might learn a cou­ple new tricks.)  If you strug­gle with get­ting your ten­sion right on your machine (both domes­tic and indus­tri­al machines), this is the course for you too!  Course Descrip­tion: Do you have piles of silk build­ing up in your fab­ric stash? Are you unsure how...

Retro Floral Swimsuit
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Retro Floral Swimsuit

Pub­lished 02/27/2014 Ever since col­lege, I’ve mused about mak­ing a biki­ni. They are easy to make and require very lit­tle fab­ric (obvi­ous­ly), so I’m not real­ly sure why it took me so long to make one. Per­haps it’s because of my taste for poly­ester swimsuits. Grow­ing up, my sis­ters and I went through so many lycra swim­suits, because they would fade in just a few weeks from the chlo­rine and sun....

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,...

Black & Red Floral Bustier Bathing Suit
Marusya

Follow Marusya Marusya on Twitter @theanagrassia or Instagram @marusyagrace to see WIP* photos. *Work In Progress Here’s my sec­ond vin­tage inspired swim­suit. (View my first busti­er bathing suit top here.) It’s anoth­er boned busti­er top made with a polyester/rayon fabric. I recent­ly test­ed my first busti­er swim­suit in sun, water & chlo­rine. The top worked real­ly well in all those con­di­tions. It did­n’t fuss, fade, or stretch out. 🙂 This was the...