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...

Dmitri’s Ukrainian Embroidered Christening Gown with Lace and Silk Lining

ukrainian embroidered boys baptismal gown

I made this bap­tismal gown last spring for my nephew, Dmitri. It’s sim­i­lar to the gown I made my oth­er nephew (and oth­ers), except my sis­ter chose bold col­ors instead of sil­vers, whites, and blues. The gown is hand embroi­dered with a tra­di­tion­al Ukrain­ian pat­tern and silk lined.        ...

Ukrainian Boys Baptismal Embroidered Gown

Ukrain­ian embroi­dered white linen boys bap­tismal gowns inspired by the gowns my babcha cre­at­ed (many years ago) and cas­socks worn by priests. The gown is lined with white silk charmeuse. Before the hand­made thread ties Pin­tucks One of the gowns was made with a lighter weight linen ____________________ One of the gowns cre­at­ed by my babcha many years ago...

Avery’s Silk Lined Baptismal Gown Made from Grandmother’s Wedding Dress

Handmade, Sewing, Ivory,Blog, Fashion, Couture, Baby, Toddler, Lace, Silk, White, Pink, Long, Baptismal, Christening, Gown, mother, grandmother, wedding, gown, Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

  The out­er bap­tismal dress lay­er: Avery’s grand­moth­er’s wed­ding dress (organ­za and flo­ral trim)  The inner bap­tismal lay­er: white stretch silk charmeuse I loved work­ing with Avery’s moth­er and grand­moth­er! They both shared opin­ions on what they liked/wanted, but they also gave me the free­dom to design what I thought would look best.  Ulti­mate­ly, I decid­ed to design some­thing like the grand­moth­er’s wed­ding dress and use as much of the grand­moth­er’s fab­ric as possible. (The...

Pink Lace Crop Top & Long Silk Skirt

long silk bridesmaid skirt and pink lace top

Dusty rose pink silk bridesmaid skirt with thick waistband. Handmade with a crop top blush alencon lace top.

Wedding Season in the Anagrassia Studio

Anagrassia, Atelier, Seamstress, Dressmaker, Studio, Tutus, tulle, skirts, peonies, white, wedding, ivory, champagne, Malen'Ka, Collection

It’s busy wed­ding sea­son in the studio! Here are some Ana­gras­sia updates: ~ Please order by mid June if you need dress­es for an August wedding.  I’m tak­ing about 3 weeks off from tulle skirts and leo­tards in July. I’ll be work­ing on my fall designs and tai­lor­ing projects. ~If you’re inter­est­ed in order­ing an Ana­gras­sia dress from me, please look at the FAQ’s on the new Ana­gras­sia web­site. ~Remem­ber to con­tact me...