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Love to Sew Podcast

Episode 85: Sustainable Sewing with Megan Nielsen

Love to Sew Podcast

Helen Wilkinson

Leisure, Hobbies, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Megan Nielsen shares with us about her journey to becoming an indie pattern designer and her passion for sustainable sewing. We discuss how we can make changes in our sewing practice to be more kind to the earth and to each other.

Transcript

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This episode of Love to Soe is sponsored by Spoonflower.

0:03.4

The first company of its kind, Spoonflower was launched in 2008 in Durham, North Carolina,

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with a dream of empowering individuals to create, print, and sell their own artwork on fabric, wallpaper, and gift wrap.

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Today the Spoonflower community has grown to over 4 million creative individuals who use their own designs and the Spoonflower

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Marketplace to make all kinds of creative projects.

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With more than 750,000 designs available, there's something for everyone.

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You can receive 15% off your next Spoonflower fabric, wallpaper, or gift wrap order.

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Go to try. Spoonflower.com slash love to sew.

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That's try. Spoonflower.com slash love to sew.

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And now onto the show. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D that that that that that that that that that that that that

0:55.5

that that down that hello and welcome I'm Helen and I'm Caroline and we love to

1:00.6

sew this is a podcast for makers where we talk about sewing a handmade

1:04.2

wardrobe and bring you interviews with inspiring creatives and small

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business owners in our community. Today we are chatting with Megan Nielsen.

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Megan is an amazing pattern designer and blogger who's passionate

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about sustainability and making. We discuss how she shaped her career in the sewing

1:19.4

world, developing her curvy-friendly patterns, and how we can all be more sustainable in our sewing practice.

1:25.9

And the dawn jeans. coming on the show today.

1:35.0

Hi Megan, thank you so much for coming on the show today.

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Hi, thanks so much for having me.

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Can you please introduce yourself to our listeners?

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Okay, hi, my name is Megan Nielsen.

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