We are recording today on the traditional, ancestral, and unseated territories of the Coast Salish and Kwokkiwak peoples, including Slalutooth, 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 Quilt Co. 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.

Today's guest is Cornelius Quiring, the beloved internet sewing teacher and content creator.

We ask him about his unique sewing journey, how he breaks down difficult concepts so they're easy to understand, and where he gets all his amazing

tips. If you love to sew, this is your show.

Hello, Cornelius. Thank you so much for coming on the show today. Well, thank you for inviting me.

It's a, I feel like I'm a big deal of being on the show. Oh my gosh. We've had so many people

request to have you on and we're so excited to chat with you today. So can you please introduce

yourself to our listeners? Well, hello, my name is Cornelius Quiring. I am a content creator. I make sewing

videos on the internet that can sometimes be a little bit silly and hopefully educational.

I feel like they're more educational than they are silly these days. You are just like

dishing out knowledge left, right and center. It's absolutely amazing. Where are you from,

Cornelius? These days, I live in Ontario, Canada, but born far, far away in Paraguay, South America.

Amazing. I'm from Montreal, so not too far, not too far away, but we're both on the West Coast now.

How long have you lived in Canada for?

The majority of my life, it was a bit of back and forth. So when I was five, we moved here

and we were here for about five years and then back to Paraguay again and spent some time there

and then back again. So my childhood was back and forth, but then I'd say my teens and adult life

have all been here. Sweet. Okay, so tell us about sewing. How and when did you learn to sew?

Sewing has always been a part of my life. My mom was always making things and at the sewing machine.

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