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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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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.

Listen on Apple Podcasts
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    Pattern-Free Design with Daisy Braid

    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!
    Show Notes

    • 55 min
    Mini-Episode 54: Refashioning Ideas

    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!

    Overalls and Jumpsuits

    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.
    Show Notes

    • 50 min
    Intuitive Sewing with Natalie Ebaugh

    Intuitive Sewing with Natalie Ebaugh

    In this episode, we interview pattern designer, sewing teacher, quilted coat maker extraordinaire, and snappy dresser Natalie Ebaugh! She talks to us about her design process, her long career in the sewing community, and how she puts her amazing outfits together. 
    Show Notes

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Bonus Episode 73

    Bonus Episode 73

    In this month’s bonus episode, Helen recaps a fun trip to Vegas and shares all about her new induction range. Caroline talks about teaching her sister-in-law to sew and the relief she feels after BF Patterns’ big release. They also chat about upcoming releases at Blackbird and Helen’s Closet, share a bunch of new indie patterns, and make a big prediction about Beyoncé’s next album. Plus: a fabulous cocktail recipe, a comforting book, and a super fun indie notions shop.

    Budget Sewing

    Budget Sewing

    We share four big strategies for saving money on sewing, with lots of helpful tips from our listeners. You can make amazing things without spending a lot - or anything at all!
    Show Notes

    • 47 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
1K Ratings

1K Ratings

MattP.220 ,

New listener

Found your podcast while searching for something new to listen to. You are just right for me! I’m a quilter but love to venture out and see other things. Your giving me inspiration to do just that. Also like the episode where you provided other podcasts, movies, and music while sewing. Normally I watch Judge Judy while sewing and I know I need to expand my tv life.

lucyhoffy ,

Such a treat

For the creative side of my brain

Kaliannae ,

Amazing wealth of information, but left-wing

This is a wonderful podcast, full of charmingly delivered and abundant advice on garment sewing. The hosts, Caroline and Helen, are so sweet. With their team, they plan and research each episode so well, packing it with helpful information sourced from many people. Love to Sew is also the best produced podcast I have ever heard, and I appreciate the consideration for listeners demonstrated by the consistently high quality audio as well as the focused nature of the discussion. I enjoy playing Love to Sew as I do various tasks throughout my days. By starting from the first episode, progressing chronologically through the next episodes, and taking notes on points that interest me, I have gained an incredible free education in garment sewing as someone who does not know how to sew but would like to learn.

I had to remove a star from the rating because unfortunately, Helen and Caroline have “drunk the Kool-Aid” of left-wing propaganda, not realizing that it aims to destroy marriage and the family, for the sake of destroying faith in Christianity—as marriage represents Christ and the Church, while the family represents the Trinity of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. I am sure that Caroline and Helen mean no harm, particularly since they are echoing what has become trendy in our culture. But in the name of inclusion, they frequently espouse views or promote guests’ platforms that contradict the teachings of the Catholic Church, making me feel alienated. For example, in the first more than 200 episodes, only once have they had a Christian guest, Brittany J. Jones, whereas they have hosted countless people who advocate for grave sexual sins or Marxism, to the point that I have had to skip certain episodes or stop playing them because they effectively show contempt for my religious views. I would be grateful if Helen and Caroline could make the podcast concentrate on garment sewing and minimize engagement with controversial ethical standpoints that marginalize certain listeners. As a second-best, they could at least feature equal representation of people across the political or religious spectrum, including conservative Christians and Jews.

Thank you for all your hard work, Love to Sew team!

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