Lauren Makes it Work

06/09/2023

Get ready San Pedro and surrounding South Bay locations!!

is about to get even craftier with our first EVER there this Sunday! 11-5pm rain or shine (let’s hope for shine) there’s a brewery, food trucks, free diy crafts and free to attend so come out and shop around!!

05/21/2023

Working social media on a craft show and you find out from your toxic social ex, Instagram goes down?!

05/21/2023

Have you heard the term “ice dye”?

It’s more than just tie dye, though you can tie dye ice dye, confusing huh?!

Ice dye is the process of putting dye on ice and letting the ice melt the dye into the fabric.

Why would we do that?!

We loved snow cones as a kid or lived in a hot humid environment where ice was only for tea or maybe it’s the lack of control we have over where the color will go?!

Whatever it is, the finished garment comes out with this watercolor-esq look that can never be exactly repeated.

I chose colors of the rainbow because I love them, the way the colors shift in the dye process and all the symbolism associated with🌈.

Catch me at two shows next month with

04/13/2023

Spring craft show season starts soon but you can grab a jacket or patches now in my etsy shop.

03/21/2023

No more boring pants for my son (his lament every time we head to the men’s section)!!
He says they fit, I hemmed and added the copper studs because pressing and little details are what make garments from home 🎶sing!

I will say reverse engineering these was not perfect. I took some notes to use on a future pair (the original ones had some patchwork knees you didn’t notice but could be fun in contrast) and know it is only myself or who might find my mistakes seeing them in person one day.

03/19/2023

Well crap, but yeah it happens.
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Growing up sewing was graded, like in a class or under my mom’s meticulous eye. Breaking a needle or any number of mistakes I still make (is it a DSM5 undiagnosed thing or is it just motherhood🎶) would send me in a tailspin of freezing self doubt.
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I’m sick of that.
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Let’s all remember failing/breaking/ripping out, is part of the rebuild, and progress over perfection.
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May your bobbin be full.

03/14/2023

03/13/2023

Tracing is a highly underrated skill!

there are garments that just fit right, and you wear them till they can’t be mended anymore.

Time to trace!

This is a pair of pants for my teen that he loved, hopefully I took enough notes and videos while I disassembled them. It has some intriguing pocket front waistband details that are either going to be super fun or super confusing.

What have you made from a tracing/ruboff?

03/12/2023

I love seeing how the clothing I’ve made continues to wear well. Star butt pockets every time!😍⭐️

02/15/2023

Shop update with some adult jean jackets and some kids. There is a batch of kids jackets that came out more pastel, I color corrected each image accurately. All one of a kind. Get them on my Et$y!

02/10/2023

Head on over to and check out the sale she’s putting on!!!! Some good fund raising, and good folks!!