Dmitri’s Ukrainian Embroidered Christening Gown with Lace and Silk Lining
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ukrainian embroidered boys baptismal gown

I made this bap­tismal gown last spring for my nephew, Dmitri. It’s sim­i­lar to the gown I made my oth­er nephew (and oth­ers), except my sis­ter chose bold col­ors instead of sil­vers, whites, and blues. The gown is hand embroi­dered with a tra­di­tion­al Ukrain­ian pat­tern and silk lined.        ...

Ukrainian Boys Baptismal Embroidered Gown
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Ukrain­ian embroi­dered white linen boys bap­tismal gowns inspired by the gowns my babcha cre­at­ed (many years ago) and cas­socks worn by priests. The gown is lined with white silk charmeuse. Before the hand­made thread ties Pin­tucks One of the gowns was made with a lighter weight linen ____________________ One of the gowns cre­at­ed by my babcha many years ago...

Avery’s Silk Lined Baptismal Gown Made from Grandmother’s Wedding Dress
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Handmade, Sewing, Ivory,Blog, Fashion, Couture, Baby, Toddler, Lace, Silk, White, Pink, Long, Baptismal, Christening, Gown, mother, grandmother, wedding, gown, Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

  The out­er bap­tismal dress lay­er: Avery’s grand­moth­er’s wed­ding dress (organ­za and flo­ral trim)  The inner bap­tismal lay­er: white stretch silk charmeuse I loved work­ing with Avery’s moth­er and grand­moth­er! They both shared opin­ions on what they liked/wanted, but they also gave me the free­dom to design what I thought would look best.  Ulti­mate­ly, I decid­ed to design some­thing like the grand­moth­er’s wed­ding dress and use as much of the grand­moth­er’s fab­ric as possible. (The...

Chloe’s First Holy Communion Dress from Mother’s Wedding Dress
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White Embroidered Communion Dress Recycled Made from Wedding gown flower girl full skirt pink floral

This was one spe­cial dress to make!  Not only was this dress made from her moth­er’s wed­ding dress/skirt, I was also a brides­maid in the wedding! When Chloe arrived for her first fitting/planning ses­sion in Decem­ber, her mom arrived with plans to cre­ate a less poofy A‑line pleat­ed skirt dress. (A design you often see for First Holy Com­mu­nion dresses.) But these plans were quick­ly nixed, when Chloe and her sib­lings spun and danced around...

Flower Girl Dresses: #5810 Ivory Alencon Lace Leotards and Tulle Skirts for Fall or Winter Weddings
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Alencon ivory white lace leotard bridal wedding flower girl dress

~Of all the laces I have in stock, this #5810 IVORY alen­con lace is favorite! ~ANAGRASSIA PRICES INCREASE FALL 2015 ~ Please read WINTER 2015 FLOWER GIRL & 2015 Spring Flower Girl Dress­es posts to learn more about the dresses. ~ This blog post show­cas­es the Ivory #5810 lace leotard. If you want the cur­rent lace & dress options, please email me at [email protected]. I will send you a Pay­pal invoice when you’re ready to order!...

The Cascade Champagne Silk Wool and Silk Charmeuse Dress
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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...