Na zdorov’ia ‑To Good Health for 2014!
Marusya

Z novīm rokom! I can’t believe it’s now 2014! The last few weeks have been busy and some­what sleep­less, as they always seem to be right before the hol­i­days! But in the end it’s always worth it… My Ukrain­ian Christ­mas with fam­i­ly was bittersweet. This was our first Christ­mas with­out my babcha and we did not trav­el up north to cel­e­brate with our oth­er Ukrain­ian rel­a­tives. Our imme­di­ate fam­i­ly is grow­ing, and this...

Silk Skirt Designed by Jo No Fui for Burda & Silk Top
bridal separates, Dress, Dresses, Marusya, New York City, Rehearsal Dress, Silk
Jo No Fui Alessia Giacobino Silk Skirt Blouse BurdaStyle Marusya

  I want­ed to make some­thing spe­cial to wear to my friend’s rehearsal dinner. Instead of trav­el­ing else­where for fine fabric(s) and spend­ing mon­ey, I tried to find a fab­ric to use from my fab­ric stash.  After search­ing for some­thing sim­ple and clas­sic, I found some beige silks I bought from Mood Fab­rics in NYC last year. I orig­i­nal­ly intend­ed to use the beige silk for a gown. But after using...

October Projects ~Marusya
Marusya
Ukrainian wedding embroidery

Sep­tem­ber was just as busy as August! How­ev­er, I spent the major­i­ty of my cre­ative time doing alter­ations, sewing hand­bags, pat­tern mak­ing, and work­ing on large projects. Here is a list of some of the projects com­ing up in October! I’ll  like­ly share more details and pic­tures of the projects in future posts. Some of these projects are for wed­dings and I don’t want to give away too much ahead...

Mother of the Bride Dress & DIY Ukrainian Wedding Part 3
Marusya

I love look­ing through old pho­to albums, but it’s espe­cial­ly fun when they con­tain old pho­tos of my parents! I can remem­ber the first time I saw this pho­to of my par­ents on their wed­ding day. I was a young girl and I nev­er for­got it! So, I thought it would be fun to dig it up and scan it for the blog post today! My mom’s moth­er of the bride...

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...