Stitching a New Path - The Story Behind Hey Sew Sister with Georgie Li

In this episode of The Sewing Social Podcast, host Gemma Daly sits down with Georgie Li, the creative force behind Hey Sew Sister, a thriving online fabric shop loved by sewists around the world. 

Georgie opens up about her inspiring journey, from learning to sew as a child, to leaving behind a career in law, to building a successful, natural fibre focused sewing business.

Listeners will hear Georgie talk candidly about the challenges that shaped her skills, including sewing her own jeans, creating her wedding dress, and navigating the learning curve of garment construction. She also shares how the sewing community on Instagram became a powerful catalyst for her growth and confidence.

Georgie gives an inside look at her design process, revealing how she develops the unique fabrics and patterns that have become Hey Sew Sister’s signature. 

The conversation dives into personal style, the biggest lessons she’s learned as a business owner, and what exciting plans lie ahead for the Hey Sew Sister brand.

If you’re passionate about sewing, sustainability, small business stories, or simply love hearing how makers turn creativity into a career, this episode is one you won’t want to miss.

Key Takeaways: 

• Georgie's early sewing experiences were influenced by her family.
• Instagram helped Georgie connect with the sewing community.
• Making jeans is one of the most challenging sewing projects that she has undertaken to date.
• Georgie made her own wedding dress.
• She transitioned from a law career to running a fabric shop.
• Sustainability is a key focus for Hey Sew Sister.
• Georgie designs unique fabrics and patterns that reflect her style.
• Planning and work-life balance are important lessons learned in business.
• Georgie's personal style is eclectic and influenced by many things.
• She is excited about future projects, including a custom quilted fabric range. 

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Guest details: 

Website: www.heysewsister.co.uk

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Chapters

00:00 The Journey Begins: Georgie's Sewing Story

06:43 From Law to Fabric: The Birth of Hey Sew Sister

10:54 Evolution of a Business: Five Years of Hey Sew Sister

16:52 Designing with Purpose: Unique Fabrics and Sustainability

21:14 Lessons Learned: Balancing Passion and Business

24:19 Future Aspirations: New Designs and Collaborations

28:31 Thready Set Go 

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Transcript

Gemma Daly (00:11)

Georgie, welcome to the Sewing Social Podcast. I'm so happy to have you on today. I wondered if you could introduce yourself to the listeners.

Georgina Li (00:20)

Thanks for having me, Gemma. My name is Georgie or Georgina. I live in Edinburgh and I run Hey Sew Sister, which is an online shop.

Gemma Daly (00:31)

Now I wondered if you can take us back to the beginning of your sewing story us how you learnt to sew?

Georgina Li (00:38)

Okay, so I think we've been interested in sewing since I young. My dad and my grandma, don't think they were like sewing with machines as such, but they always had, you know, the, the biscuit tins full of sewing supplies for I guess mending clothes really altering clothes. That's what they did. So it must have been maybe when I was like seven, eight year old.

eight years old, I started digging into those tins and making clothes for my dolls. So yeah, I used to like cut up jeans ⁓ and just like hand stitch clothes for my dolls. I think it was like bratz dolls at that age. So that was kind of like my first memory of sewing. I did a bit like cross stitch or long stitching too. But then it wasn't until secondary school.

Gemma Daly (01:10)

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Georgina Li (01:32)

when I started to learn to machine sew. don't know if it's the same at everyone's school, but we did textile technology at high school like year seven until year nine. I think everyone did it, which I thought was great. So yeah, we started sewing machine sewing, very simple projects there. And then I actually loved it so much that when it came to picking like GCSE subjects, I chose textiles technology for mine.

and then got to learn how to sew a bit more. That's when we started using commercial sewing patterns. then, yeah, I took a break for a few years after that whilst studying at university and then came back to it a bit later on.

Gemma Daly (02:14)

and what sort of made you try garment sewing then? So obviously school sparked that interest but how did you get into like indie patterns and that kind of thing?

Georgina Li (02:20)

Yeah.

So I think ⁓ Instagram definitely helped with that. I actually really can't remember how I came across sewing Instagram, but I'm sure it's probably similar for a lot of people about maybe seven, eight years ago, I kind of became more aware of fast fashion and trying to be a bit more like ethical and sustainable in my clothing choices. And I think what I did was

I went to John Lewis and saw that there was a whole big fabric and haberdashery department in there. Picked out a Tilly and the Buttons pattern without actually having heard of Tilly and Buttons or any of those kind of indie sewing as well as the fabric I needed to make the pattern. And I think maybe I was getting a bit more into Instagram just in general then as well and looked up Tilly and Buttons on Instagram.

and quickly realised that there's a whole community for sewing on Instagram. And yeah, I went off from there, from discovering all of the other indie designers out there. And I still discover that more almost every week now, it's great. Yeah.

Gemma Daly (03:30)

Yeah, it is amazing isn't it?

And what do you think is one of the most challenging sewing projects that you've undertaken so far?

Georgina Li (03:41)

Ew.

I'd probably say jeans, just because jeans are quite difficult to fit. And if you're using proper denim, it's quite sturdy and, you know, it's not as like, I don't know, flexible of a fabric. So you've really got to get the fit right on jeans. And then there's all the other details like the fly, the like metal hardware if you use that, that's probably the most difficult but.

To be honest, I think my style is quite, I don't know, I tend to go for more simple silhouettes. So there's nothing like overly complicated that I've sewn before, but I would like to have a go at making a trench coat. I think like welt pockets and things like that I've not done before. So I think that will be a challenge, my next challenge.

Gemma Daly (04:23)

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Yeah, I would love that as well, but the welt pockets scare me.

Georgina Li (04:33)

Yeah, yeah,

I'm sure it's fine if you follow the instructions. And I always I always tell people as well who want to start sewing like it's just following instructions. But you know, it's still quite daunting, I think.

Gemma Daly (04:38)

I'm sure.

And you made your own wedding dress, didn't you? Can you tell us about that?

Georgina Li (04:51)

I did.

Yeah. I'm not gonna lie, it was a little bit of a stressful process, just because I couldn't decide what I wanted to do. And you know, it's like one dress, like you're not going to make well, you shouldn't have to make another wedding dress. I found it really hard to kind of like nail down what I really wanted to do. I actually only made my dress about, I think it was maybe like a month or so before the wedding, just because I

Gemma Daly (05:01)

You

Georgina Li (05:18)

faffed around for so long, like trying different things. so yeah, I kind of decided quite early on, ⁓ on the concept, which is just I wanted a kind of like a silk organza dress with a very simple like slip underneath, just so I could focus on the structure and the design in the main like silk organza part of the dress, and then wouldn't have to worry too much about the slip underneath.

Gemma Daly (05:19)

You

Georgina Li (05:45)

I had bought a, I think it was a Vogue pattern quite early on that I knew I would have to like hack quite a lot. And yeah, I did hack it a lot in the end. So it's very, very different from the original pattern. yeah, I'm super happy with how it turned out. I know that there are like so many other wedding dress styles out there that I would have loved as well.

Gemma Daly (05:56)

you

Georgina Li (06:07)

And I try not to kind of like look at those too much because even now I'd be like, I wish I could have done something like that. But you overall, I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Gemma Daly (06:17)

you should be, because it was beautiful.

I think every bride is like, ⁓ I wish I could wear that dress and that dress. It's really hard to choose, isn't it? But you did a great job. So let's talk about Hey Sew Sister and what led you to starting your own fabric shop, because I believe, and correct me if I'm wrong, but you were going down quite a different path from university. Is that right?

Georgina Li (06:20)

Thank you.

Thank you.

so I studied law at university, not necessarily because I was very kind of interested really wants to be a lawyer or anything, but I kind of, I don't know, I think it's sometimes it's hard to know what you want to do. And especially say 18, but it's actually a couple years before that, that you need to decide what you want to do at So I think

I and my parents had decided early on that I was going to study law because it would be of like a foundation for, you know, going off and doing other things if I wanted to. But also obviously being a lawyer was like a good job. So I did the degree and worked as a prophecy solicitor for a couple of years. Actually, it was more like four it was fine, but it wasn't giving me a very good work life balance.

I think kind of like part way into that, that's when I rediscovered sewing, got really into that. And I just wasn't enjoying my full time job. So I used to kind of walk to work, it was like a half an hour walk to work. And I'd kind of like think of business ideas or ⁓ other kind of careers that I could go into that were, you know, different from what I was currently doing. And

I guess the problem with my job was that it was very like high pressure. I understand working hard. I work very hard now, but I just wanted to do something that I had a bit flexibility with, that I felt a bit more passionately about. that's how I kind of decided to maybe see if I could do something related to sewing. And kind of a few years into the sewing hobby, I kind of focused or realised that

there are very different types of fabrics out there. I think at the beginning, I didn't necessarily realize that some fabrics were like 100 % polyester, some fabrics were cotton or blends, and that this could affect like, you know, the quality and the properties of fabric. I guess everyone learns this when they first start sewing and buying their own fabric. once I kind of got a better idea of

the types of fabric that I liked, what was suitable for the kinds of things that I liked to sew. also, as I said before, I was quite interested in being more sustainable. I realised that kind of natural fibre and if possible, organic fabrics was what I liked. So yeah, the idea came about to start Fabric Shop where I wanted to source fabrics that were natural fibre.

And I said organic if possible, but lots of the kind of organic eco-friendly fabrics out there a bit more kind of like muted in tones and colours and patterns. And I liked colourful things. So I thought, you know, I'll see if I can bring those two together. that's, yeah, that was the idea for Hey Sew Sister so I kind of started the business whilst I was still working.

in my solicitor role started really small. invested, you know, a few thousand pounds of my into it, working our spare room. And it kind of just like grew from there, you know, think I maybe started out with about 15 fabrics, which is so few fabrics for, you know, a fabric shop.

But I was very lucky that I'd made friends through the Instagram sewing community. And those guys became, you know, my first customers. it just really grew from there. Everything's been you know, organic. It's kind of, so Hey Sew Sister has been just like an extension of me really and the things I like. And I'm so lucky that there are so many people out there who kind of think in a similar way, like similar things.

yeah, that's kind of where it came about.

Gemma Daly (10:31)

Yeah and you can completely tell that your personality shines through in everything you do Georgie I can tell that as a customer so that's really nice. So hey so sister is it five years old now? Have you had your fifth birthday? Yeah. Yeah.

Georgina Li (10:41)

Thank you, Gemma.

Yeah, it's just coming up to five years old. Yeah, I can't believe it. I feel like it's gone quickly and slowly.

Gemma Daly (10:55)

do you think the store and yourself have evolved over those five years?

Georgina Li (11:00)

I feel like I'm kind of finding my style and my customers style ⁓ a bit more. think at the beginning, kind in terms of like sourcing and the things I start, I kind of tried to, don't know, bring in a bit of everything, which I still do to some extent, but I think I've definitely

got a better idea the kind of style of Hey Sew Sister. And I guess a big way in which I've evolved is, suppose, like designing my own prints and labels and my own products as well. And so I think that's made it like even more personal different. Not saying, I'm different from other fabric shops, but like, you know, just

having your own designs, you know, makes it a bit, yeah, different. And probably the biggest way in which I've evolved. I got a studio a couple of years ⁓ in, so that's allowed me to hold more fabric as well. So I've now got a bigger range. But yeah, I'd those are the biggest things.

Gemma Daly (11:52)

Yeah,

Amazing. So let's talk about those designs then. So you've designed labels, you did that quite early on didn't you? Yeah and then you've got patterns and fabrics as well. What's your sort of like process for designing those? Is there one?

Georgina Li (12:16)

Yeah, I think that was a couple years in maybe.

you

No, I think there was like no prior planning. That's something that I really need to kind of be better at is planning for seasons and things like that. But I just come up with an idea. Quite a lot of the time is when I'm in the shower, actually, or walking along outside. That's when I usually come up with these ideas. then yeah, I try and make it happen because

Gemma Daly (12:33)

You

Yeah

Georgina Li (12:56)

Once I once I've thought of something I try and make it happen as quickly as possible. And just because I know that with my personality, I'm thinking about things coming up with new ideas and designs all the time. So if I didn't focus in and do like make something happen, it just wouldn't I would just constantly be thinking of new ideas. so yeah, once thought of something, I try and get it down and of

Yeah, finesse and sent off to whether it's like my printers or manufacturers, whoever it is to get it to get it made into something. design process is I tend to draw everything out on my iPad to begin I've had no formal like design training. It's all just been winging it essentially. So on my iPad, I use Procreate to do a lot of drawing.

Gemma Daly (13:41)

Yeah.

Georgina Li (13:47)

And I've got Adobe Illustrator as well. that's still very much like I'm still learning how to use both of these things. It's just, I don't know, I really just use a lot of Google out how use these design tools. But thankfully, you know, people have my printers and my manufacturers, they've all been you know, helpful and relaxed.

about the way I kind of submit files and things. So sometimes I'll send something off to them and they'll be like, actually, we need like this colour information or it needs to be in this And I'm really thankful for that because I just having as I said, not design trained, haven't got a clue. It's more just trying to get my designs down in an idea in a format that they can kind of understand and direct me to get it done in the right way. I do feel bad sometimes I don't know how to do things but

Gemma Daly (14:14)

you

Georgina Li (14:39)

Yeah, I'm determined, so I will make it happen. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

Gemma Daly (14:42)

it and it's all learning a learning process

so do you think you get inspired by like fashion or because there are colour palettes that are coming through a lot of the time aren't they from high fashion do you think you get inspired by that

Georgina Li (14:55)

Yeah.

Yeah, I definitely do. try not to like copy things. I take inspiration definitely from ⁓ colour palettes. And, you know, if it's like stripes that are in fashion, if it's polka dots that are in fashion or ginghams, then yeah, it's, it's well, yeah, it makes it lot easier to kind of direct my my designs. yeah, it's, I use Pinterest a lot. That's

amazing design inspiration. You can just type in something like coffee or stripes and it just comes up with so many interesting illustrations or colour combinations and things like that you might not necessarily thought of So yeah I definitely look to Pinterest a lot.

what's what's it called? You know, the Instagram not it's not the for you page. That's a tick tock phrase. But you know, the page where it comes up with like, start, yeah, suggestions. That is great for discovering designers and trends and things like that. So yeah, I try not to be too trend led. But then I know that, you know, things like colours and patterns that are that are popular and trendy, that, you know, they are popular and trendy for a reason. So

Gemma Daly (15:50)

Yeah, suggestions, so, yeah.

Yeah, exactly. And I love the sort of cutesy elements that you always add in, Georgie, like the croissants and the bows. I love those. They like speak to me.

Georgina Li (16:11)

you know, I do look to them.

Thank you.

Yeah, I

think they're like fun little things that, you know, they can just bring like a little spark of joy, like to our daily lives. Like sometimes you think, as an adult, you shouldn't have like cute things, but I'm just all for it.

Gemma Daly (16:38)

Same, same.

So you said that sort of honed more like what you want Hey Sew Sister to be about or what you sell. what would you say that you specialise in?

Georgina Li (16:52)

So I do try to make ⁓ fabric designs I've not really kind of like seen before.

So for example, I did a swan print recently and I was actually really happy when I thought a swan print because I hadn't actually seen a fabric with a swan on before, for example. then like I added the cute bows on it and I was like, oh, this is quite unique. Like I don't think I've a print with swans wearing bows, So I'm definitely like trying to make unique prints but I also don't want them to be like super

trend led so that they can be a little bit like timeless as well. Like I don't want somebody to like buy a special print from me but then like next year it's like out of fashion or whatever. Even though I'm sure like lots of sewists don't care too much about fashion I just kind of like you know a general like timelessness about my designs. I like fun colour combinations and as he said like the cute little details like

Gemma Daly (17:37)

Yeah.

Georgina Li (17:51)

croissants and bows and stuff like that. It's just fun. I think, yeah, that's like, I could sum up my style and my designs like that really.

Gemma Daly (17:54)

Yeah.

Brilliant. Now you mentioned sustainability and it does appear to be like a key part of your business. What steps do you take on a day-to-day basis to try and keep that at the forefront of what you do?

Georgina Li (18:15)

I always say to people that my business is like far from perfect in sustainability. I completely appreciate that, you know, I'm not always able to everything like organic suppose the main thing for me is that

If I can fabric that I want in a natural fibre material, have certifications for the dyes and things like then will be happy because the main thing is I want people to be excited and into sewing. And sometimes you need a fabric that's that's cute to draw you into that.

That's one part is I'm not perfect, but I try to focus on natural fibre. I kind of have to have all of my packaging to be like paper, recyclable and all of my packaging, so my labels, they're all paper. Everything that I send packages out in is paper or sometimes I even repurpose packaging from suppliers as well.

And then I recycle everything, everything that the fabric is delivered to me in. I spent hours breaking down cardboard. Everything has to be recycled. And I think that's doing like the bare minimum really. There's like so much I could be doing and that I do try to do. And one thing that I'm working on next is my haberdashery and notions and tools.

Gemma Daly (19:33)

you

Georgina Li (19:50)

kind of not been stocking any recently because I'm just trying to find better suppliers for those want, it's kind of hard to find like organic or natural fibre based, you know, things like elastics and bias binding and trims like that. That's a big thing that I'm working on next. But yeah, always trying to do better, but it is quite hard.

Gemma Daly (20:14)

It is hard and even in your day to day, you know, normal life, regardless of business, it's always about choices and being overwhelmed by things, isn't it? But just, you know, the general theme is just doing your best, isn't it?

Georgina Li (20:18)

Yeah.

Yeah,

exactly. And I think if I can do my best, and I know lots of customers are kind of, yeah, have the same kind of mentality as well. It really is just doing your best. I think most sewers are doing better by making their own clothes, really, as long as you're not making too many clothes. And that is something that is a bit difficult as well for me to balance as a fabric shop owner.

Gemma Daly (20:45)

Yeah.

Georgina Li (20:51)

I still think that you need to be quite mindful and conscious of not over making as well. It's more just you're replacing your clothes buying with clothes making yourself and it's still like a slow conscious process.

Gemma Daly (21:06)

That's right, that's right.

What do you think has been the biggest lesson or lessons that you've learned in running your own shop?

Georgina Li (21:14)

this is I suppose it's a lesson that I'm still learning, but you need to plan your day as well. And also not overwork. I think it's really hard when you're running your own business. I suppose it's not just my own shop, but just business in general, that you do need focus your time, but then also not go overboard because it's something that I love. I'm passionate about my shop.

And honestly, I could spend like all day and all night working on it, but I need to like tell myself to take a step back and relax a bit. Like the world's not going to end if I don't get whatever is done for the So yeah, that's a big one for me.

Gemma Daly (21:50)

I'm

Yeah.

So we've touched briefly on your own personal style, but if you could describe your style in three words, how would you describe it?

Georgina Li (22:04)

⁓ three words. it's four words, but I was going to say all all over the place. Yeah, I just don't think I have a distinct style and that kind of bothers me sometimes because I like dip into all sorts of all sorts of styles because I guess this is also just me as a person. I like lots of things. I like lots of,

Gemma Daly (22:05)

you

Go on, you could do it.

Georgina Li (22:29)

like lots of books, like lots of sports, I like lots of genres of music. It's the same when it comes to my style. just, I like a lot of things. I'm not, I don't think I can define my style very well apart from all over the place.

Gemma Daly (22:39)

well, I think I could at least say

two words and I would say cute, but also very cool, because that's what I think when I look at you. It's not. So do you have any exciting plans or collaborations in the works that you could tell us about?

Georgina Li (22:48)

that's very kind, that's too kind I think. Thank you.

I don't have any collaborations planned at the moment, but I designs in the works at the moment. So I'm working on a custom quilted fabric range, which is something that I've not done before. But recently having discovered the possibility of cotton made with, you know, like cotton batting, because that's quite, it's a bit more difficult to come by. found that and my suppliers like really happy for me to

Gemma Daly (23:21)

Mmm.

Yeah.

Georgina Li (23:29)

put my own fabrics to get those quilted together. So I'm excited about that. And then I'm also working on a new sewing pattern as well, which is coming along very slowly. because guess I get carried away when I've got my like new fabric deliveries and things like that. But it's going to be a sewing pattern for a coat or a jacket. And it's like a really cute like swingy style and the body with a hood and then a bow like

a ⁓ tie, which I hope is going to be really cute. yeah, maybe look out for that if you're interested. And I think that's it for now. Those are my most exciting But as I said, I'm always coming up with new fabric print ideas. So that is just something that's constantly on my mind and exciting me.

Gemma Daly (24:04)

Yeah, that sounds really good.

good you should keep rolling

with it while the inspiration comes. So to tie up the interview Georgie I like to play a little game of this or that if that's okay with you. so I think I know the answer to this one but Prince or Plains? Yeah. Tea or coffee?

Georgina Li (24:22)

Yeah, it might run out one day, so...

yeah.

Easy.

definitely tea. recently not discovered I've always known about it, but decaf tea. I've started drinking decaf tea because it means I can just have like endless cups of tea and not be worried about the caffeine So I think that yeah, that shows my dedication to the tea.

Gemma Daly (24:52)

you

or knits.

Georgina Li (25:03)

Ooh, I'd say woven, just because I dabble in knitting as well. So I try to kind of sweaters. I don't tend to sew and sweatshirting fabrics too much, just because that's not really what I wear. It tends to be like knitwear. So yeah, I'm going to definitely say woven is the most more versatile fabric for me.

Gemma Daly (25:26)

Nice. Scissors or a rotary cutter?

Georgina Li (25:30)

scissors. I think rotary cutters can be fun and faster if you've got patterns that don't have too much detailing in them. But if you've got a lot of shaping and things like that, and interesting pattern shapes, think scissors are more accurate.

Gemma Daly (25:47)

An organized stash or creative chaos.

Georgina Li (25:51)

⁓ creative chaos. As much as I

would like to be an organised person, you don't want to see my sewing room.

Gemma Daly (25:58)

I don't think I've come across one organised sewist yet. Yeah, I think we're all just a bit chaotic.

Georgina Li (26:01)

really? ⁓ interesting!

Yeah,

I I would confidently say that I'm probably the worst.

Gemma Daly (26:15)

⁓ A meal out or a takeaway?

Georgina Li (26:17)

like both but I'd say take away just because you can eat in your pyjamas.

Gemma Daly (26:21)

Yeah,

what's the takeaway of choice?

Georgina Li (26:24)

I don't Top three would probably have to Chinese takeaway, fish and chips.

Gemma Daly (26:32)

Okay, spring, summer or autumn, winter?

Georgina Li (26:36)

that's so hard. think I like autumn, autumn winter is my like preferred time of the year. But I think sewing for the summer is so much more fun because you can like really pull out those fun prints make big dresses that you just wouldn't be able to much wear out of in the winter because you have to wear a coat. So I'm going to say summer for the dresses.

Gemma Daly (26:56)

Yeah.

And one project on the go or multiple.

Georgina Li (27:01)

Ooh, multiple. Mainly because if I'm working on like a sewing pattern or pattern testing or something like that, but then I want to, you know, I haven't urged to sew something else as well. There's a good chance there's at least two on the go.

Gemma Daly (27:03)

Hahaha

Are you a morning maker or a midnight stitcher?

Georgina Li (27:20)

Can I say something different? Like probably afternoon. Yeah, I don't like to stay up late doing sewing. And yeah, not really a morning. No, I am a morning person, but not for sewing. So afternoon. Yeah, exactly.

Gemma Daly (27:31)

Fair enough, fair enough, in the middle!

And the last one, brights or neutrals?

Georgina Li (27:37)

or in the past I would have said bright and I still do like working with colour a lot but I have to say I'm kind of more into the neutrals myself these days. Like my Hey Sew Sister customers don't need to worry the colour will always be there but ⁓ I just find it easier to dress in neutrals so yeah.

Gemma Daly (27:52)

you

So where can people find you, Georgie?

Georgina Li (28:00)

Okay, so my shop online is heysewsister.co.uk and my Instagram handle for the shop is @heysewsister and then my personal Instagram is at @heysewgeorgie where I share my sewing projects and other bits and bobs.

Gemma Daly (28:20)

Amazing! Well, thank you so much for joining me on the Sewing Social Podcast today!

Georgina Li (28:25)

thank you for having me Gemma, that was good fun.

Gemma Daly (28:27)

You're welcome, you take care. Bye!

Georgina Li (28:29)

You too, bye!

Gemma Daly (28:30)

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But if you decide to upgrade your account to the extra features, you could use my discount code for 10 % off your first month. The code is socialpod10. And all the details will be in the show notes, so check it out. Just as a disclaimer, I get a small affiliate fee from everybody that signs up, so I'd really appreciate it if you do. And I hope to see you there. Until next time, happy sewing.