Sewing Tutorials

I let my daughter take my black puffer vest back to college with her this winter, and I wanted to replace it with a more upscale version. A black alpaca…

With a desire to combat this dreary, cold and horrible weather, I felt it necessary to brighten it up a little with this beautiful heavyweight bright lemon-colored wool twill from…

One of my favorite style bloggers is Wendy of Wendy’s Lookbook, and while flipping through her site one day, I came across a gorgeous calf hair leopard-printed studded Valentino clutch…

My sewing resolution for 2014 is to broaden my horizons and try sewing with fabrics that are new to me. First up, silk-cotton blends. These fabrics have a beautiful sheen…

Lately, I’ve been obsessed with brocade and embellishments.  Something about brocade is very classic and elegant. Maybe a bit too classic for me so a little leather was necessary to…

Straight from the runway! Limited quantities of Marc Jacobs fabrics—from his Fall 2012  collection (“fearless… [a]nd it made you fall in love with fashion and Marc Jacobs all over again,”…

If you ask me, buying a faux fur vest can be a little tricky. I know this because after a month of looking, I finally settled on one that would…

I happen to be absolutely in love with perfectly fitting dresses and no one does them better than Victoria Beckham. I kinda scratch my head at the fact that I’m…

On a recent trip to Target (one of my favorite stores), I passed through the dress department to quickly browse what was new while on my way to the register,…

So here’s the second party dress I made for my daughter* during my recent sewing marathon. For this super-fast dress we turned to a simple sheath dress pattern (New Look…