Love to Sew Podcast
Caroline Somos & Helen Wilkinson : Sewing Enthusiasts and Entrepreneurs
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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Oct 26, 2021 • 59min
Episode 192: Choosing the Perfect Fabric
A great garment pairs a good design with the perfect fabric. In this episode, we guide you through pattern and fabric matchmaking, whether in-person or online. Plus, we answer a question about using natural fiber fabrics for interfacing, share a listener's recommended sewing gadgets, and share our best and worst fabric choices. Show Notes
Oct 19, 2021 • 1h 11min
Episode 191: What I Wish I Knew When I Started Sewing
What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started sewing? In this episode, Love to Sew listeners share the hard-earned advice they wish they had when they were new sewists - and Helen and Caroline commentate! Show Notes
Oct 12, 2021 • 1h 11min
Episode 190: Mystical Stitches with Christi Johnson
Christi Johnson is a textile artist and teacher. We talk with her about mystical empowerment through wearable embroidery, clothing vs. fashion, and her new book! Show Notes
Oct 5, 2021 • 1h 5min
Episode 189: Cutting Patterns & Fabric
Cutting is a big part of every sewist's life. In this episode, we share tips for cutting patterns and fabric, recommend the best cutting supplies, and have a Team Rotary Cutter vs. Team Scissors smackdown! Show Notes
Sep 28, 2021 • 1h 25min
Episode 188: Tailoring for Them with Emilia Bergoglio
Tailoring for everyone! Emilia Bergoglio makes amazing tailored garments. In this episode, they chat with us about tailoring techniques, degendering fashion, and their favourite learning resources.
Sep 21, 2021 • 41min
Episode 187: Lining
Linings can make your clothes last longer, make sheer fabrics more versatile, and even make your jackets warmer. In this episode, Helen and Caroline review how to sew linings, how to draft linings, and how to choose the perfect lining fabric for your garment.
Sep 14, 2021 • 50min
Episode 186: Transforming Thrifted Textiles with Francisco Diaz
Francisco Diaz is an artist, slow fashion sewist, and upcycler extraordinaire! In this episode, we pick their brain about sewing with thrifted fabrics, painting and drawing on garments, earth day goals, queer creator collabs, and more.
Sep 7, 2021 • 1h 7min
Episode 185: Fabric Stash Organization
An organized stash is the key to enjoying your fabrics! We share small-space strategies, listener tips, cataloging methods, and more in this comprehensive episode. Big stash? Small stash? We've got ideas for any stash!
Aug 24, 2021 • 45min
Love to Sew Favourite: Create your Dream Wardrobe
This episode was originally released on August 26, 2019. What does your style say about you? From assessing your current style to designing your dream wardrobe, we will have you inspired to create the looks that best suits you.
Aug 10, 2021 • 53min
Love to Sew Favourite: Thread
This episode was originally released on March 23, 2020. This Love to Sew Favourite is all about thread! We discuss the different types of thread, their properties and weights, and how to find the right thread for your sewing project. We also discuss top tips for finding a good quality thread and ways to strengthen your thread when hand-stitching!
