Meet the Founder

Bubs Studio was created by Christina Villarino, whose love of sewing was shaped long before she ever touched a machine herself.

Christina grew up surrounded by Sewing. Her grandmother, Patsy, owned an alteration shop, where Christina witnessed firsthand the skill, patience. On her mother’s side, her great‑grandmother was a seamstress, the kind of woman who sewed all of her children’s clothes. These women unknowingly carved a path that Christina would one day follow.

In high school, Christina got her hands on a sewing machine again and was instantly hooked. She set her sights on making swimwear, unaware of just how challenging it could be. That ignorance worked in her favor. Determined to figure it out, she began creating half‑wearable pieces and teaching herself through trial, error, and persistence. Within six months, she was selling her own swimwear, and what started as curiosity quickly grew into a business.

For years, whenever Christina told people she sewed, the response was almost always the same “I want to learn how to sew,” or “My grandmother sews.” She realized there was something deeper there a shared longing for connection to the craft. After years of sewing alone in her garage, she craved community.

That desire became Bubs Studio.