Cut, Sew, Wear by Yew.

Whenever I purchased my first sewing machine five years ago, an idea was forged. I wanted to create an independent brand using a new approach. Focused on creating a product that people would love but also enabled them to reflect their personality. Prince Edward Island may be the smallest province in Canada, but the demand for something new was huge.

I strive to create sustainable and reliable products using recycled and reclaimed materials. Everything hand cut and sewn, with each textile sourced locally. Many hours spent sifting through racks in local thrift stores looking for the perfect piece. My goal? To provide completely limited edition, small batch, custom made headwear. Each and every one of my products is timeless. 'Yew'-nique; never to be recreated. Utilizing bazaar and brilliant color combos. You can always expect an eye-catching piece. Allowing for custom orders and collaborations with customers as well as other designers, allows me to develop my skills as a crafter and build my brand into a community driven collective.

Five years later, I've stayed true to my original mission statement. Promoting sustainability and creativity. Depending on the particular type of hat project, the entire build can take as long as 10 hours of focus. Every detail is meticulously thought through and designed in my small studio. This is a craft that I love and have grown to obsess, and in turn, this is my brand that I am so proud to have developed. I feel like I've come such a long way from the days of sewing in the corner of my bed room.

When I look back and try to pinpoint what set me on this path, the first thing that comes to my mind is my mom. She's an artist, stay-at-home mom, volunteer extraordinaire. When I first started sewing, the first thing I was given was her pair of Fiskars scissors. While my arsenal of tools has grown over the years, five years later, I'm still using that same pair of scissors my mom gave me. For me to craft my products, I need the tools to do so. I need them to be reliable and built to last and always staying sharp. This is what you get when you buy Fiskars. They're a company I’ve grown to trust and always enjoy purchasing a new tool at my local hobby shop.

The project I am sharing with you is a series I created amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic called “Denim Days”. Each day for 40 days, I created a different style of hat only using pairs of denim pants that I had collected while thrifting. Generally, they were all brands that I admired and brands that I get my inspiration from, but also it was about the brands that I did not know. The one piece that I will share with you today ‘was’ a pair of yellow Stan Ray workwear denim, now it ‘is’ a reclaimed ‘Multi-Functional Utility Bucket Hat’.

Months back on a rainy day I was at my local thrift store and I saw this pair of bright yellow pants just screaming at me from the rack. My jaw dropped. Everything about them. Bright yellow, lots of pockets, good hardware, cool labels, more yellow. Everything about this pair of pants sent ideas to my creative mind. When I went home to do my research on this company it made the product even more incredible. A brand very much similar to mind. A company dedicated to handcrafted garments producing totally unique styles and trends. This hat was goint to be my “piece-de-resistance". Utilizing every inch of this denim, every pocket, every label, and of course the zipper.

The Stan Ray Woven label can be found front and center on the first of 5 pockets found on this hat. Two sets of black 5mm eyelets border the sides. On the back of this hat, three individual storage pockets can be found holding four important tools in my sewing studio. My Fiskars, my thread ripper, marking pencil, and my Bic lighter. Hammer-loop from the original pants can be used to hang up. On the inside of the hat, you can find my personalized “Yew” garment tag, the hat is lined with light-yellow herringbone fabric that was used as the pocket liners in the original denim and holds the final zippered stash pocket of this hat.

You can find out way more about my brand on my website: www.yewsupply.co

By Yew, for You.