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Easy Way to Clean Age-Stained Vintage Garments

Rejuvenate your beloved vintage garments and textile with Retro Clean! It effectively removes tough stains, including yellow and brown age stains, water and smoke damage, mold, coffee, wine, blood, nicotine, babies and pet messes, and perspiration, restoring necessary color and vitality. Simply submerge the item in Retro Clean + water bin, leave in the sun, and rinse when finished.

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Twirly First Communion Dress

First Holy Communion dresses are some of my favorite pieces to make. Each girl has a unique personality and taste, which are reflected in the dresses they design. And this is a big day, so they take the dress selection very seriously! My niece and I started designing her dress last fall. Unfortunately, I wasn't happy with the first design and set it aside while I focused on other things. When I came back to the project (with only a week to go before the Mass), she had a completely different vision! 

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Matching Flower Girl and Junior Bridesmaid Dresses

Wedding photos by the incredible wedding photographer, Ben Finch.   The only thing I enjoy more than making beautiful dresses is seeing them worn, and witness the joy they clearly bring to so many! I am thrilled to share some photos of flower girls and junior bridesmaids in custom made Anagrassia dresses. It was a pleasure to work with the bride, the lucky aunt to all these flower girls and page boys! In this wedding party, the smiles are extra special because they are all part of the same family. It is a celebration of generations of commitment and the best fruits of this love.        For the girls, the bride chose from three different style dresses.  The youngest girls...

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Saint Valentine's Day Sale

  Happy Saint Valentine's Day! Sale ends 11:59pm on February 15, 2023.    Singer Elite Sewing Machines are 10% off with promo code: SAINTVALENTINE     In addition to the 10% off, the first three (local pick-up in South Bend, IN) sewing machine orders receive a free pink Singer iron ($69.99 value). One iron per person/order    Shop here: Singer Elite Sewing Machines       Because Saint Valentine is patron saint of birds, Briar Hill Designs Wishwell Nature's Way for Robert Kaufman bird and floral fabric is 25% off with promo code: VALENTINEBIRDS    

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Wall Street Journal Interview

Anagrassia was in a Wall Street Journal article last week!   There was another dust up in the British royal family about flower girl dresses. Prince Harry shares more about it in his memoir, Spare.  When the WSJ journalists contacted me, I was happy to share my experiences with them.

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