Dada da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da. da da da da da da da da da. da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Hello and I'm Caroline, and I'm Helen, and we love to sew. This is a podcast for Makers where we talk about sewing a handmade wardrobe and bring you

interviews with inspiring

creatives and small business owners in our community. Today we have Evelyn

Wood joining us to share her love of vintage sewing and refashioning. We chat about what to look for when sourcing

vintage patterns and fabric, garment archaeology, and how to see beyond the clothes

when hunting for your next refashioning project. Evelyn also shares her top five sewing habits. How many of

them do you do Helen? Oh boy! Oh boy! Hello Evelyn, thank you so much for coming on the show today.

Hello, thank you. It's so great to be here.

We're so happy to have you. Right off the bat I want to say that it was recommended that we have you on the show from my assistant who loves you so much and really wanted to hear from you so we're really glad that she brought you into our

lives because we've really enjoyed getting to know you through your YouTube channel.

But can you please introduce yourself to our listeners?

Yes, well my name is Evelyn Wood.

I live in Brisbane, Australia, so it is quite far away from most of the rest of the world.

And I run a business doing all sorts of sewing things and teaching people

how to sew and refashion and make YouTube videos. Just built a life around sewing, vintage, and fashion.

So can you tell us the story of how and when you learned how to sew?

Yes, I learned to sew in high school actually.

In high school, we, it was still a subject that everybody did, boys, girls, everybody,

and we did home economics, and I just loved it from the first class I absolutely loved

learning to sew and I did it all through high school and then you know I went on to college

to study fashion but that's where I learned to sew. My mom didn't

sew, I didn't have any aunties or grandmothers that sew or anything like that. That was

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