Episode 230: Love to Quilt

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

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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YOU can quilt! In this episode, Helen shares a bunch of reasons to love quilting, walks quilting newbie Caroline through the steps of the quilting process, and recommends projects for beginner quilters. If you’re quilt-curious, this episode may just make you a quilter! Plus, we answer a listener question about the minimum of tools you’ll need to quilt if you’re a garment sewist.

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0:00.0	We are recording today on the traditional ancestral and unceded territories of the co-salish and quakwaki-wak peoples,
0:06.2	including sleighwetooth, squamish, muskweam, and comox-first nations.
0:15.1	Hello and welcome to Love to Quilt. I mean, Love to Sew. I'm Helen, the designer behind Helen's
0:21.6	closet patterns and cedar quilt co. And I'm chairland the owner of Blackbird Fabrics. We're two sewing
0:27.2	beds who love to sew our own clothes and blankets and want to encourage you on your sewing journey, too.
0:32.4	We're going to talk about all there is to love about quilting and walking through the
0:36.3	process. Hi, Caroline. Hello. How are you? I'm good. How are you? I'm so good. I could not be more
0:50.0	excited for today as you can imagine. Oh, I know, Helen. I can imagine. I don't have to imagine
0:56.0	actually. I can see you and I know you're excited. I'm so excited. Yes, as some of you may know,
1:02.7	I recently launched a quilt pattern company called Cedar Quilt Co. And it has been a blast so far,
1:09.7	sharing my love of quilting with others and encouraging people to try quilting who haven't before.
1:15.4	And we actually launched a great free introduction pattern called the playful placemats. And it's
1:20.9	perfect for anyone who's new to quilting because it covers all the steps from start to finish.
1:26.4	Nothing is left unexplained. It's a great beginner project. Nice and small and doable.
1:31.6	And by the time this episode comes out, I'm hoping to have our first paid quilt pattern in our
1:36.3	online shop, too. And this one comes in many sizes from wall hanging to bed size. So you can head
1:42.4	on over to my website or my Insta to take a look at our first design. I'm at cedarquiltco.com
1:48.9	or at cedarquiltco on socials. Okay, does this pattern have a name? Yes, this pattern is called
1:55.4	forest flowers. And it is inspired by all of the wildflowers that pop up in the woods when I'm
2:01.6	walking around with my dog. So beautiful in the spring. Just little tiny flowers poking out from
2:07.6	under the undergrowth. And they're so beautiful. And this, yeah, this pattern is inspired by them.
2:14.4	Yay. Oh my gosh. Okay, well speaking of design, I'm curious for your quilt pattern designs.
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