Ukrainian Vyshyvanka

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...

Bridesmaid Dress Progress: Excitement and Discontent

how to sew your own bridesmaid dress

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

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....

White Silk Wool Clerical Priest Roman Style Stole

White Silk Wool Hand Embroidered Clerical Stole Roman Style with Pink Gold Red Thread for Irish Priest Rome Vatican Bespoke Ivory Latin Mass Orthodox Ukrainian

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

world map dress

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...