Episode 99: Patternmaking with Suzy Furrer
Love to Sew Podcast
Helen Wilkinson
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Suzy Furrer of Apparel Arts joins us to chat about patternmaking. From creating a moulage through to drafting patterns, Suzy has so much knowledge to share. We also talk about building her design school and literally writing the book on patternmaking!
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| 0:18.7 | 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 Hello and welcome 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 |
| 0:22.4 | interviews with inspiring creatives and small business owners in our community. |
| 0:27.0 | Today we are chatting with Susie Furr, the founder of Apparel Arts. |
| 0:31.0 | Susie is an accomplished pattern maker and instructor teaching everything from sewing |
| 0:35.0 | construction to pattern drafting. |
| 0:37.1 | We chat about making a sloper that fits your body and customizing it to make your own sewing patterns. |
| 0:42.8 | Guys, the possibilities are truly endless. |
| 0:46.0 | You need to make a sloper. Hello Susie, thank you so much for coming on the show today. |
| 0:59.6 | Oh, thank you. I'm so excited to be here. |
| 1:02.4 | We are very excited to chat with you. |
| 1:05.0 | Can you start us off by introducing yourself to our listeners? |
| 1:08.0 | Yes, my name is Susie Furr, and I have had a career in fashion for almost 35 years. |
| 1:15.0 | I started as a designer, well I started as a student, |
| 1:20.0 | and then I worked as a designer, a pattern maker, and now I am predominantly an educator. |
| 1:25.8 | Awesome, and where are you from? |
| 1:27.2 | I was born in San Francisco, grew up in San Mateo, which is about 20 miles south of San Francisco, and then moved back to the city |
| 1:36.0 | when I was about 19, stayed there for about 20 years, and now I live in Oakland, which is also close |
| 1:42.1 | to San Francisco. |
| 1:43.6 | And one of the questions that we always ask our guests on the podcast is how and when you learn |
| 1:49.2 | to sew. |
| 1:50.2 | So I know you mentioned you started sewing when you went to school for it, but we'd love to hear a little bit more of the story behind that. |
| 1:56.4 | All right. Well I have to say my first experience with the sewing machine was around I think it was about four or five and my mother |
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