Sew New: Denim Dress

This month's sew from scratch project is a simple dress. I chose a lightweight denim fabric to make it Spring and Summer ready.

Sew New: Wide Leg Pants

This month's sew from scratch project is wide leg pants and I may take them with me on my trip in a couple of weeks. I've realized that the more projects I sew, the better I am getting at it. It's still a bit scary but I'm proud of my progress thus far because practice does make perfect.

Mimi G Style Sewing, Fashion and Style Conference

This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend Mimi G's second annual sewing and style conference in Los Angeles. I was able to attend through a last minute giveaway that was sponsored on Mimi's site. You guys know I was super excited when I found out that I won because 1. I want to be like Mimi when I grow up and 2. I never win anything. At least not in this capacity, although I have been winning things in the past few months. Must be blogger luck. :-) The event was two days of very useful information and tips regarding, sewing, styling, and fashion. There were about 80 women from all over like Texas, Florida, Chicago, Boston and even Canada to name a few. I met some wonderful sewists and hobbyists and made some new friends along the way. We were given gift bags from Michael Levine and went fabric shopping in the garment district. There are so MANY fabric stores. There were blocks and blocks of them all carrying fabric and the cool part was that almost no 2 shops carried the same fabrics. As an attendee, I was given the option of a plus 1. I knew Mel  wouldn't have been interested So I gave it to fellow blogger Diane from Vintage Zest. I had recently joined her FB sewing group and she asked if she could she be my plus 1 if I didn't already have one. Of course you can! The funny part about that was that I had no idea what Diane looked like. She has absolutely zero pictures of her face posted anywhere. On the first day of the event she found me when I followed her on twitter when I used the #mimigstyle to make a tweet about it. Good thing I have my face posted everywhere huh? :-) Anywho, the event was awesome and I thought I'd shared some photos that I took.

DIY: Pencil Skirt

Today's DIY will showcase a pencil skirt. I was inspired by Mimi G. from LA. Check out her blog here. She has mad sewing skills. I want to be like her when I grow up.