08/31/2025
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Hello to all the new followers and welcome to Sew Rez. My name is MaKayla Bucktrot and I am the owner and seamstress behind Sew Rez, a clothing company with Native American focus.
Here is where I create custom and made-to-order skirts, shirts, vests, sandals, dresses of all manner both formal and informal, quilts and any ideas not listed above. Give my policy a quick read, shoot this page a message and we'll go from there.
I am from Sapulpa, and currently reside in Tulsa. I am a member of Polecat and Sandcreek Ceremonial grounds. I’m Mvskoke, Yuchi, Pawnee, and Iowa. I grew up with my grandma and I started selling handkerchief pillows at 11. She would make customers through church and stompdance. I didn't make my first ribbon skirt until after she passed away when I was like 15, after that people started ordering through me for greencorn. It wasn't until I was in high school when my teacher taught us how to make a quilt and I used those techniques I learned for patchwork. In between the ages of 17 and 21, I only created things off and on. I even sold my first sewing machine because I wanted to be done with it.
I became a mom at 21 and started making stuff for family and friends and because I had a daughter on the way but I lost her at 14 months when I was 22. I lost passion for sewing and life in general but throughout the years, I would create small things for myself. Eventually, I found that it was an escape so I locked in and with a lot of trial and error I have perfected my patchwork skills.
So, the journey here hasn't always been smiles and success. I have faced many challenges since starting this beginning with the passing of my child, homelessness, being blacklisted, getting removed from shows I earned my way into, and all the other nonsense that comes with that but I chose to persevere because unlike most, my identity and community isn't in these clothes. My identity is a Native woman that chooses to rise above despite everything.
Today, I never imagined how many opportunities it would open up for me and I am so grateful for it. That's an artists dream. It wouldn't have been possible without God and the business and support of so many people from so many nations, tribes, and communities. It drives me to constantly push the status quo of an NDN girl who comes from nothing. That's exactly who I am and what Sew Rez stands for.
No one knows your journey and what it took to get there so if anyone ever tries to diminish your light because you're “too rez", tell them you're goddamn right. I am Sew Rez.