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4.7 • 223 Ratings
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Helen Wilkinson and Caroline Somos host Love to Sew, a fun weekly podcast about making clothes, sewing community, and small business. They talk about their passion for sewing a handmade wardrobe and their daily lives as creative entrepreneurs. Listen to interviews with indie business owners and inspiring sewists who totally understand your obsession with sewing.
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Sister Mintaka with Sandeep Sandhu
We interview Sandeep Sandhu, the owner of the amazing fabric store Sister Mintaka! She tells us how she chooses her beautiful fabrics, what advice she would give to small business owners in the sewing space, and all about her personal sewing. She’s not only a fabric mogul, she’s a style icon!
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Bonus Episode 74
Even though Helen's a bit under the weather, May's bonus episode is full of good energy. Caroline's puppy, Sally, has become much more manageable and Helen went on a great birthday trip. There is a lot of exciting spring and summer sewing going on, including sample sewing for future patterns. Plus: new indie pattern releases, a trick for tying off short threads, and an exclusive cocktail recipe c/o Caroline's brother!
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Block Prints
This episode is about one of our very favourite fabrics - Indian block prints! We explore the rich history of these textiles, the process of making them, and where to buy them. We also share a bunch of pattern ideas and sewing tips so you can incorporate these dreamy, light, beautiful fabrics into your wardrobe! Plus, we answer a listener question about sewing rulers.
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Pattern-Free Design with Daisy Braid
In this episode we’re interviewing Daisy Braid, also known as DIY Daisy! We chat with her about her book, Sew it Yourself, which is filled with pattern-free, wearable projects. She also tells us about her personal style evolution, how to find the good stuff when you’re shopping secondhand, and her year of DIY!
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Mini-Episode 54: Refashioning Ideas
This month's mini-episode is full of ideas for refashioning clothes, whether they come from your own closet for from the thrift store. We go over some general tips before diving into a bunch of specific ideas - our upcycling senses are tingling!
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Overalls and Jumpsuits
We love overalls and jumpsuits! In this episode, we talk about choosing the right style for you, matching it with the perfect fabric, and the pattern adjustments that are super important for these all-in-one garments. Plus: indie patterns, installing hardware, and more! And in the listener question section, we give some gift ideas for the sewist who has everything.
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Customer Reviews
Fabulous podcast!
Dear Helen and Caroline
Love the podcast and find it entertaining, fun and highly educational! Have learnt so much and I keep going back over past episodes with great enjoyment and as new sewing challenges on specific topics come up!
Thank you so very much and please keep going! 10/10 love the jolly banter and commentary to lighten the days 🤩
So interesting and varied!
Such a great seeing podcast with so much interest and value, educational, entertaining, it’s great.
The best sewing podcast
I discovered this podcast a few years ago when I started to learn to sew my own clothes and it’s been a fantastic resource that’s helped and inspired me along the way, I look forward to every new episode I just wish they were longer 😍. Love Helen’s patterns my favourite the Ruby overalls ❤️.
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