We are recording today on the traditional ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Kwakwakiwak peoples,

including Slaywattu, Squamish, Musqueam, and Komak's First Nations.

Hello and welcome to Love to Sew. I'm Helen, the designer behind Helen's Closet Patterns and Cedar Quiltco,

and I'm Caroline, the owner of Blackbird Fabrics and BF Patterns.

We're two sewing buds who love to sew and it's basically all we want to talk about.

In today's treat of an episode, we're talking about sewing costumes. We'll share the costumes

we've made and worn, talk about special costume considerations, give some tips for working

with unusual fabrics, and share some costume ideas. We're just dying to dress up.

If you love to sew, this is your show.

Hi, Helen. Hi, Caroline. How are you? I'm good. Good. How are you? I'm good too.

Happy October. Happy October. We are recording this a little bit early because on October

3rd, when this episode comes out, I will be on vacation. Yeah, but we can pretend I can picture

the fall leaves, I can hear the crunch when I step on them, and I can smell the pumpkin spice,

and I'm ready for October. Oh, yeah. I had some pumpkin spice ice cream today. Whoa,

that's early. Yeah, I mean, you know, pumpkin spice has been out since August. I know, it's so true.

What we're very excited to talk about costumes with y'all today, but first off, we have some

listener feedback from Adam about sewing for pets from our sewing for pets episode last spring.

My name's Adam. I'm 27 years old, and I'm from Montreal. Oh, Caroline, fellow Montrealer.

Lately, I've really enjoyed sewing for my two bunnies. Here's what I've made them so far.

A fleece bed with a washable cover to avoid choking hazards. The ends of the cushion are

tacked in place by hand, and when it's time for a wash, I unpick the seam. A patchwork cushion

for the IKEA duke-teak doll bed made with scraps and also filled with scraps. Three is a reusable

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