Hand Embroidered Ukrainian Shirts and Dresses Published 20/23/2018 Here are just a few absolutely stunning photos of my sister’s family photoshoot. Each piece was embroidered by my mom. My grandmother sewed the adult vyshyvanka dress around 35 years ago and I sewed the girls’ vyshyvanka dresses and the baby’s baptismal gown, which my sister stuffed in his pants. The photos were taken by Indiana photographer Adina Brown-Selner. Her photography business is called...
Bridesmaid Dress Progress: Excitement and Discontent
Posted September 9, 2013 Part of the Katie’s DIY Wedding Series Floral Bridesmaid Dress Patterns: McCall’s 6518, Simplicity 1606 Needles Broken through this project: 1 I couldn’t wait to get started on this project! Every week that I saw the fabric laying next to the other fabrics, I itched to get started patterning, cutting and sewing! I loved the colors with all the other fabrics, jewelry, shoes, and threads! Below we...
Long Floral Kimono 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....
White Silk Wool Clerical Priest Roman Style Stole
Stoles are a sign of one being ordained in the Catholic Church. So it’s only fitting for a new priest to receive a special hand-embroidered stole for his ordination. This stole was commissioned for an ordination gift in Scotland. It’s made with silk wool textile and interlined with hair canvas. The embroidery was created by hand from old traditional ethnic (Ukrainian) patterns. As you can see below, we tested different...
World Map Cotton Dress with Collar on the Cover of Magazine
These girls were in two magazines in one month! One magazine is circulating Michiana (South Bend Living Magazine) and the other one is in Paris/Shanghai/New York City!I’m not surprised since my sister and nieces are talented, amazing, and gorgeous! Gigi is wearing Anagrassia map dress! Shop dress here: map cotton girl’s dress Beautiful Photography by Shanna Hendrickson Photography...
Back to School Dresses and Wool Leather Jackets for Children and Women Part 2
I found a few more photos of the popular bug /insect petal sleeve and floral pinafore dresses. Order your back to school dresses today (click below): Cotton World Map Insect Dresses by Anagrassia DRESS DETAILS: 100% Cotton Dress (The fabric is pre-shrunk and washed in baby detergent.) Dress Details- Back Buttons, Petal Sleeves, and Peter Pan Eyelet Collar (Side Belt loops and White Ribbon Included) CHOOSE YOUR CONTRASTING SLEEVE FABRIC: FREE...