I was recently commissioned to make this navy and white sailor’s (nautical) dress for a girl. Dress Details: Navy & white 100% (thick knit) polyester/rayon textiles Functional buttons down the center front (hidden by tie) Tie attached to the dress Pleated and dropped waist skirt 4 gold anchor buttons (Wash with cold water and dry flat) Shop the dress on Anagrassia’s Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Anagrassia...
Ivory Alencon Lace Bolero Topper for Bride
Recently, I created a custom #5810 ivory alencon lace wedding bolero for a bride in Colorado. The topper’s neckline was made to show off the lace’s beautiful scallop edge. It took a couple mock-ups and a few adjustments before I nailed down the final design and fit. The photo above shows the last mock-up, before the final cut. As you can see, I needed to take it in a bit in the...
Adult Ivory Alencon Lace Wedding Bolero Topper
A custom handmade Ivory White Alencon Lace Bolero Topper Cover UP Jacket for winter wedding. Anagrassia used floral applique for couture sewing techniques.
Hand Painted Lace Leotard
For the third year in a row, I’ve had the honor to make Miss Cataleya’s birthday leotard. This year, she chose the hand painted lace #5284 leotard with bright orange and yellow florals and back champagne buttons. The bodysuit is lined with shimmery gold rayon. This piece is custom made and part of the House of Godfrey Collection. Shop the leotard on the Anagrassia website here (Anagrassia tulle skirt is pictured...
Part 1 Piccolas by Anagrassia’s “Frontier” Fall Collection: The Kid’s Sports Jacket
It’s officially fall in Northern Indiana. Our warm summer nights have transitioned into crisp cool days. The leaves have lost their vibrant greens and taken on a myriad of amber, golden and crimson hues. A few remain, clinging to trees, but most are blanketing the ground where they’ve fallen, just waiting for an eager child to rake them into piles for jumping. And right down the street, in a shop...
Brown Tweed and Cherry Brown Leather Asymmetrical Matching (Dinosaur Themed) Jackets
Making matching jackets with my nieces has become an annual tradition. This year Gigi requested a dinosaur jacket. This was a tall order especially since bomber jackets with dinosaur appliqués was not an option. Therefore I had to be a bit more creative with the limited materials and time I had available. I decided upon burnt orange/brown tweed wool with sequins, which remained from a previous purchase in NYC. I...