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This morning, I would like to share a project I started during the holidays and finished in January. It’s a custom ordered girl’s Ukrainian baptismal gown. The embroidery was made by hand and then hand sewn to the handmade linen garment. The gown and cap are lined with silk charmeuse. The lace used along the hem is from France. This design will improve and change over time.I plan to start...
I made this dress for my trip to Europe last year. I heard Europeans wear pants and long dresses, so I made the dress long with side slits. I didn’t take photos of the dress in Europe, but I grabbed a few photos when I wore it to a dinner & dance last May. I don’t like tight dresses so I made size 38. (I normally wear size 36.) The shoulders were a bit too wide...
This year, Gigi and I are wearing the new coats I have available for sale in my A N A G R A S S I A shop. (Read about last year’s annual “AUNTIE & ME” matching wool cashmere coats here.) The coats are made from 100% champagne wool and cognac leather. My coat (the adult style) cuffs are made from genuine cognac leather and Gigi’s (kid’s) cuffs are made with beige (100%) wool. Both coats are...
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...
I loved creating this custom ordered Easter dress for Izzy! The dress is made with pink lace and lined (& underlined) with blush pink silk & cotton fabric. This dress looks prettier in person than in photos. The pink is light with a peach color undertone. I rarely wear pink, but I would definitely wear this pink color and dress style! Lined and underlined with beautiful silk cotton fabric...
Here are some photos of my Malanka (Ukrainian New Years) 2016 dress. This dress was very comfortable to wear and fun to dance in! The skirt was made from material I bought from Haberman Fabrics (in Royal Oak Michigan) when I bought my sister’s wedding dress fabric. I think the material is a rayon or rayon & cotton blend. It was an “end of the bolt” clearance fabric without a descriptive tag. I love...