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 fads who love to sew our own clothes and want to encourage you on your sewing journey too!

Join us for today's topic, Sleeves! Sleeves!

I welcome back, Helen! Welcome back! We're so excited to be back, back, back again with another

season of Love to Sew! Yes, we have a lot of fun episodes planned for this season, so

hold onto your seam-rippers, folks! Yeah, and you know when we're planning, we always worry that

we're going to run out of topics one day, and then we start sharing our ideas and realize we

actually have too many topics, and we have to narrow it down. It never ceases to amaze me.

There is so much to talk about when it comes to sewing. Oh my gosh, I know the possibilities

are truly endless. And this year has been pretty busy at both of our businesses. We have some new

projects coming down the pipeline that we're really excited to share with you all very soon,

but because of that, we're going to be doing another season with just the two of us,

so no guess the season, but we're still very excited. It's going to be a great season.

Yes, it's going to be so much fun, and speaking of a busy year, I want to hear how 2023 has

been treating you, Caroline. What's going on? What's new? Okay, I have to say, January and February

are my least favorite months of the year. They are always a struggle for me, and we're in the

middle of February right now. So I don't know. I'm on the struggle bus a little bit, the short days

and the rainy weather kind of takes a toll, but I am so excited for sunshine and longer days,

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