Episode 284: What If I Don't Love to Sew?

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

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In this episode, we chat about a really interesting email we got from a listener who doesn’t enjoy the sewing process. We talk about sewing for practical reasons versus sewing for the process, how to make the sewing process more enjoyable, and how to decide whether sewing is worth it. Plus, we have some fun voicemails from listeners to start it all off!

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0:00.0	We are recording today on the traditional, ancestral, and unseeded territories of the Coast Salish and Quakwakwakwak peoples, including Slaiwitou, Squamish, Musquiam, and Comox First Nations.
0:10.0	Dada da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da.
0:14.0	I'm Caroline, the owner of blackbird fabrics and BF patterns.
0:19.0	And I'm Helen, the designer behind Helen's
0:21.1	closet patterns and Cedar Coolco. We're two sewing buds who love to sew and it's all we ever talk
0:26.5	about. In this episode, we're going to chat about a really interesting email we got from a listener
0:31.1	who doesn't enjoy the sewing process. We're going to talk about sewing for practical reasons
0:36.1	versus sewing for the process, how to make the sewing process more enjoyable, and how to decide whether sewing is worth it for you.
0:43.0	Plus, we have some fun voicemails from listeners to start it all off.
0:46.3	If you love to sew, this is your show.
0:51.6	Hello, everybody.
0:53.6	And Helen.
0:57.3	Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what?
1:00.4	Hello everybody.
1:03.1	Hello, everybody.
1:04.6	Hello, everybody.
1:07.1	Hello.
1:09.1	How are you? I love that.
1:09.8	Maybe we should change the opening to the show.
1:12.3	Yeah.
1:13.3	I don't know what I did there.
1:15.3	That was weird.
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