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This is a podcast for makers where we talk about sewing a handmade wardrobe and bring you

interviews with inspiring creatives and small

business owners in our community.

On today's episode of Love to Soe, we're talking to Christine Haynes, owner of her self-titled

pattern line and manager of Pearl Sojo in New York.

Christine brings us up to speed on moving across the country, her new job, and her new life in the big city.

Yeah, the big apple. The big apple.

Hi Christine, welcome to the show.

Thanks so much for having me. We are so excited to chat with you today because there is so much going on in your life right now and we're just so pumped for you and everything that's happening so we can't wait to dive in here.

Thank you.

Yeah, pretty much everything in my life just changed.

So there's lots to talk about.

Yeah, no kidding.

So I don't know where to start, but why don't we just begin with you telling our

listeners a little bit about yourself for people who don't know who you are?

Sure. My name is Christine Haynes, and I've been a pattern maker and sewing book author and sewing teacher for a long time now,

like 10 years or so give or take professionally.

I've been sewing for 35, 36 years for myself on top of that.

And my line of patterns is called Christine Haynes patterns.

And the new change, the new part of my title

is that I'm also now the store manager of Pearl Soho, which is for those that don't know is a knitting

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