Episode 49: Making Time to Sew with Lauren Taylor
Love to Sew Podcast
Helen Wilkinson
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2018
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Lauren Taylor is here to talk about running her sewing blog, Lladybird, for almost a decade! Lauren is a sewing instructor, freelance tailor, and inspiring member of the sewing community. She gives us tips for increasing sewing productivity and finding time for creative hobbies.
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| 0:15.0 | Dada da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Hello and welcome I'm Caroline and I'm Helen and we love to sew. |
| 0:18.0 | This is a podcast for makers where we talk about sewing a handmade wardrobe |
| 0:22.0 | and bring you interviews with inspiring |
| 0:23.9 | creatives and small business owners in our community. |
| 0:27.1 | Today we are chatting with Lauren Taylor, the blogger and sew is behind Lady Bird. |
| 0:31.6 | Lauren has been sharing her sewing journey online for almost 10 years and teaches |
| 0:35.4 | genes-making intensives across the country. She sews non-stop and shares her tips for productivity in |
| 0:40.9 | the sewing room as well as thoughts on blogging and using your unique voice. |
| 0:45.0 | Wait, isn't it? L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L-Da D'Da D. D. D. D. Hello Lauren, thank you so much for coming on the show today. |
| 0:58.0 | Hey, thanks so much for having me. |
| 1:00.0 | We're so excited to chat with you. Can you introduce yourself to our listeners? |
| 1:06.0 | Yes, so my name is Lauren Taylor. I blog at ladybird.com. |
| 1:11.0 | I also teach in-person sewing workshops around the country and I live in Nashville |
| 1:16.1 | Tennessee with my cat Amelia Earhart. Oh I love your cat's name. |
| 1:20.0 | It's so cute. Okay so before we jump into everything that you do because you have some pretty |
| 1:25.8 | awesome jobs and you do a lot with sewing, but we want to know about your |
| 1:29.0 | sewing journey. So can you tell us how and when you learn to sew? |
| 1:32.8 | Oh man, so I have been sewing for the majority of my life. |
| 1:37.6 | I'm 33 now and I probably first got into it when I was like five or six. My mom always sewed. She made a bunch of home decor like curtains and pillows and stuff for the house and she made stuffed animals and Easter dresses for my sister and I so there was always a sewing machine just kind of around the house. I used to get into her sewing box and make little things for my Barbie dolls or my tiny stuffed animals. |
| 2:06.7 | And I didn't really discover sewing for clothing until I was probably 14. And that was because I wanted to wear band t-shirts that were really |
| 2:17.7 | really big and I was a really really small person so I learned how to alter clothes and |
| 2:21.7 | my mom had a sewing machine still so I would |
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