Episode 227: Sewing for a Changing Body

Love to Sew Podcast

Helen Wilkinson

Indiesewing, Crafting, Sewingclothes, Smallbusiness, Apparelsewing, Hobbies, Entrepreneur, Sew, Fabric, Sewing, Leisure, Arts, Sewingpatterns, Fashion & Beauty, Maker, Diy, Garmentsewing, Fashion, Handmadewardrobe, Business, Indiebusiness

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Bodies change - it’s a fact of life! In this episode, we share strategies for how to sew for yourself when your body is changing - from making new garments that will fit over several sizes to altering and refashioning old me-mades. This episode is packed with info! Plus, we answer a listener question about where to find challenging sewing patterns.

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0:00.0	We are recording today on the traditional ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Kwa Kwa Kwa Kiwak peoples,
0:06.8	including Slalo Tooth, Squamish, Musqueam, and Colmox First Nations.
0:14.8	Hello and welcome to Love to So! I'm Caroline, the owner of Blackbird Fabrics,
0:19.6	and I'm Helen, the designer behind Helen's Closet Patterns.
0:22.4	We're two sewing buds who love to sew our own clothes and want to encourage you on your sewing journey too.
0:28.0	Join us for today's topic, sewing for a changing body.
0:38.8	Helen, are we going to have to change our intro?
0:41.7	Maybe! I'm Helen, the designer behind Helen's Closet Patterns and Cedar Quilco.
0:48.7	Oh my gosh, congratulations! Thank you!
0:53.6	Yes, it may be old news at this point because we mentioned it about a week ago on all our
0:58.6	social media channels, but in case you missed it, I am launching a line of quilt patterns under
1:04.2	the brand name Cedar Quilco, and you can follow along with me on social media.
1:09.2	Tomorrow, when this episode comes out tomorrow, we are launching our free pattern for our newsletter
1:15.2	subscribers, and that's going to be a really great introductory pattern for beginner quilters,
1:20.5	or people who have never quilted before, so I'm so excited to share that. I definitely
1:24.9	want to bring some of our garment sewing listeners into the quilting world with me and have fun.
1:30.8	Oh my gosh, I'm so excited for you. I know you've been working on this for a really long time,
1:36.2	so it must feel so good to have it out in the world.
1:39.8	It really does. I've been just like itching to share more of and designing quilts and making
1:45.2	quilts, and kind of keeping it all under wraps, and like lurking in the quilting community,
1:50.4	and I knew that I wanted to keep it a little bit as a surprise, and just announce it when I
1:54.9	felt ready to announce it, and I'm ready now, so here we are. Ready, check, and now ready, check.
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