We are recording today on the traditional ancestral and unceded territories

of the Coast Salish and Kwakwakiwak peoples, including Slaywetooth, Squamish,

Musqueam, and Komak's First Nations.

Hello and welcome to Love to Sew! 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 topic, How Fabric Gets Made!

Hi, Helen! Hi, Caroline! How are you today? I'm doing well. Thanks, how are you?

I'm good! I'm excited to talk about fabric. You know, I love these fabric episodes.

I know you do, and this one is a beast of an episode y'all. I recently went to town prepping

for this one, along with Caroline's expert advice, and we've got a great show for you today.

We really, really do. I can't wait to jump in, but before we start, we wanted to share some great

tips that listeners sent in after we released our pockets episode. So I'll start off with this

feedback from Abby. My favorite tip for making identical mirrored patch pockets,

finished the top edge of each pocket, based the two pockets right sides together,

along the bottom and sides. Turn the pocket sandwich right side out using a point

turner to poke out any corners, press, then seam rip the pockets apart. Ta-da! Perfectly

pressed and identical pockets, and easier than using a pressing guide slash jig, in my opinion.

Okay, this is a really cool idea and useful for anyone who doesn't love jigs or maybe

doesn't have a jig. What do you think, Helen? I feel like this is really cool. Yeah, this kind of

blew my mind. I had to stop and think about it for a moment to follow along, but it makes perfect

sense that you would end up with mirrored pockets, like two pockets that are actually identical,

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