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"I&amp;#39;m dying for a couple of pieces from Wendy Mullin&amp;#39;s indie line Built by Wendy. But unlike Kirsten Dunst and Claire Danes, who are also Wendy fans, I can&amp;#39;t always swing the price. Thank heaven for her new book, Built by Wendy Dresses: The Sew U Guide to Making a Girl&amp;#39;s Best Frock. (Now if only I could sew!) Read more about Wendy, after the jump.\nHere&amp;#39;s the inside scoop on Wendy Mullin:\nPinterestFacebook__I began sewing...__at age 6, when I started stealing fabric scraps from my mom&amp;#39;s sewing room. I would glue or tie them together to make my dolls little outfits. At 12 or 13, my mom helped me pick out a sewing pattern and we made a dress together. I kept at it from then on.\n__The first project I ever sewed...__was a mod print trapeze shape t-shirt dress.\nPinterestFacebook__I like to collect...__Japanese ceramics and textiles.\n__My favorite comfort food is...__Hungarian goulash.\n__The accessory I can&amp;#39;t live without is...__my dog! She is with me at work, so when we do a photoshoot she loves to get in it. She&amp;#39;s quite a ham!\nPinterestFacebook__\nI was inspired to create a series of DIY books because...__I am mainly self taught. I learned by trial and error what works for beginners. I had very limited resources (babysitting money&amp;#8212;that&amp;#39;s it), so I had to improvise. I had a lot of technical tips to share, but I also wanted to do a book that combined sewing, pattern making and design. There wasn&amp;#39;t anything out there.\n__I can&amp;#39;t believe I ever wore...__black Betty Page style hair.\n__If I weren&amp;#39;t a designer, I&amp;#39;d be...__a movie producer.\nPinterestFacebook__My favorite design in my new book is...__all of them! I especially love the floral wrap style dress. I want to wear that right now.\n__If you&amp;#39;re overwhelmed by the idea of sewing an entire dress...__you don&amp;#39;t have to. The book isn&amp;#39;t just about sewing. It gives many options to make yourself unique clothing.\nPinterestFacebook__If I have a choice between tea or coffee, I choose...__both.\n__My biggest splurge ever was...__a pair of Stella McCartney boots.\n__The celeb I&amp;#39;m dying to dress is...__Kristen Stewart.\nThanks, Wendy!\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\nYou could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com!\nSign up for Glamour.com&amp;#39;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters!\nAdd Glamour to your iGoogle homepage.\nFollow Glamour on Twitter.\nPhotos: Courtesy of Wendy Mullin"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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