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

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

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Hello and welcome to Love to So I'm Caroline the owner of Blackbird Fabric's and

P. F. patterns.

And I'm Helen, the designer behind Helen's closet patterns and Cedar Quilt Co.

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

In this episode, we're interviewing Sandeep Sandhu, the owner of the amazing Fabric Store, Sister Mintaka.

She tells us how she chooses her beautiful fabrics, what advice she would give to small business

owners in the sewing space, and all about her personal sewing. She's not only a fabric mogul, she is a style icon.

If you love to sew, this is your show.

Hello Sandeep, thank you so much for coming on the show today.

Hi, thank you for having me.

Can you please start us off by introducing yourself to our listeners?

I'm Sandeep and I'm the person behind System in Tarka, which is a fabric shop based in the UK.

Fantastic! And whereabouts in the UK are you located?

In the Midlands, in a city called Coventryentry which you probably haven't heard of.

No but it sounds idyllic.

Yeah, it's not ready somewhere to write about unfortunately.

Oh my gosh, I haven't heard of it, but it does, Helen's right, it does sound idyllic.

I think all UK city names sound idyllic to meet the healthy from Canada.

Okay, we want to ask you about your sewing journey. Can you tell us a little bit about how and when you learn to sew?

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