We are recording today on the traditional ancestral and unceded territories

of the Coast Salish and Kwakwakiwak peoples, including Slay with Tooth, Squamish,

Musqueam, and Comox First Nations.

Hello and welcome to Love to Sew! I'm Helen, the designer behind Helen's

closet patterns, and I'm Caroline the owner of Blackbird Fabrics. 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, HEMS!

Hello, Helen! Hi, Caroline! How are you? I'm good. How are you?

Good! I just realized I should have said hello, Helen. Are you ready to talk about HEMS?

Triple H! Hello, Heming Helen. I'm excited to get to the bottom of this. I feel like we're

going to be really punny today. I hope everyone is ready. Get ready! There's some good gems in here.

All right, but before we get into it, as usual, we have some feedback from one of our listeners

after our sewing swimwear episode. We had some great feedback, especially about changing

robes and ponchos. Yeah, we did! So first off, Rebecca said, I looked for patterns and didn't

really find a great pattern, so I'm drafting one. I want to be able to change out of my suit

under it. It has to have a pocket or pockets. I want a hood. I want an attached stuff sack for

easy packing that might also double as a pocket. I chose a waffle textured linen that's super

delicious to snuggle in. My challenge now is to strike the right balance between function and style.

I want it to look like a garment, not just a large towel, but lay flat enough to sun on.

A surf poncho is the type of garment you don't know you need until you have one. Changing out of

your suit right on the beach is awesome. This totally sounds like it's going to have everything.

You're getting the nail on the head. If I ever did a pattern, I definitely would want to have all

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