Sustainable Fashion Plaid Jackets, Solid Wool Cape, and Wool Leather Coats for Midwest Family

girls wool coats

What will the world look like in 20 or 30 years? Will peo­ple con­tin­ue to wear dis­pos­able cloth­ing? (The aver­age life span of a gar­ment is 3 years.) Will fast fash­ion com­pa­nies exist? Will the fash­ion indus­try con­tin­ue to be the #2 pol­luter in the world? These are the ques­tions being asked in the fash­ion indus­try right now. Not only are fash­ion com­pa­nies wast­ing mil­lions of pounds of unsold gar­ments...

Anagrassia Lace Leotards & Tulle Flower Girl Dresses

lace bodysuit flower girl dress

Best Selling Flower Girl Dresses Pub­lished May 19, 2014 Mary Grace God­frey is the design­er and seam­stress behind the Ana­gras­sia label. Ana­gras­sia launched in 2013 with the trend­set­ting adult bridal sep­a­rates and “Flower Girl” dress­es, which were lace (lined) body­suits with tulle skirts. Since then, the brand has expand­ed its spe­cial occa­sion out­fits and cus­tom orders to include bap­tismal, Com­mu­nion, Bat Mitz­vah, and Quinceañera gowns and dress­es. Recent­ly, Mary Grace has focused her atten­tion...

Retro Dress

Floral strapless beige bolero easter dress marusya

Buy Dress Pat­tern here Spaghet­ti Strap Par­ty Dress East­er Dress 2014: Mad Men, Retro & Babcha Inspired Pub­lished 03/16/2014  A Few Notes About the Video Before I begin shar­ing my project, I want say thank you to my old friend from Notre Dame friend, Pat McKillen. He gave me per­mis­sion to use his song Found for my video. Even though it’s one of his old­er songs, it’s still one of my favorites as...

Long Floral Kimono Jacket

Long Floral 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....

Silk Tulle Wedding Veil & Choosing Your Wedding Veil Fabric

English French Netting Long Cathedral length Wedding Veil White with lace

Wedding Veil Silk I was recent­ly com­mis­sioned to make a wed­ding veil. Pri­or to this order, I didn’t know very much about veils and I cer­tain­ly didn’t real­ize there were so many options and design pos­si­bil­i­ties. (It is so involved that you may want to decide upon a veil style and fab­ric before you buy or design your dress!) Let’s dis­cuss the options available!  __________________ ILLUSION TULLE The inex­pen­sive veils are made with...