Free! Mini-Episode 59: Grading, Trimming, and Notching, Oh My!

Love to Sew Podcast

Helen Wilkinson

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🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

We’re bringing this mini-episode out from behind the paywall as a treat for you! It was originally released in September 2024.

This mini-episode is about bread-and-butter sewing techniques that reduce bulk. We review the basics of grading, trimming, and notching, plus some more advanced and unexpected techniques that will give you a great finish. Caroline and Helen learn a lot about each other in this episode…👀 Let us know: do you trim your seams every time, or only when the pattern instructs you to?

If you would like access to a new mini-episode every month, plus our back catalogue, subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts or sign up to our Patreon at the “Love to Sew Superfan” level.

Thanks to our subscribers for your support. And thank you to all our listeners for listening!

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0:00.0	Hi there, it's Helen and Caroline.
0:07.5	We are bringing this mini episode out from behind the paywall as a little treat for y'all,
0:12.3	and it was originally released in September of 2024.
0:16.0	Yeah, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we did when we recorded it.
0:20.6	I'm still reeling from
0:23.2	the secrets that we learned about each other, Helen. I don't know. It lives rent free in my brain.
0:28.0	I'm like, I can't handle it. We needed to share this with everyone because we need more
0:34.4	information. We need to know which side you're on.
0:39.1	Yes, please pick a side.
0:41.8	And if you would like access to a new mini episode like this every month,
0:46.6	plus our back catalog of mini episodes,
0:48.7	you can subscribe with us on Apple Podcasts or sign up to our Patreon at the
0:53.4	Love to So Superfan level to get access.
0:56.2	And thank you to our subscribers for your support.
0:59.1	If you're already supporting us every month, we are so, so grateful.
1:02.6	And thank you to all of our listeners for giving this bonus episode a listen.
1:07.2	We love you.
1:08.0	We love you.
1:08.9	Bye.
1:10.4	Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. listen. We love you. We love you. Bye.
1:31.1	Hi, it's Caroline. And Helen. Welcome to the September 24 mini episode for our subscribers.
1:44.3	Today's episode is about three essential sewing steps, trimming, grading, and notching. Knowing when and how to do them correctly will reduce bulk and leave you with sharp corners and smooth curves.
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