Episode 196: Silk
Love to Sew Podcast
Helen Wilkinson
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
There's no fabric more glamorous than silk! In this episode, we take a deep dive into this fancy fiber - its history, how it's made, and how to work with it. Plus, we share a source for custom cutting mats, an amazing sewing song made by a listener, and alternatives to silk!
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| 0:00.0 | We are recording today on the traditional ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish |
| 0:05.0 | and Kwakwakiwok peoples, including Slalo Tooth, Squamish, Musqueam, and Komak's First Nations. |
| 0:14.7 | Hello and welcome to Love to So! I'm Helen, the designer behind Helen's closet pattern. |
| 0:19.2 | And I'm Caroline, the owner of Blackbird Fabrics. |
| 0:21.9 | We're two sewing buds who love to sew our own clothes and want to encourage you on your sewing |
| 0:26.7 | journey too. Join us for today's topic. |
| 0:30.0 | Silk. I think you mean silk. Oh, join us for today's topic. Silk. |
| 0:38.1 | Perfect. How's that? |
| 0:41.7 | Hi, Helen. Hi, Caroline. How are you? I'm doing well. Thanks. How are you? |
| 0:46.8 | I'm doing great. I'm so excited to talk about Fabric again today. We have another Fabric |
| 0:55.0 | Deep Dive splash. And it's all about silk. Silk. You have to put a little emphasis on the |
| 1:05.2 | K at the end, really. Silk. Perfect. Okay, so every time we say that word in this episode, |
| 1:13.4 | do we have to say it like that? Please know. Why not? Oh my gosh. Okay, fine, Helen. |
| 1:22.6 | Okay, before we get into this episode, though, we want to announce our Black Friday Swag |
| 1:28.3 | Sale from Monday, November 22nd until the end of the month. Everything in the Love to So! Shop |
| 1:34.4 | is on sale. We've got teas and totes for 25% off. And our pins are 50% off. And this will be your |
| 1:42.3 | last chance to buy some Love to So! Swag since we will be closing down the shop after the sale |
| 1:47.2 | is over. Everything must go when it's gone. It's gone. It's at LoveToSoShop.com to check it out |
| 1:53.8 | maybe by a gift for a service in your life. That'd be cute. Oh, great idea. Yes, I love that. |
| 2:01.0 | Yeah, sad to see the shop go, but we are on to bigger and better things. |
| 2:07.2 | Maybe more podcasting. More podcasting. It was such a fun project, though. And it's been so fun |
| 2:15.2 | to see everyone sharing their swag out in the wild, sharing pictures of them, wearing their swag. |
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