Episode 64: Sewing as Art with Carolyn Norman
Love to Sew Podcast
Helen Wilkinson
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2018
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Carolyn Norman joins us to talk about sewing as a form of artistic expression. She shares stories from almost 50 years of sewing and inspires us to look at our sewing hobby as more than just making clothes. We talk about finding inspiration in your everyday life, being buried with your favourite fabrics, and her column in Sewn Magazine.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Love to Sew is brought to you by Chicken Boots. |
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| 0:24.5 | 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. |
| 0:39.2 | Hello and welcome I'm Helen and I'm Caroline and we love to sew this is a podcast for makers where we talk about |
| 0:45.5 | sewing a handmade wardrobe and bring you interviews with inspiring creatives and small business |
| 0:50.2 | owners in our community. Today we are chatting with Carolyn Norman, the blogger behind The Diary of a Sewing |
| 0:56.5 | Fanatic and the columnist behind Ask Carolyn in Sown magazine. |
| 1:01.0 | Carolyn has been sewing for almost 50 years and shares loads of amazing stories with us. |
| 1:06.6 | She truly believes that sewing is art and embraces her own creative passion for fashion, |
| 1:12.1 | fabrics, and sharing her knowledge with others. |
| 1:15.4 | She also embraces her fabric stash as a fabric collection, which I love. |
| 1:21.0 | So do I. Fabric collection. |
| 1:24.0 | 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. Hello, Carolyn, thank you so much for coming on the show today. |
| 1:37.0 | Thank you for inviting me. I'm so thrilled to be here. |
| 1:40.0 | Oh, we're really thrilled to have you. Let's start off with you introducing yourself to our listeners. |
| 1:46.2 | Can you tell them who you are and where you live? |
| 1:49.2 | I am Carolyn. I author the blog Diary of a Sewing Fanatic and I write the column |
| 1:56.0 | Ask Carolyn for Sown magazine. I live in New Jersey in the United States. |
| 2:01.2 | And we are so excited to ask you about your column for Stone magazine. |
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