We are recording today on the traditional ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish

and Kwa Kwa Kwa Kiwak peoples, including Slalo Tooth, Squamish, Musqueam, and Comox First Nations.

Hello and welcome to Love To So! I'm Caroline, the owner of Blackbird Fabrics,

and I'm Helen, the designer behind Helen's Closet Patterns. We're two sewing buds who

love to sew our own clothes and want to encourage you on your sewing journey too.

Join us for today's interview with Kat Browna Kutchuk.

Hi Kat, thank you so much for coming on the show today.

Hello, thank you so much for having me. I'm thrilled to be here.

Oh, we're so excited to chat with you. Can you please introduce yourself to our listeners?

Sure, so my name is Kat Browna Kutchuk. I'm a Native American artist and designer.

I'm from the Onida Nation of the Thames in Canada, and I'm Bear Clan, and I also have roots

in a couple of other tribes, but my primary one is Onida, yeah.

Awesome, thank you for sharing that. How and when did you learn to sew?

And I know this might be a bit of an odd question because you do so many crafts, but we always

start with sewing on this show, so how and when did you learn how to sew?

Yeah, sewing is probably the sort of mother craft that spawned all the other crafts that I've

become interested in, so it's totally relevant. I come from a family of sewists, my grandma was a

quilter and like a sort of clothing maker, and my mom is like a ribbon-winning quilt maker, so

I've just always grown up surrounded by people with creative projects on the go, so I guess as soon

as I could pick up a needle, you know, and be trusted with it.

Do you remember any of your early projects?

Oh, yeah, for sure. Barbie clothing and stuffed animal clothing, capes for everyone,

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