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Studio Diary

Studio diary notes from the workroom, including updates on projects that are in progress, tips for running your own design studio and sewing business, and anything else that is workroom related.

  • Front bodice view of Sarah bridesmaid dress toile
    Studio Diary

    Studio Diary: Still Toile-ing Away!

  • Wrap top design sketches for my Design & Make Me Made Garment online course
    Studio Diary

    Studio Diary: Working While Seated

  • A paper maquette of the Willow Wallet which is a bi-fold wallet pattern in development
    Studio Diary

    Studio Diary: Toile Baby, Toile!

  • I refashioned a shirt into itty bitty cheeky shorts
    Studio Diary

    Studio Diary: Finishing Some Me-Mades in May

  • White georgette type fabric for toiling bride skirt
    Studio Diary

    Studio Diary: One Dress, A Corset and Perhaps a Hat?

  • Eve working on the pattern for her denim corset
    Studio Diary

    Studio Diary: 10 Years of The Creative Curator

  • The back view of the Starling Summer Dress made up in a double gauze
    Studio Diary

    Studio Diary: Five Goals, An Online Course, One Week.

  • Close up of a new sewing pattern in progress
    Studio Diary

    Studio Diary: The Work Behind The Work

  • A hand inserted into a pocket that has been topstitched into place on linen shorts.
    Studio Diary

    Studio Diary: The Week I Caught Up With Myself

  • Eve Tokens / The Creative Curator in January 2026
    Studio Diary

    2025 Recap (And My 2026 Goals)

  • My kitten Artemisia in Jan 2020
    Studio Diary

    What a Month November Was!

  • Eve dressed up as a witch disguised as a villager
    Studio Diary

    My October 2025 Was Busier Than Expected

  • A peek at the floral Hawthorn bag.
    Studio Diary

    3 Things September Taught Me (And 1 Failure)

  • A bear ready to be filled, for Baby M
    Studio Diary

    An August Full of Travel & My September Plans

  • An eyelet top refashioned into two items
    Studio Diary

    July Was A Very Busy Month!

  • A sampler on the fashion level of the Zeeuws museum
    Studio Diary

    Me Made Clothes On Our Zeeland Holiday

  • An early sample of my Hawthorn Hipbag sewing pattern
    Studio Diary

    My July Plans (And June Recap)

  • Queen Judith's perfectly formed interior
    Studio Diary

    How Dealing With A Wasp Nest Relates to Sewing!

  • The finished Linn Tee in striped rayon fabric
    Studio Diary

    May 2025: What May Have Been, Mostly Probably Won’t…

  • April 2025 update: the Hawthorn Hip bag 2.0
    Studio Diary

    April 2025: Hawthorn Hip Bag Progress & More

  • Eve in Morocco in January 2025
    Studio Diary

    A Slow Start to 2025 (A Recap of January to March)

  • Eve in August 2024 with a helpless expression
    Studio Diary

    I Don’t Use Ai… So After 8 Years of Hard Work, This Hurt

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Eve Tokens / The Creative Curator

I'm a fashion designer, creative pattern cutter and teacher of all things sewing and pattern making!

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