Love to Sew

Emily Hundt is the designer behind In the Folds, an independent sewing pattern company based in Sydney, Australia. Emily believes in slow sewing and cherishing the making process. She is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to take her PDF patterns to print. We chat about planning and launching a crowdfunding campaign, her recent rebrand, and her unique design philosophy. In the Folds  The Good Wardrobe Tilly and the Buttons’ interview with Zoe from The Good Wardrobe In the Folds instagram Emily’s first pattern, the Rushcutter Dress: The Acton Dress Helen’s floral Acton Dress:

Jasika Nicole joins us to chat about shoemaking, red carpet DIY, handmade beauty products and more. She’s a fearless maker who will try anything! Her approach to making is inspiring and her creative spirit is infectious. Fringe TV Show Jasika on IMDb Dressew Fabric Store Kelly Anorak by Closet Case Patterns Archer Shirt by Grainline Studio Janome Jem: Underground TV Show The Good Doctor TV Show Jasika and Claire’s Bro Video: The Sewcialists The Try Curious Blog Colette Patterns Miss Celie’s Pants Jasika Nicole’s Actor Website Closet Case Patterns What’s Doing segment (now delivered through her newsletter – sign up here!) Helen’s Wednesday Weekly roundup Jasika’s handmade Shoe Lasts:

We dive deep into patterns this week with tips for organizing, storing, and collecting sewing patterns. We cover hot-button topics like indie vs. big 4, paper vs. PDF, and tracing vs. cutting! This is a great episode for beginner sewists navigating the world of patterns! Fair Fit Method On @lovetosew.podcast, Helen shares a tip from my hand sewing class but it sounds like she got it backwards.

Jen Beeman, the founder of Grainline Studio, is on the podcast! We get her take on owning and growing an indie pattern company, and how she has found work/life balance as an entrepreneur. Grainline Studio Camp Workroom Social Raptor Center at Camp: Reunited with the raptors this year and it felt SO GOOD! This is Gilboa the barred owl

We take on a ten-day capsule wardrobe challenge and tell you how it went, what we learned, and what we would do differently next time. Lee Vosburgh’s 10 x 10 Challenge helped us to reflect on our current lifestyle and wardrobe needs. We walk away feeling motivated to approach our sewing plans thoughtfully and realistically. #BPSewvember Country and city sewing hashtags: Caroline and I met after connecting on instagram and realizing we live in the same city! Meeting up in real life with fellow sewists can be so much fun. If you want to find fellow sewists in your city, state, province, or country, try using these location hashtags! Tell us your hashtags in the comments! We hope you join us . . #canadasews #bcsews #vancouversews #lovetosewpodcast #welovetosew A post shared by Love to Sew (@lovetosew.podcast) on One Week One Pattern:

We go to Camp Workroom Social and chat with our fellow campers about what this sewing weekend means to them. We both found camp to be such a magical, accepting, and heart-opening experience and we really wanted to share that feeling with the sewing community. Get an inside look at this amazing weekend and hopefully we will see you at camp next year! Amy Nicole Studio Are you an upholder, obliger, rebel, or questioner? Take Gretchen Rubin’s Quiz! Jennifer Wiese, Camp Director “Camp is my most favorite thing EVER!” Jennifer is a designer who believes that every woman can live a joyful, creative, and confident life. At her Brooklyn-based studio, Workroom Social, she helps women find their joy, creativity, and confidence by empowering them to create clothes they want to wear. She teaches sewists methods that make clothing construction easy and produce beautiful results that look store-bought, not homemade. Jennifer is a summer camp counselor for life and the recipient of the “Spirit of Wewa” award at YMCA Camp Wewa in Apopka, FL, her childhood sleepaway camp. It’s a dream of hers to create Camp Workroom Social, an excuse for adults to sew, make friends, and act like a kid again if only for the weekend. Workroom Social Miramar Camp Workroom Social Newsletter Camp Sasamat in Vancouver

Amanda Adams chats with us about her photo a day challenge, #bpsewvember, and shares her passion for bringing the sewing community together. Amanda has a playful approach to sewing and we are in love with her outlook on this creative practice. Amanda is the blogger behind Bimble and Pimble Bimble and Pimble is named after Amanda’s two dogs Button T. Wuzzle Esq (Bimble) and Popsicle O’Snuffle (Pimble). Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing Coverpro 2000CPX Craftsy Coverstitch Course Meetup Frocktails #bpsewvember If you haven’t heard of #bpSewvember before it is a month long photo a day challenge running throughout November. Sewing is often seen as a solitary pastime so this is a great way to make connections with other awesome sewing peeps from all round the world! You can participate as much or as little as you like – feel free to post 1 or 5 or all the photos – whatever is going to be most enjoyable for you! #bpSewvember is all about having fun, meeting new peeps and having a sticky beak into sewing rooms across the world. This year’s prompts:

This week we are tackling feelings of guilt around NOT sewing all the things and how we can give ourselves grace in our sewing practice. You don’t have to make everything by hand and we can be extra hard on ourselves sometimes for shopping or not making time to sew. We chat about how life is busy and sewing is meant to be a relaxing, creative practice, let’s try to keep it that way! TNT Sewcialists month Amanda from Bimble + Pimble hosts #BPSewvember next month Stretch Velvet from Blackbird Fabrics Velvet inspiration: Lori’s t-shirt Erica’s velvet pants Helen’s Kennedy dress Heather’s Frankie dress Gillian’s Ultraviolet Tee Jasika’s Velvet dress Sara’s boho dress Beth’s Catarina Dress DIY thread catcher seam·stress ˈsēmstris/ noun: seamstress; plural noun: seamstresses a woman who sews, especially one who earns her living by sewing. Sewist: a relatively new term, combining the words “sew” and “artist”, to describe someone who creates sewn works of art, which can include clothing or other

Gillian Whitcombe chats with us about The Sewcialists, and her blog Crafting a Rainbow. We discuss her experience running an online community and the compelling Sewcialists blog series, Who We Are. Gillian also has some great advice about taking better blog photos and defining personal style. The Sewcialists blog, Instagram: @sewcialists Crafting a Rainbow, Instagram: @gilliancrafts Curvy Sewing Collective Gillian’s posts on the Cali Fabrics blog Me-Made-May Colette Sorbetto Did You Make That blog The Sew Weekly (this blog is not active but they have a new instagram account!) Sewcialist.org (plus check out the firehose blog aggregator) Tribute Month: Marcie from Oonabaloona

In our first Very Special Episode, we’re answering your questions. We chat about fabric, fitting solo, favourite tools, TNT patterns, sewing machines, and much more. We also reflect on podcasting for ten episodes, and how we make it work with our full-time jobs! New sweater knits at Blackbird Fabrics Helen’s Flannel Underlined Hampton Jean Jacket Caroline’s denim Lander Pants: The #landerpant and #roscoeblouse are a match made in heaven. These are my new landers in non stretch cone denim from @threadbarefabrics – I did a regular front fly for this version and I’m totally in love!

Portia Lawrie joins us to chat about the Refashioners 2017 and all that goes into organizing this fantastic community challenge. Learn how you can participate and get tips on refashioning and shopping for unloved garments. Portia encourages us to get creative, overcome sewing fear, and just go for it! Portia’s Refashioners 2017 project Pfaff UK’s new Creative Icon machine @elisalex Helen’s denim Refashioners 2016 dress

Kelli Ward of True Bias chats with us about her rebrand, her move to paper patterns, and reveals an exciting collaboration that she’s been working on! Over the past few years, she has balanced motherhood, school, and her growing business. Kelli’s approach of leaning slowly into her goals proves that big things can happen one day at a time. FIT Certificate Program MC Hammer Pants: via GIPHY Check out Kelli’s new product photos! It was her first time behind the camera for her online shop. Kelli’s new pattern: The Lander Pant & Short Caroline’s tester version of the Lander Pant Kelli’s new paper patterns, available for pre-order: Lander Pant & Short, Hudson Pant, Roscoe Blouse & Dress, Lodo Dress Aspen Vincent – @littlegreenorchids Oliver + S

Do you enjoy taking the time to make every detail the best it can be or do you make yourself crazy trying to get everything ‘perfect’? In this week’s episode, we unpack the topic of perfectionism as a community by sharing your thoughts and discussing how striving for perfection affects our sewing practice. Our first episode Happier podcast Ask us your questions for our special Q&A episode! Call us at 1-844-SEW-WHAT (1-844-739-9428) or email us at hello@lovetosewpodcast.com. Blackwood Cardigan Sale Camp Workroom Social Blackbird Fabrics Newsletter Voicemails: Heather from the Pug & Needle – @heatherandthepugs H&M fabric donation Maggie’s no-show sewing night: Wh

Christine Haynes tells us all about her epic move NYC, her new job as manager of Purl Soho, and her plans for her pattern line, Christine Haynes patterns. We loved chatting about this new chapter of her life and hearing all about how she got here. Christine reminds us that it is OK to stop and evaluate where we are at in order to keep moving forward. Christine Haynes Patterns Purl Soho in NYC It’s time to let the cat out of the bag and announce a big secret! I am thrilled to share that I am the new Store Manager at the incredible @purlsoho! I cannot express how truly honored I am to be joining such an iconic shop, filled with gorgeous merchandise, and a lovely team of people who have welcomed me with open arms and hearts. I’m loving every minute of it and hope you come by to say hi! #purlsoho #purlsohobusyhands #christinehaynes Photo by @squidneyknits

Sewcializing = sewing + socializing! Today we’re chatting all about the different ways sewists connect online. We cover everything from Instagram etiquette to our favourite Facebook groups. We also confess how many times a day we check Instagram, and how many people we follow! A great episode if you’re new to the sewing community or just looking for a new way to interact with fellow makers. Helen’s instagram picture from Hornby Island Beth’s from Sew DIY’s curated Instagram feed.