Blog – The Maker Studio

Hacking Elastic Pants to Make Shirred Shorts

There is nothing like linen when the weather starts heating up. As the seasons changed I realized I tend to gravitate towards the same one pair of shorts I like best, and that just won’t do anymore! I decided to make a pair of neutral linen shorts using this stunning Vivaldi Linen because they will […]

Ready for Summer? Try this Davenport Dress hack

If you’re looking for a new summer dress pattern to try, might I recommend the Davenport dress by Friday Pattern Co. With the flutter sleeve and lovely ruffled bottom and of course pockets, you can’t go wrong. My first version of this dress I made with sleeves and found that I didn’t reach for it […]

Tutorial: Adding an Elastic Hemline to a Tee

Hi friends!Alexis is back on The Makers Studio blog and excited to share another project with two amazing fabrics and two new patterns!I am so thrilled with the two new releases from Chalk and Notch, Evelyn skirt and Max Tee. I paired the Max tee with Hudson Jersey Knit in the color denim and I paired the Evelyn skirt with the […]

Choose Your Own Adventure:Precious Cargo

Learn how to add cargo pockets to any garment! Hello! Mandy, here, with HandmadeMandy– coming at you with a fun tutorial. Cargo pants are back in fashion’s good graces and adding the eponymous pockets is a pretty easy way to give new life to a TNT pattern. This is also a great way to minimize […]

Pattern Review: Waterfall Raglan

I’ve been in a bit of a slow sewing journey lately. busy cutting orders and finding fabrics for the shop, plus regular life has left little time for me to actually sew (and enjoy it). I, obviously, love to sew, but if I’m honest, once I start putting pressure on myself to ‘do more/sew more/produce […]

Tutorial: Make Your Own Pencil Skirt

It has been on my sew list for quite some time to make my own knit-fabric pencil skirt. Better yet, a matching set! Recently, I have been needing to incorporate all of the knit outfits to my wardrobe, as I am expecting and growing a bump! So the making of this skirt was an exciting […]

A Spring Refresh with the Papercut Estella

As a sea of flowers take over the streets in an outstretched welcome to the spring season, it signals for an opportunity for a closet refresh AKA a good spring cleaning. While I don’t live in a cold place, I will not be swapping out my warm winter clothes for breezy spring attire like most […]

Vogue 9091 culottes

gorgeous large florals are perfect for wide leg pants The Fabric I first fell in love with the colour of this fabric. It is somewhere between mustard, tan and ochre, depending on the light. This Tulum print is a blend of linen, cotton and viscose and shows of the best aspects of each of these […]

Pattern Review: Adrienne Blouse

Hi all! Paige from @stitchedslowly here. You’ll see sewing, knitting and dyeing in heavy rotation on my feed, with lots of San Diego sunshine. I’m so excited to share about a pattern that I can already tell will be made in many different iterations-the Adrienne Blouse by Friday Pattern Company! Twice a year I like […]

Getting My Sewjo Back: Post Surgery

I started sewing at the start of the pandemic lockdowns, first making masks for hospitals, family and friends and then graduating to my first me-made garment just in time for Me-Made May 2020. Then, this past November I got sick. I already have a chronic illness that dictates how much time I can sit upright […]