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Made by Rae

Rae Hoekstra

Creating a colorful handmade wardrobe and sharing my Friday Faves, recent makes, tips and tricks, tutorials, and other inspiration with you every week or so.

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Latest Issues

Reversible Bow Tote

A number of years ago I discontinued the Lickety Split Bag, which had been one of the very first sewing patterns I sold in my online shop when I began my business back in 2009. The concept had been based on a tote that I designed as a strol...

18 days ago
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Twill Rose Pants with an invisible zip

I recently finished these stretch twill Rose pants; take a look…

I decided to go with the single pleat on each side, full length, and modded them a bit. First by narrowed the back pieces, then I added some back darts and pockets, and inser...

a month ago

Marengo Sewing Studio

I’m super excited — my friend Kate just opened an apparel sewing shop here in Ann Arbor, and it’s AMAZING. It was so much fun to get a peek behind the scenes at the progress as she and her business partner, Dan, worked to get the space read...

a month ago
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Lately / May 2026

hellooo, my friends!

As you all know I live in Michigan and something is deeply amiss if I don’t talk about the wackadoodle weather every spring, so let’s go. We had a tornado (!) and a brief warm spell where I got maybe too excited and pr...

3 months ago
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Sunny Yellow Garnet Top

This yellow and white Garnet top has moved to the top of my pile as my favorite Garnet to wear, but I never gave it its own post, so here we go. Turns out this often happens often with the “cover” pattern samples that I make; since they end...

4 months ago
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