Glory Allan

10/08/2026

I can’t imagine a creative process that goes smoothly in any scenario. At any given time there’s about 100 ideas in my head at once, a handful make it to paper but only a few become a reality. I like to think it’s as easy as “just starting” but there’s so much that happens before. Distractions in this day and age are too real.

This is what that looks like.

Inside the Mind of a Maker — Episode 1: The Process.

Produced with the participation of Canada Media Fund | Fonds des médias du Canada

09/10/2026

As someone who’s been building on Shopify since day one, their new Entrepreneur Collection felt personal to me.

09/02/2026

Keeping an old tradition alive but in my own way.

I can’t stand a messy cookie tin, with thread bobbins mixed about and tools bashing into each other. On top of that, the excess height of the cookie tin felt under-utilized.

This definitely satisfied my need for organization when the trays fit snug in the tin together. Every tool has its own compartment, ahh life is good.

Proof that 3D printing has a place in the sewing studio 😤 Bambu Lab 3D

08/31/2026

FREE STL download to print at home or shop the cookie tin sewing organizer here → https://www.gloryallan.com/products/cookie-tin-sewing-organizer

08/28/2026

My type A self couldn’t sleep until these tools were organized

07/11/2026

My releases aren't just tutorials, they're a complete starting point. The sewing pattern, fabric, thread, everything I use in my videos shipped straight to you - and Shopify made that possible. They’ve been the backbone of my Sewing DIY Kits since day one and helped me remove one more barrier between you and your first stitch.

06/22/2026

[DIY OYD - EP. 02] the crossover between sewing and woodworking is crazy

I had done woodworking back in high school but that was way before sewing. Now that I have sewing under my belt, my mind maps out new projects in other crafts the same way. How will panels fix together? What’s does that change for my dimensions? Which way is the grainline? What order should I start assembling this? All things that matter in both disciplines.

06/08/2026

[DIY OYD - EP. 01] somehow the corners wouldn’t corner…

The most I’ve done in the upholstery field was replacing a seat cover, and that baby project (plus seeing a few Reels) gave me the confidence to reupholster a whole ahh couch.

Its rigid shape makes copying its sides fairly easy. A couple things I didn’t account for well:

1. How tight the cover should be
2. The extra extra seam allowance at the bottom to staple in

A cover made from tracing alone would not give you a taut cover. That’s a huge difference between clothing and furniture. Clothes can drape, furniture needs to be snug.

And the bottom seam allowance issue can easily be fixed by adding an extra panel on the bottom, but better to just add that in from the start.

I would be so down to do more upholstery projects, but these couches do take up a lot of floor space that I don’t have…

PS if anyone has advice on the corner, pls lmk 🤕

06/02/2026

[DIY OYD - EP. 00] There are so many things I’ve wanted to try and never got around to. Not because I couldn’t… but because I talked myself out of starting. Well, this series is about what happens when I stop doing that.

These Wallabees are some of my favourite shoes. A simple design, touched by so many creatives over the years. I’ve always wanted to put my own spin on them but kept finding reasons to wait. When this yellow pair finally gave out I ran out of excuses.

With nothing to lose except my pride (lol), I took a seam ripper to the upper. Tested whether I could copy the shape and stitch it back on. To my surprise, it worked. Not perfectly. But enough to make me want to try something bigger.

That’s that “DIY OYD” energy. Trying things outside your domain before you feel ready to. More coming soon.

04/16/2026

New Release! Something a little different on the channel today...

One year ago I visited San Francisco for the very first time. I spent the day thrifting and exploring the city, and captured it all on 35mm film. No digital previews, no retakes, just the experience as it happened.

I'm still a film noob but I just love the whole analogue experience.

Side note, I've been working on 2 new sewing patterns with full video tutorials but they're taking MUCH longer than expected. So while we wait for those, I hope you can enjoy this in the meantime 🙂

What I love about shooting photos on 35mm film is the intentionality behind it. Shots are finite, and there's no undo button. You aren't pulling it out to ca...