I love spending time with my family, and going on walks that turn into hikes, but my next love is SEWING! I became seriously addicted to sewing in the 70’s!

My Aunt was a trained seamstress in Hungary and my Mom always had a sewing machine on the dining room table. My Aunt could make an evening dress out of a pile of fabric, without a pattern, and my Mom was thrifty, mending an old garment to make it new again or repurposing an item. I have always been surrounded by sewing projects. My Aunt and Mom inspired me and taught me how to sew at a young age. I remember sewing Barbie clothes in elementary school and my own clothes in middle school. My happiest moment was designing and sewing my own wedding dress. 

I have been blogging at Nice dress! Thanks, I made it!! since 2013, when I discovered this wonderful online sewing community!

In 2015, I started my ready-to-wear fast, no more store bought!  That inspired me to create and organize our annual #designindecember Sewing Challenge. Won’t you join us in this Challenge!

In 2018, I decided to add hand bags to my #memade list and opened my sewing pattern Shop, Lányos Handmade. Soon after that, in 2020, I started my YouTube channel, Lányos Handmade, to help you in your bag making journey!

Lányos Handmade would like to send out a special “Thank you” to all its Pattern Testers who work so hard and diligently to check every “left/right” and “period/comma” are in the correct place, and everything makes sense! 

I have a collection of sewing machines that I can’t seem to part with… two toy Vintage Sewing Machines (a Necchi and a Singer) and five VSM’s: Maria the Ford deLuxe (she still needs to be cleaned up), Winnie the Singer 221 Featherweight, Amber the Singer 421G, Barbie the Singer 500 and Ilona the Singer 15-88. Ilona lost her treadle cabinet, but is equipped with a hand crank, so she is roaring to SEW!

I also have a few domestic sewing machines: a Janome HD3000, a Janome MC8200QCP SE (both great for bag-making) and a serger, Janome MyLock 334. 

I switch between these machines to create my sewing patterns. 

Every year Lányos Handmade donates 10% of all proceeds to the ALS Society of British Columbia, for patient support and research, plus all sales proceeds from the Luxe II Laptop Case here. Thank you for your support!

Don’t forget … Nice dress! Thanks, I made it!! is the home of the DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER Sewing Challenge! Won’t you join us? 

Thank you very much for your support and for reading and commenting on my blog!

#lanyoshandmade #nicedressthanksimadeit #designindecember

Before you go, let me introduce you to my apprentices, Simon and Sophie! (Edited: Sadly, Simon passed away January 11, 2022. A good buddy that will always be remembered.)

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