Choose Made

Choose Made Made specializes in handmade women's bags and donates 5% of sales to marginalized communities

Made is a collection of handmade bags for women and men, and an assortment of pillows made from international fabrics made by refugees in Salt Lake City.

I loved going down memory lane with this trend 🖤My business has taken on a lot of forms over the last 15 years, but my v...
08/27/2026

I loved going down memory lane with this trend 🖤

My business has taken on a lot of forms over the last 15 years, but my values have never changed. If anything, I’ve fought more for the marginalized communities around me and abroad.

I believe everyone has potential to do great things. Most just lack the resources to learn and excel.

That’s why I love teaching and passing on my small bits of experience. And in return, based on who I’ve met and where I’ve traveled, I’ve gained more compassion for others, gratitude for what I have, and appreciation for diversity.

Let’s get into it 👉🏼

Graduated college 🖤 Launched a collection of bags made with scrap or thrifted material 🖤 Sold my bags at Unhinged

First magazine publication in Utah Valley magazine🖤 French online shop sold my bags 🖤 Went to Uganda and taught women how to sew bags (This was my first time out of the country)

Launched an Indiegogo campaign to open a sewing studio and went on the local news to promote it 🖤 Sold at my first event Craft Lake City 🖤 Taught my first series of classes at Hub Salt Lake

Invited to India to teach women to sew and brought along other makers with me 🖤 Competed in American Express Ones to Watch during WWD MAGIC tradeshow and made the first on site, kind of like Project Runway 🖤 Hosted my first holiday hygiene bag making class inspired by a homeless guy that visited my shop

Taught refugees how to sew pillowcases 🖤 Received a humanitarian award in Chicago 🖤 Utah magazine article

Won a Best of Utah award 🖤 Changed my brand name to Made and launched mudcloth bags 🖤 Went to India again with a new group of amazing sewists

Started working with a rockstar refugee 🖤 First year selling at SLCfarmersmarket 🖤 Taught at West Elm

Used my leather scraps and repurposed beads to make earrings 🖤 Invited to Peru to teach women how to sew pouches out of their weavings 🖤 Taught knitting in India

Launched earrings made from repurposed leather inspired by India 🖤 Made and sold thousands of face masks and employed 15 women 🖤 Made face masks fashionable

My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and raised money to donated to breast cancer awareness an

My own spin on this trend 😅 Sewing is tres chic 🧵🪡✂️
08/06/2026

My own spin on this trend 😅 Sewing is tres chic 🧵🪡✂️

05/19/2026

Step-by-step to PREP your high contrast quilt squares craft station at your baby shower 🏁

I’ll make a separate video for your guests on how to CREATE the quilt squares 🖤🤍

05/14/2026

How to prep high contrast quilt shapes and squares for your baby shower! 🏁

SQUARES
I’m making a 48”x48” quilt with 8” finished squares. That’s a 6x6 grid. I cut 9” squares so I’ll have a 1/2” seam allowance when I sew it together.

SHAPES
I printed my shapes on regular paper, then traced them onto the YELLOW GRIDDED side of Steam-A-Seam 2 sheets. I’ve seen tutorials that you can print directly onto these sheets, but you’d have to trim it down, so you’d loose sheet space.

You could definitely just let your guests draw their own shapes on the YELLOW GRIDDED side, or you can draw them beforehand. I wanted a specific look and certain shapes that represented my family 🖤

LABEL
Side 1 - Plain, no drawing
Side 2 - Yellow gridded, with drawing

ASSEMBLING
(1) Peel side 1 *Make sure you’re not peeling off the adhesive layer. That needs to stay on side 2*
(2) Stick to scrap fabric
(3) Cut out shape
(4) Peel side 2
(5) Stick fabric shape to square (opposite color of shape)
(6) Iron

TIPS
🖤 Have a finished square next to instructions as a demo
🖤 Or demonstrate for guests if you’re not doing it with them
🖤 Have a trash can nearby to throw away the scraps

I hope this helps!! What questions do you have??

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