Welcome to the first issue of what I am going to try to do as a weekly feature.  I love my Grazia subscription and pore through it as soon as it arrives on a Tuesday. However, I am always struck by the number of things I could make myself - if I had the skill and, better still, the time.  

Each week I am going to pick one item from that week's Grazia and, while I don't have time to make one, I will at least go through the steps of how to make one.  

The eagle-eyed among you will notice that I am a day late for my first one (today being Thursday) - but it was a bank holiday on Monday so my Grazia arrived on Wednesday.

So today's how to is a bibbed vest from Haute Hippe coming in at a wopping £615.

The uniqueness of the top is the shoulder detailing where an embellished bib is attached to the vest via holes in the shoulders and tied at the back.

So here's how-to:

1. Take an existing vest top or make one from a simple pattern such as Kwik Sew 3523
2. Accurately measure spaces on the shoulders at an equal distance from the shoulder seam to put in the eyelets. Put eyelets through the shoulders - this does take a bit of skill - there is a good how to here eHow - http://www.ehow.com/how_5723664_put-eyelets-clothing.html
3. You now need to make a bib - there has been quite a few great tutorials on this recently for bibs as stand alone necklaces.  I think one of the best is at CraftStylish http://craftstylish.com/item/49230/how-to-make-a-sewn-necklace 
4. Simply thread the ribbon of the bib through the eyelets - plus it can be removed for washing!