Blue Bridesmaid Dress
Bridesmaid, customer, Dress, Dresses, for sale, Wedding
Blue Bridesmaid Dress with bow

A cou­ple weeks ago, a lady asked me to (lit­er­al­ly) whip up a brides­maid dress for her! Pub­lished on Novem­ber 27, 2013 Blue Bridesmaid Dress with Bow and Sleeves On Sun­day, she approached me and asked if I could make her a blue brides­maid dress before her wed­ding on Sat­ur­day. Her orig­i­nal dress no longer fit her and the style/quality did­n’t suit the occasion. I told her if she bought the fab­ric and pat­tern before...

Retro Dress
Blazer, Bridesmaid, Couture Sewing, Dress, Dresses, Embroidery, Floral, Jacket, Jackets, Ukrainian, Vyshyvanka, Wedding, Womenswear
Floral strapless beige bolero easter dress marusya

Buy Dress Pat­tern here Spaghet­ti Strap Par­ty Dress East­er Dress 2014: Mad Men, Retro & Babcha Inspired Pub­lished 03/16/2014  A Few Notes About the Video Before I begin shar­ing my project, I want say thank you to my old friend from Notre Dame friend, Pat McKillen. He gave me per­mis­sion to use his song Found for my video. Even though it’s one of his old­er songs, it’s still one of my favorites as...

Sewing Pillows with Cording
customer, Home decor
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
Easter, Floral, Jacket, Jackets
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
for sale, Marusya, Veils, Wedding
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...