Even though it's spring and I want to buy every last thing in all of the magazines that are piling up in my mailbox, I have been consciously keeping a tight reign on my wallet knowing that I'll be in New York surrounded by some of the most inspiring stores in the world in just a few months.
The only exception? Extraordinarily strong coffee and enchanting fabric. This little number is not nearly as adorable as the Anthropologie skirts patiently waiting in my virtual shopping bag, but it surely livens up last year's spring wardrobe. All it took was a few dollars of fabric, a yard of elastic, and my trusty baby blue sewing machine that you see in the background.
