We are celebrating episode 50 this week with a special recap of our time spent travelling together to Pattern Review Weekend, Prince Edward County, and Montreal. We recorded some mini interviews along the way, including a sewing pep talk from Heather Lou and an intro to bra-making with Emerald Erin!
- All Helen’s Closet patterns are 15% off this week to celebrate Helen’s 3-year blogiversary!
- York Pinafore Hacks
- Episode 47: Sewing Swimwear
- #sewingswimwear
- Cut to size cutting mat
- Fiskars cutting mat
- Use bed risers to raise up your dining room table for cutting!
- Social Justice Sewing Academy
Watch our instagram story about our trip!
Pattern Review Weekend:
- Gillian Whitcomb:
- Pattern Review
- PR Weekend
- Stratford, ON
- Stratford Festival
- Thelma & Louise movie
- We met up with Heather Gibson from the Pug and Needle
- We met up with Anya Tsinko from Anna Zoe Sewing
- Gillian’s Better Pictures Project
- Helen’s pensive pose:
- Gillian’s recap of her PR Weekend presentation
- Jalie Patterns
- Bra-makers Supply
- Clothes Making Mavens and their sustainability episode
- Pattern Swap:
- Needlework Hamilton
- We met up with Sarah (@sparkles.sarah) in Hamilton
- Fabricland Hamilton
- Highlights from PR Weekend 2018 on their blog
Prince Edward County:
- Picton, Ontario
- Belleville, Ontario (where we arrived by train)
- Emerald Erin – Blog, Vlog, Shop
- Our visit to Erin’s studio:
- Erin’s Jordy Bralette
- Erin’s Tuesday Boyshort
- Gibby:
Montreal:
- Some shots of our time with Heather:
- Episode 23: Face Your Sewing Fears with Heather Lou
- Elizabeth Suzann on Soundcloud
- Heather’s new studio tour
- Fiona Dress (new!)
- Nettie Dress
- Fiona’s blog Diary of a Chain Stitcher
- Body Posi Panda
- Love to Sew Meet-up:
Thank you to everyone that came to our meet-up!
- Montreal Spoolettes
- Join the Vancouver Garment Sewists facebook group!
- Bota Bota:
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