Episode 234: Sewing and Travel

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

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Sewing is a good thing. Travel is a good thing. Put them together and you get a GREAT thing! In this episode, we talk about taking your sewing with you on your travels, planning sewing-themed activities for your trips, and how to make your me-mades presentable while travelling. Plus, we talk about sewing retreats, sewing conventions, and planning your own sewing trip! We also share listener feedback about shopping for sewing souvenirs while traveling, crafty Vancouver recommendations, and an international sewing pattern database.

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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 Kolmok's First Nations.
0:14.5	Hello and welcome to Love to So! I'm Caroline, the owner of Blackbird Fabrics.
0:19.1	And I'm Helen, the designer behind Helen's Closet Patterns and Cedar Quiltco.
0:23.0	We're two sewing buds who love to sew our own clothes and want to encourage you on your sewing journey too.
0:28.4	Join us for today's topic, Sewing and Travel!
0:39.6	Hi, Caroline! How are you? I'm doing well, thanks, how are you?
0:44.2	I'm so good. This past week we had some gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous weather and it's just putting
0:51.2	me in the vest mood. Oh, I know, same. I actually went for my first swim of the season yesterday.
0:56.8	Oh my gosh, yes!
1:00.0	Why is it still very cold? It was a cold plunge. It was a cold plunge, yes. Oh, good for you though!
1:06.4	Oh my gosh, the weather was perfect for that because you probably came out and you got to just
1:09.7	bask in the sunshine. Oh yeah, once we got out, it was fine. But when I was in there, I was like,
1:16.2	oh my god, oh my god, was it a very brief swim? Yes, it was a very brief swim, but I did put my head
1:23.5	under. Oh my god, so did Sam, and so did Sam's mom, Laurie, we all jumped in the icy lake and
1:30.1	then jumped right back out again. Oh, I love it. Congrats on the first swim of the year, cheers to
1:36.3	many more. Oh yes, so excited. It's always nice to wait a mark at the beginning of the summer season.
1:43.9	Love this weather, love this episode because we both love sewing and travel, so let me
1:49.0	excited to talk about what we're going to talk about today. I know, I love both those things
1:53.9	separately, I will say. I don't have a ton of experience bringing sewing projects on my travel
1:58.7	trips, but we're going to go over some tips for that today and talk about our personal experiences
2:03.6	traveling with projects and things like that. It's going to be fun. And we're also going to talk
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