Love to Sew

Today on Love to Sew, Katie Marcus from What Katie Sews shares how she learned to sew, her favorite makes and patterns, and her passion for sustainability through sewing. Katie has a modern approach to sewing, focusing on wearable makes that reflect her strong sense of style. We loved getting to know Katie and we hope you do too! Here are some of the things we talked about in this episode: Katie’s cat: Unhelpful, but cute ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ A post shared by @whatkatiesews on Ray-Stitch in London Janome: In Japanese, the word Janome (pronounced Ja-NO-me) means “eye of the snake.” The company earned the name in the 1920s when founder Yosaku Ose, a pioneer in Japanese sewing manufacturing, began to use a round metal bobbin system instead of the traditional long shuttle. The Japanese thought the new round bobbin looked like a snake’s eye, and from the innovative design, a name was born. Katie’s Sewing Room:

In this episode of Love to Sew we discuss our fabric stashes. Learn how we organize our fabrics, what we like to stash, how our partners feel about it, and what to do with unwanted items. Together we confess how much fabric we are each hoarding and come to realize that it’s OK to collect fabric as part of a sewing practice. Do you have a growing fabric stash? Listen to this episode for great tips (and maybe a little bit of moral support) when it comes to organizing and managing a fabric collection. How do you organize your fabric stash? We want to hear about it! Please leave us a voicemail so we can share your methods with our listeners. You can call us at 1-844 SEW-WHAT, that’s 1-844-739-9428. We can’t wait to hear from you! Helen’s Fabric Stash: Helen uses Trello to organize her fabric stash. You can read more about how to set up Trello for fabric on the Attack of the Seam Ripper blog.

On Episode 2 of Love to Sew, we’re interviewing Jenny Rushmore of Cashmerette Patterns. We ask Jenny about her sewing journey, her business, and the Curvy Sewing Collective. She also tells us the story of #cakewithcashmerette, and how sewing has helped her to love and accept her body, and inspire others to do the same. The Curvy Sewing Collective, a plus size sewing community An excellent book on fitting: Fit for Real People Inspiring Japanese pattern making book: Pattern Magic Jenny mentions this funny article from Reductress The instagram hashtag #cakewithcashmerette Swooshing around in what other than a @colettepatterns @alysonclair Moneta maxi with @moderndomestic jersey. Do I *really* have to take it off to wash it? #psbloggers #isew #curvyfashion. Also: to the random jerk who fat shamed me this morning in a comment and suggest I eat less cake: as you can see from this pic my life is just a sad mess, so I’m glad you’ve helped steer my dietary choices, cheers! #effyourbeautystandards #CakeWithCashmerette A post shared by Cashmerette Patterns | Jenny (@cashmerette) on The Guardian article

Hi! It’s our first episode! Episode 1 is all about you getting to know us. We’re talking about how and when we learned to sew, why we love it so much, what we do every day, and how we met. Helen makes a big announcement about her business. Caroline tells the story behind the name of her online shop. We wrap up with a rapid-fire random question session – complete with lots of laughs and some embarrassing confessions. Wednesday Weekly on Helen’s Closet Rochelle New’s blog: Lucky Lucille, and the skirt that inspired Helen!

Helen Wilkinson and Caroline Somos host Love to Sew, a fun weekly podcast about making clothes, sewing community, and small business. They talk (and laugh) 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. Join us every Tuesday for new episodes of Love to Sew!   http://traffic.libsyn.com/lovetosew/LTS0.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed