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. Hello and welcome 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 are hearing from queer and trans community members about their experiences,

sewing clothing that affirms their gender and finding patterns that fit.

We hear how sewing can have both a positive and negative impact on one's gender expression and

we discuss how we can be more inclusive of LGBTQ plus sewers in our sewing community.

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Hi Helen. Hi, Caroline! Share. really excited. I know we're both really excited to do an episode about

queer and trans sewing. It's been a long time in the making. It has been we started

thinking about this episode at the beginning of the year and we had a lot of

learning to do. We wanted to make sure that we gave it the

attention it deserved and give lots of time to get the submissions for this episode

from our community members so we're going to be hearing from queer and trans sewers about their experiences

sewing gender affirming clothing, finding patterns, shopping in stores, and

interacting with fellow sewers online in the sewing community.

Yes, we are. And before we get into the episode, off the top we want to acknowledge that we're both straight white

cis gender women. And for anyone out there who doesn't know

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