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Love to Sew Podcast

Episode 54: Embracing Community with Sarai Mitnick

Love to Sew Podcast

Helen Wilkinson

Leisure, Hobbies, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Sarai Mitnick gives us a peek behind the scenes of Colette Patterns and Seamwork Magazine. We discuss building an inspiring workplace, bringing sewists together online, and handling challenges in business. Sarai also chats with us about body positivity and self-image as it relates to our sewing practice.

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0:19.8

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 I'm Caroline. And I'm Helen and we love to sew. This is a podcast for makers where we talk about sewing a handmade wardrobe and bring you interviews with

0:23.6

inspiring creatives and small business owners in our community. Today we are

0:28.2

chatting with Sarah Mitnick, the founder of Kolet Patterns and Seemwork magazine.

0:32.3

We dive into the inner workings of her businesses

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and the amazing team behind it all.

0:37.1

Sary has been cultivating a community of Sowas since the very beginning and is more inspired

0:41.5

than ever to help others embrace sewing.

0:44.0

Helen I can't think of a better way to end one year of podcasting.

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I know.

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Yay!

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Yay! Hello, Seri, thank you so much for coming on the show today.

0:59.3

Hi, thank you so much for having me.

1:01.2

Time and time again, we have guests on the shows say that

1:03.9

Collette was their first introduction into the sewing world and we are so

1:07.8

honored to have you here with us today and grateful for everything you've done to

1:11.6

help build this community so thank you for that.

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Oh, that's really sweet.

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So to start us off, can you please introduce yourself to our listeners?

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Sure, I'm Sarah Mitnick and I'm the founder of Colette Patterns and Seamwork which is our membership site.

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And where do you live?

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I live in Portland, Oregon.

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So can you tell us a little bit about your sewing journey how and when you learn to

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