Our Story

We love Poland.
And we love pierogi.

We’re four Polish-American sisters from Pittsburgh who created Cute as a Dumpling to celebrate our proud Polish heritage—and our lifelong love of pierogi.

For more than a decade, we’ve partnered with a family-run workshop in Nepal, building not just a business, but lasting friendships. Each of our unique items is carefully hand-felted by skilled women artisans using pure wool and traditional felting techniques.

We travel to Nepal each year to collaborate on new designs, ensure safe working conditions and support fair wages—values that are at the heart of everything we do.

Dumplings are a shared food across cultures. In Poland, they’re pierogi; in Ukraine, vareniki; in Nepal, momos.
At first, the Nepalese artisans were befuddled that we wanted to make pierogi ornaments, but they quickly warmed up to our darling little dumplings.

While pierogi will always be closest to our hearts, our line has expanded to include dumplings from around the world, from ravioli to empanadas to samosas.

Thank you for supporting our small, family business — and for celebrating the joy of dumplings with us.

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