Ukrainian Embroidered Lace Dress
Bergdorf Goodman, Couture Sewing, customer, Dress, Dresses, Easter, Embroidery, Ethnic, Linen, Marusya, New York City, Ukrainian, Ukrainian Embroidery, Vyshyvanka
hand ukrainian embroider dress sewing

Khrys­tos Voskres! Christ is risen! Phew! Lent is over and true to tra­di­tion; I bare­ly fin­ished my annu­al East­er dress for East­er Mass. Every year at this time, I design and sew a Ukrain­ian inspired East­er dress. This year, I had trou­ble choos­ing between 4 dress designs. So by the time I nailed down a design and start­ed the embroi­dery, it was already half way through Lent. Blue Ukrainian Embroidered Dress A...

Plaid Women’s Blazer
Bespoke, Blazer, for sale, Jacket, Jackets, Marusya, Sustainable Fashion, Wool
Green Plaid Women's Sport Jacket

Pub­lished March 13, 2019 Women’s Sport Jacket Hap­py (ear­ly) St. Patrick­’s Day! Today, I’m shar­ing one of my recent cus­tom orders. Here is a sports jack­et/blazer for a lady.  I used Gor­don tar­tan wool from Eng­land. This dark green, navy, and gold check is a clas­sic Scot­tish tar­tan named after the House of Gordon. The pock­ets and sleeve hem bind­ing were made with soft cognac (real) South Amer­i­can leather. (The but­ton is also...

Ukrainian Vyshyvanka
Blouse, childrenswear, customer, Dress, Dresses, Easter, Embroidery, Ethnic, Floral, for sale, Linen, Piccolas, Piccolas Collection, Sustainable Fashion, Ukrainian, Vyshyvanka, Womenswear
Ukrainian embroidered linen dresses

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...

Ukrainian Embroidered Products this Fall
Blouse, Couture Sewing, customer, Dress, Dresses, Easter, Embroidery, Ethnic, for sale, Silk, Ukrainian, Vyshyvanka
hand embroidered silk blouse

Pub­lished 08/28/2018 I’m excit­ed to FINALLY fin­ish some Ukrain­ian embroi­dered projects and share them this fall. One of the projects has been in the works since Sep­tem­ber 2017. Here are just a few pho­tos of some of the mock-ups and sam­ples of the prod­ucts com­ing out soon! Gigi pho­tographed in her sam­ple dress for her very first vyshyvanka! Bur­dastyle Pat­tern 06/2018 Folk Dress for Girls...

Long Floral Kimono Jacket
Easter, Floral, Jacket, Jackets
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....