We are recording today on the traditional ancestral and unseeded territories of the Coast Salish and

quaquoquoque peoples, including Slalotooth, Squamish, Musquium, and Comox First Nations.

Hello and welcome to Love to So I'm Helen, the designer behind Helen's closet patterns and Cedar Quilt Co. And I'm Caroline the owner of Blackbird fabrics and B.F. patterns.

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

Today we're taking you through all the steps of making test garments, aka muslins, aka twalls.

From choosing the right fabric to how to cut it, base it, and adjust it, will demystify

this sewing step so you can get your perfect fit and style. If you love to sell, this is your show.

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Hello! Hello!

Hello!

Hi Helen!

Hi Helen! Hi Caroline, how are you?

I'm good, how are you? Good, very excited to be back for our spring 2024 seasons. Oh my gosh we

missed you all we're back. We're back. I love this time of year filled with all the spring vibes and very excited to be back.

Oh my gosh me too. It's fun to be off for a little bit but it's also really fun to get back into the swing of things.

And we have a really fun season planned.

I know we say that every season, but this one's really great.

Well, I mean, they're all great, so we're not lying.

No, we do have so many fun guests lined up and this first episode topic,

muslins and twals, I mean, we say this all the time time but how have we not done an episode about this?

I know this is definitely one of the ones that we probably should have done by now but I'm

excited to talk about it today. Me too. There's so much to get into but I want to hear a little bit about what you got up to over the break.

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