The Shift From Custom Tailoring to Original Designs

I am excited to announce that going forward, I will ONLY be creating Sew Loka original designs. We will no longer be accepting any new custom sewing projects or tailoring work.

Claudia BiezunskiOctober 6, 2020Comment

Shop local: ‘Walk the Block’ on Saturdays in Barrio Logan – CBS 8 San Diego

Claudia Rodríguez-Biezunski, owner of ‘Sew Loka,’ joined Morning Extra Monday to talk about supporting small businesses in Barrio Logan.

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Zevely Zone: Barrio Walk – CBS 8 San Diego

Business owners in Barrio Logan 'Walk the Block" to promote business while beautifying their culturally diverse neighborhood on Logan Avenue.

NewsClaudia BiezunskiOctober 2, 2020walk the blockComment

Barrio Logan artisans team up to bring people back to the neighborhood – Pacific Insider

Rodriguez-Biezunski came up with an idea for Walk The Block, a weekly event to encourage San Diegans to visit Barrio Logan. With outdoor business permits, shops could set up retail booths in the street and restaurants could host diners on the sidewalk in an effort to revive the neighborhood.

Claudia BiezunskiSeptember 8, 2020Comment

Barrio Logan Entrepreneur Fighting to Keep Neighborhood in Business – NBC 7 San Diego

Several Barrio Logan business owners have teamed up to begin a community event called "Walk the Block." They encourage businesses to operate outdoors along the sidewalk and parking lots following the City of San Diego's new Temporary Outdoor Business Permit.

NewsClaudia BiezunskiAugust 21, 2020covid-19, walk the block, small businessComment

'Walk the Block' event brings outdoor sales to Barrio Logan community – ABC 10 News

The community event will be every Saturday from noon to 7 p.m.

NewsClaudia BiezunskiAugust 8, 2020walk the blockComment

Barrio Logan to host 'Walk the Block' to help struggling businesses – ABC 10 News

Barrio Logan to host 'Walk the Block' to help struggling businesses.

NewsClaudia BiezunskiAugust 7, 2020walk the blockComment

San Diego MOMpreneurs – San Diego Family Magazine

Mom-led businesses are working hard to serve the community and keep business going during this time of crisis. Included in our impressive 2020 lineup are moms who launched brands after the birth of a baby.

San Diegans are making homemade masks for people in need – CBS8

She said her super power is sewing, so she and her super-sewers have teamed up to make 400 masks and counting. Claudia said sewing is her super power, so she and her super-sewers are making these for the Alpha Project.

NewsClaudia BiezunskiMarch 25, 2020covid-19, facemasks, sewingComment

Local seamstress makes masks for community members in need – Fox 5 San Diego

To date, Rodriguez-Biezunski has made more than 600 masks in her Barrio Logan sewing shop, Sew Loka, and she’s doing it for free.

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Home seamstresses rush to sew face masks - San Diego Union-Tribune

Sew Loka has made more than 400 masks since Friday, including a recent order for 30 masks from the Alpha Project bridge shelter not far from her studio.

NewsClaudia BiezunskiMarch 24, 2020covid-19, facemasksComment

How to Make an Old Wedding Dress Fresh and New – Exquisite Weddings

Puffy sleeves, off-white hues, and tea length hemlines—the past hundred years of wedding gown designs have been a wild ride. And Claudia Rodriguez-Biezunski, owner of Barrio Logan sewing studio Sew Loka, has taken in and even revamped them all.

PublicationsClaudia BiezunskiFebruary 27, 2020wedding, customComment

Barrio Logan’s Sew Loka: the Nip/Tuck of real life – San Diego Reader

According to Claudia Rodriguez Biezunski, the gregarious owner of Barrio Logan’s Sew Loka, for a man, having your clothes tailored is more important for your looks than working out.

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Culture Report: Slow Fashion at Barrio Logan’s Sew Loka – Voice of San Diego

With more attention on the social and environmental costs of “fast fashion” culture — the demand for cheap, readily available clothing with frequent seasonal turnover — there’s a shift toward DIY fashion.

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On the alley between Evans and Sampson – San Diego Reader

Everything at Sew Loka unfolds in a space that’s barely 500 square feet. Although she loves her little workshop, she says it not the building that’s magical; it’s the alley.

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Meet Claudia Biezunski of Sew Loka – SD Voyager

At 25, I decided to leave my job as a receptionist and move down to San Diego in order to pursue my dream of operating a sewing studio. It was scary and my family thought I was a little crazy, but in the end, it was the best decision of my life.

NewsClaudia BiezunskiAugust 23, 2018Comment