Manly Guys: Redefining Masculinity with the Animal Print Fleece Slippers
Marusya

I’m always up for hav­ing a sewing bud­dy! This time, I teamed up with my mom. A cou­ple weeks back while run­ning errands with my mom, I asked her to swing by the fab­ric store for some mate­ri­als. But lit­tle did I know that she would be shop­ping for fab­ric too! She planned to sew fun socks for my broth­er and his room­mates. Not only was this fab­ric she bought fleece, but it...

The Housecoat for the New Modern Housewife By Marusya
Marusya

Did I men­tion that dur­ing the wed­ding prep & August sewing mad­ness- I was sewing a house­coat for my sister?! When Kate and I went fab­ric shop­ping for her bridal gown, we found this fab­ric in the clear­ance section!We both fell in love with it! The flo­ral striped fab­ric design looked SOOO much like our pil­low cas­es grow­ing up! Weeks pri­or to her wed­ding, Kate had a bridal show­er. So instead...

Suspenders: History and Fixing My Dad’s
Marusya

It’s shock­ing to think that some­thing which seems so basic as sus­penders, could be traced back to a designer/inventor! Sus­penders were first invent­ed by Albert Thurston in the ear­ly 19th cen­tu­ry in Hay­mar­ket, Lon­don. Because the sus­penders  allowed men to wear high-rise dress pants while remain­ing hid­den under a jack­et (almost like an under­gar­ment piece),  they  grew in pop­u­lar­i­ty among the upper­class and roy­als and even­tu­al­ly grew into a house hold name....

Maid of Honor Dress and More Wedding Photos (Part 2 of 3)
Marusya
Custom made dress by Anagrassia Marusya August wedding red and white Ukrainian theme

I quick­ly fin­ished my “Maid of Hon­or” dress before the wed­ding. I did­n’t have the time or ener­gy to think hard about what kind of top I should design. Instead, I free hand­ed a sim­ple bodice pat­tern for the top por­tion of the dress. I plan to use the embroi­dery piece for a more tra­di­tion­al Ukrain­ian blouse, so I was­n’t too con­cerned about fit or quality. The skirt hem­line was...

Tying the Knot(s): Last Minute Sewing and Hand Stitching Before the Wedding
Marusya
Beige Silk Wool Mother of the Bride Dress Marusya

The week­end began with late night sewing and an art show. (Yes- I was in an art show with all this work ahead of me! I inad­ver­tent­ly reg­is­tered for the event last spring before I real­ized I had 2 wed­dings one week after the show!) Despite the lack of time & prepa­ra­tion, the day was very nice & successful!   Less than 5 days until the wed­ding! (Only 2 more work...

Mother of the Bride Dress…Ready Set Go!
Marusya

My sis­ter and I picked up the silk/wool fab­ric for my mom. It will look beau­ti­ful on her olive tint­ed skin! And even bet­ter, the silk wool will look beau­ti­ful and breathe very nicely. My mom owns a blue shift dress that fits her extreme­ly well. I will attempt to cre­ate a pat­tern from this blue dress or (since the dress is a basic shift dress) I may even draft...