Burdastyle Hand Embroidered Linen Easter Dress 2018

EASTER Ukrainian embroidered burdastyle anagrassia dress 26

Every year I chose my East­er dress pat­tern and embroi­dery at the begin­ning of Lent. I then work on it and any oth­er spir­i­tu­al goals I may have until the big day arrives. I am joined by my entire fam­i­ly who tries to take advan­tage of this sea­son­al oppor­tu­ni­ty. It is often a chore, espe­cial­ly when the weath­er is so drea­ry. But prayer­ful per­sis­tence is reward­ed with a col­or­ful riot...

The NEW Bergé (Flower Girl) Dress

Flower girl dress lace embroidery bubble

Here are some pho­tos of the new Bergé Dress. (Some pho­tos show the ear­ly skirt sam­ples- with no embroi­dery and dif­fer­ent fabrics.) Ukrain­ian East­er eggs, Impe­r­i­al Fabergé eggs and Beranger, a musi­cian who I worked with while I final­ized the dress design, inspired the design and name, Bergé. This design is for the fun and chic girls!  There’s a sep­a­rate pet­ti­coat to wear under the skirt- for a fuller/bubble appear­ance. (Gigi is not wear­ing the pet­ti­coat in the b/w...

Brown Tweed and Cherry Brown Leather Asymmetrical Matching (Dinosaur Themed) Jackets

ochre brown sequence burgundy wine dusty rose silk lined Tweed asymmetrical jacket custom bespoke leather anagrassia coat ruffle black wide collar dinosaur kids

Mak­ing match­ing jack­ets with my nieces has become an annu­al tra­di­tion. This year Gigi request­ed a dinosaur jack­et. This was a tall order espe­cial­ly since bomber jack­ets with dinosaur appliqués was not an option. There­fore I had to be a bit more cre­ative with the lim­it­ed mate­ri­als and time I had available. I decid­ed upon burnt orange/brown tweed wool with sequins, which remained from a pre­vi­ous pur­chase in NYC. I...

The Calling of the Artist

Ukrainian Seamstress Tailor Mary Grace Godfrey

The best things in life uplift us. I am not talk­ing about ele­va­tors when we need to get to the top floor, (although that is nice). Rather I am talk­ing about lift­ing our spir­its as we go about our day-to-day activ­i­ties. This is the role of the artist, who “give us enthu­si­asm to do our work” as St. John Paul II said in his famous Let­ter to Artists. Beau­ty speaks...

Alencon Lace Leotard Flower Girl Dress

lace bodysuit flower girl dress

Style #5320 Lace Leo­tard is back in stock!  Here are pho­tos of the new #5320 IVORY lace with (new) GOLD lin­ing with CHAMPAGNE TONED tiered tulle skirt with IVORY sash. This dress was made for a NYC (Jay Fund) char­i­ty auc­tion in Octo­ber. A fam­i­ly friend was so kind to mod­el the dress for me, so the leo­tard is slight­ly loose on her. (Thank you “K” for mod­el­ing!!!)  If you’re inter­est­ed in the...

THE DARIA DRESS: Bohemian Ukrainian Flower Girl Babcha Inspired

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Shop Dresses HERE I’m real­ly excit­ed to release the first ANAGRASSIA man­u­fac­tured prod­uct: THE DARIA DRESS! The dress­es were made in Chica­go, IL and South Bend, IN. Thank you to every­one who worked with me on this project! You all were all incred­i­ble and so patient!  The DARIA dress is a mod­ern take on a dress my Babcha cre­at­ed and designed over 50 years ago for my mom (who hap­pens to be...