We are recording today on the traditional, ancestral, and unseeded territories of the Coast Salish and Quakwakwakwak peoples, including Slaywetooth, Squamish, Musquiam, and Comox 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 the only thing worth talking about.

Today we're chatting with Brandon Hayden, aka Happily Dressed. We chat with him about designing interesting menswear, becoming a pattern designer,

and his best and worst thrifting experiences. If you love to sew, this is your show.

Hi Helen. Hi, Carolyn. Hi, Carolyn. I am so excited to talk to today's guest because I've been following him online and I always love to see what he's making. Me too. Brandon Hayden is a pattern designer, sewing teacher and content creator who makes menswear with bold fabrics and cool details, and he wants to empower sew

us to build their skills and express themselves.

Honestly, same.

I think we should get into the interview.

Yes.

Hello, Brandon.

Thank you so much for coming on the show today.

Hi, I'm so excited to be here.

We want to start things off by asking you the question.

We ask all of our guests guests which is how and when did

you learn to sew i bought my first sewing machine i actually just checked this the other day it was

november 15th 2017 and i bought it to take in clothes that i would find at the thrift store because i

am and was and will always be an avid thrifter but But I didn't really start using that machine until January of

2018. That's kind of when I dug my feet in to try to make real things. That's really cool. So did you

have prior sewing experience like from Homeck or something like that? Not at all. And there's actually,

it's kind of sad because when I was younger, I asked my grandma

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