Meet/share like-minded sewing folk aged over 50. Run by @judithrosalind and @sunnydayz06. Use #SewOver50 to be seen/reposted. Blogs by @susanyoungsewing Sewover50 intersects with all communities. We are a community that is so over ageism.
Sandy Bach, their Australian lead creates their community initiatives and fun projects happening in the Sewover50 community. Susan Young, the official Sewover50 blog writer has featured in a couple of podcasts. Judith Staley, the founder of Sewover50 has now featured in two podcasts. They’re a fabulous team with a following of 41,000 and growing by 1,000 each month.
Simplicity McCalls UK and Sew Over It have now actively collaborated with SewOver50, since this community started in August 2018.
If you are able, become a Patreon supporter to keep developing Sewover50 podcasts published at least every Tuesday and Thursday, for free. There are over 130 SewOver50 podcasts!
Sandy’s Instagram tech podcasts
Thursday 9 April 2020: Sandy discusses the basics of using hashtags on Instagram.
Thursday 16 April 2020: Sandy provides more useful information about hashtags on Instagram.
Click on the links in the table below to listen to the latest SewOver50 podcasts. Stories for each podcast are below this table.
Previous SewOver50 podcasts are on the original blog post.
Colour blocking July challenge
Get ready for the July challenge from Sewover50 – #SewColourBlocking #SewColorBlocking
It’s a great way to add fun to your wardrobe, use up remnants, refashion unworn garments and simply have fun being creative. You can most certainly put up a new post about an older garment #so50reworn
Guidelines
- open to all sewists
- plain colours only (no patterned prints)
- the challenge runs from July 1 to July 31
- garments only
- a new post of your make – it can be #So50reworn
- use either tag – #SewColourBlocking #SewColorBlocking
What will your colours be? vibrant? monochromatic? tonal? subtle?
Why not add some pattern ideas to help us out on the SewOver50 Instagram account.
Check out the SewOver50 stories for more examples. You do know all SewOver50 instagram stories run 24/7.
Make sure you welcome aboard and thank Judy @judywillementross who will be managing this challenge. You can find Judy’s podcasts here with her team Sheila and Sue.
Sheila and Sue
Tuesday 26 October 2021: Sheila of Sheilasewsherclothes and Sue of Modelled_by_Madge are today’s sewing friend guests from the Sewover50 community.
Sewing brought these two sewing friends together but they have more than sewing that keeps them together.
Yes they have different fit issues but they work together to create clothes they love to wear. Both Sheila and Sue provide great suggestions if you’d like to find a sewing friend online.
SewOver50 celebrated 40k
Friday 11 March 2022: Celebrate SewOver50 reaching 40,000 followers with a fun contest.
SewOver50 on Instagram has gone from their humble beginnings in August 2018 when Judith (@JudithRosalind the founder) asked “is there a need for a group for older sewists? to now being the largest active sewing community on Instagram. In the words of Helen Reddy, we’re “in numbers too big to ignore!”
On the SewOver50 post published on Friday 11 March 2022 UK time, describe your “sewing style” in three descriptors in the comments.
This was a fun contest that ended Sunday 13 March 2022.
2022 podcast links
Lu-Anne of Luannesewcializes
Tuesday 29 June 2022: Lu-Anne talks about how she’s now creating clothes when she never thought that she would do this.
Lu-Anne is also passionate about using fabric that tells a story and you’ll see examples of these on her Instagram account. You should follow Lu-Anne on Instagram to see how creating clothes creates moments and feelings for the people she loves.
Lu-Anne is now included in the CanadaSews group. Lu-Anne is also a fan of Julia Allison Cost and her amazing fabrics.
Lu-Anne first started to sew as an offshoot from her weaving creations she did when she attended the Arts School in Banff, Canada.
For a person who said they would never quilt, Luanne is adding quilting to her sewing skills and this has absolutely been a game changer for her.
For many years, Lu-Anne used to think that social media was something to stay away from. When she started to follow @sewover50 on her private account, she saw how positive and embracing the online community was and about a year ago, Lu-Anne created a public account and publicly thanked the sewing community for helping her decide to create this new account.
Lu-Anne embraces the ‘much’. Have a listen to what embracing the ‘much’ is all about.
Bernadette of littlemissdressco
Tuesday 21 June 2022: Bernadette @littlemissdressco is new to reels but she’s managed to create on to teach people how to cover buttons and with great success too.
She’s a long time buyer of fabric and when she sewed and sold clothes online, Bernadette also started to teach people to sew. The teaching she did really took off. So much so, she was also sewed on television and worked for quite a few sewing machine companies.
Bernadette still has a core group of sewing students that sew together and socialise outside of their sewing sessions. They are a group of sewing friends now.
Bernadette Wainwright little miss dress co on Facebook and most often at littlemissdressco on Instagram.
She has sewn not just for her family but also for tv shows and also most recently for Gay Pride month in the UK. Bernadette sews for Stuart Hillard, who was on series 1 of the Great British Sewing Bee.
You really should go to Bernadette’s Instagram account to see all the amazing work she’s created for herself, for her husband and for Gay Pride Month.
Her advice to new sewists is to ‘start small and gradually build your skills.’
Lou of Sewmuchtodesign
Tuesday 14 June 2022: Lou Sheffer of sewmuchtodesign discusses the recent Instagram ploy where she almost lost her Instagram account on today’s SewOver50 podcast.
You know Lou of Sewmuchtodesign because she’s a SewOver50 follower and the organiser of #MyMakesForTheMonth Challenge.
In this podcast Lou shares her recent experience where her Instagram account was hacked and the good news is, she was able to get her account back with help from SewOver50’s Sandy and Judith. Lou also shares handy tips about keeping your account safe that she’s learned through this upsetting experience.
Lou shares her experience and some ways to protect your instagram account when she was faced with a message to say ‘you’ve been logged out’. She describes how you can navigate your way through Instagram to reclaim your Instagram account from online theft.
Do you have a public and a private Instagram account?
If your Instagram account keeps saying ‘you’ve been logged out’ gather your wits about you and follow the series of Instagram prompts to help you claim back your account.
You’ll hear how Sandy from SewOver50 helped Lou navigate her way through Instagram to claim back her account.
Having a ‘back up’ Instagram account helped Lou contact SewOver50 for assistance. Lou now has back up codes and two factor authentication for her accounts.
Make sure you check the contact details listed in your Instagram accounts are your email and phone numbers listed.
When you receive communication about your Instagram account, it will come from Meta, the company that runs Facebook and Instagram.
Once you are provided with a verification code from Meta, take it one step at a time and you may have to try a few times to get into your account. Stay calm.
Lou then talks about the verification codes and the actions she took to make her Instagram account more secure. Lou also uses WhatsApp for account verification rather than verification through her mobile/cell phone number.
Helpful tips from Lou include sending voice memos to your friends or asking specific questions only they would know when you’ve trying to help them through an online problem verifies that you are who you say you are. No one can imitate you.
Go with your gut if you feel that someone who’s contacting you is not the real person you know.
Go into settings and into your login and see what is in your account as well as the location that your account has been logged into.
Wis_g
Thursday 26 May 2022: Wis is Wis_g on Instagram. She tells us about how she chose ‘what i sew’ as this phrase uses the first letters of her name Wis. Clever right?
Do you also think about should you still blog or not? Wis has also thought about the same issues as she also has a blog where she has posted the information about the clothes she has made.
Wis talks about how she feels about sewing and being a part of the SewOver50 community. Since SewOver50 started in August 2018, she has felt very safe within this community lead by Judith and Sandy.
Lindy and SewOver50
4 May 2022: Lindy is back and tells a few stories about how SewOver50 followers are using her patterns to make amazing clothes from the fabrics that they love to wear.
Lindy highly regards SewOver50 sewists and how they create such amazing clothes they wear again and again once she releases her new patterns.
She knows everyone’s name and Lindy gets so much joy from seeing how everyone uses her patterns for their own purposes. That’s the joy of being an indie pattern designer.
Have you been following #stokxinthewild yet? There are now over 200 posts now, since we recorded this podcast.
The Hacker top is one to look out for.
Wis_g for The Sewing Weekender 2022
Saturday 21 May 2022: Wis lives in Gent, is a SewOver50 follower and she attended the in-house (2019) and online Sewing Weekender (2020) events.
This is a special podcast created as part of the 2022 Saturday lineup at The Sewing Weekender 2022.
Judy’s Op shopping rules
Tuesday 17 May 2022: Judy talks about her Op shopping rules.
Camilla in Sweden is back
Thursday 12 May 2022: Camilla is back to discuss the influences on her sewing and how she wants to inspire people to sew.
Rules inhibit her design ideas and she encourages new sewists to just try sewing. It’s only fabric.
You’ll understand why this wombat is pictured here for Camilla’s second podcast, once you hear her chat.
The Big Sew Off
Tuesday 10 May 2022: Alma of Sew Over It talks about The Big Sew Off – a 24 hour sewing marathon on 12 May 2022 to raise money for Mind in the UK.
This inaugural 24-hour sewathon has so far raised £7,070 for Mind.
Who’s involved so far? By Hand London, Guthrie and Ghani, Kate from the Foldline and Sew Essential plus some Great British Sewing Bee including Rumana (@thelittlepomigranate) and last year’s winner Serena (@sernasews_)
Here’s how to find out more about The Big Sew Off.
The Big Sew Off website: https://thebigsewoff.com/
Justgiving donate page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bigsewoff
How to get involved: https://thebigsewoff.com/fundraise-with-us/
Sew Over It YouTube channel where The Big Sew Off will be live streamed from 10am Thursday 12th May to 10am Friday 13th May: https://www.youtube.com/user/SewOverIt
Steven’s encore podcast
Thursday 5 May 2022: Steven is back for an encore podcast.
He talks about what motivates his sewing. This includes who his sewing idols are as well.
This is the project Steven is most proud of and will wear when the weather is cool enough
You’ll get an insider look at Steven’s sewing life by listening to this encore podcast.
He enjoys wearing earthy tones too.
Threaded Together AZ
Tuesday 3 May 2022: Sierra of Threaded Together talks about the programs run for the local community and developed from community needs.
Threaded Together is about inspiring creativity and connection through textile arts programs that partner with participants to nurture inclusive communities, cultivate agency, and provide employment pathways for people who have faced institutional injustice.
Sewing squad, Create + Connect and the STEP program are the program created by Threaded Together based on the wants of their community.
You can hear their back story on Punkfrockers episode 35 in October 2021.
Threaded Together has a facebook page, a website and their Instagram account. Sierra manages their social media accounts.
Sewing Machine Magic
Thursday 28 April 2022: Elle Yang and Suzan Okae talk about Sewing Machine Magic, a program run within the programs run by Love Binti in Uganda.
Love Binti presented their programs at this year’s Commission into the Status of Women 66 run virtually by the United Nations Women UK group. The sewing machines used to get Sewing Machine Magic started were initially funded through donations from Zonta International in Taiwan.
Elle tells how Sewing Machine Magic was initiated after she learned of the disadvantages girls had through lack of sanitary pads in their communities. Once girls started their menstrual cycles, they were unable to attend school during their periods and then they were unable to continue their education.
Fund raising for the programs run by Love Binti are needed to help run their local programs to help the local communities raise their living standards. They’re currently fund raising for sewing pads now.
About Love Binti: Love Binti from Swahili means the caring and loving of a girl.
Love Binti exists to care for women in rural areas in Africa and improve their living and health conditions. By upgrading infrastructure and providing vocational training, Love Binti helps women improve their work skills and get out of poverty. Love Binti believes that women are the cornerstone of change. The transformation of a woman’s life can lead to the reversal of a family and even a community.
You can learn more about Love Binti through their website and on Instagram.
Making fuller bust adjustments
Tuesday 26 April 2021: Lindsie Rank is back to update us on her latest bust adjustment learnings, as she navigates making clothes for her pregnancy and nursing needs.
There are plenty of resources for increasing bust sizes by 2 inches/5cm. Lindsie currently needs to increase bust size by 7 inches/ 18cm and this might change during her pregnancy and nursing stage. She shares these details on the Sew Busty website.
As you can see below, she is already working on her nursing patterns.
Why not head over to her Sew Busty pattern review for all the details as well as the blog post about the Chalk and Notch Fringe dress pictured below.
Molly of MikeandMollyshouse
Thursday 21 April 2022: Molly of Mikeandmollyshouse, unlike Teresa desewtropia, doesn’t enjoy making Halloween costumes.
Mike and Molly still share their IG account but it’s basically run by Molly, and you’ll see all the videos about her sewing and the house they are renovating.
From 2008 to 2011 we had a blog called Mike and Molly’s House where we shared how we were tackled our overwhelming credit card debt and shared all of our maker-ry things that we were doing.
In 2019 I decided to do more garment sewing and discovered the sewing community which also included the Sew over 50 account. It’s a community that really pushed me to improve my skills as a Sewist especially with garments.
Instagram is a sketchbook for me to put my ideas out there often times they are spontaneous to the point that in the morning I don’t have a clue what I’m doing but as the day progresses, I am creating stories with an arch. Often they include my cat, grandson or a particular part of our current house renovation.
I have psoriatic arthritis that leaves me with chronic pain. Sewing has served as an activity that I can do even on really bad days. More about this in the next podcast with Molly.
Judy of Judywillimentross
Tuesday 19 April 2022: Judy @judywillimentross is well known for her epic dress and now her hexi coat.
She discusses her father’s influence to recycle resources and her role at Glowing Sky, as the company also has Judy’s values regarding resources.
Have a listen to the markers Judy sewed in the epic dress, she commenced sewing on the first day of lock down in New Zealand in 2020.
There were quite a few wee highlights Judy talks about in this podcast about the epic dress and her latest hexi coat. One wee highlight was Judy’s epic dress was in the top 9 for SewOver50 in 2021, next to Esme of Great British Sewing Bee. That really is an impressive accomplishment.
Keep an eye out for Judy’s next podcast where she runs through her op shopping rules. You’ll learn how Judy’s garment choices are guided by not adding to landfill but also ensuring clothes that are needed in the community, stay in circulation.
Clive for #boyssewtoo
Thursday 14 April 2022: Clive of @Bruderfuldesign has been developing #boyssewtoo movement and he discusses this for SewOver50.
Boys Sew Too! was born out of the shared experience for the love and passion of sewing. Many boys and men are discouraged from sewing as ‘boys don’t sew’. That was the message Clive’s husband Mark received from a teacher at school. This is something they bonded over with a fellow male sewer they had the privilege to know called Rob Dawson. Rob touched many lives in the sewing world and Clive and Rob finally got to meet on the catwalk at the Stitch Festival in London. Sadly Rob passed away very suddenly, just two weeks after that show. The Boys Sew Too! movement was set up and dedicated to Rob so the word can be spread that boys and men really do sew.
Rob was an inspirational person who always motivated others in community sewing groups. He encouraged others to do their best and Rob would champion your makes regardless of skill and ability.
Rob was told that ‘boys don’t sew’ as a kid. He ignored them and sewed anyway.
#boyssewtoo is here to do just that – to encourage, support and spread the news that sewing is a life skill for all and that means boys too! Within the pages of Clive’s website they are building the support, guidance and tools you need to love this beautiful craft.
Boys Sew Too! is a message to those out there who may feel scared or judged for wanting to sew because they’re boys. Sewing is for all.
Lisa is gizagiza.gorogoro
Tuesday 12 April 2020: Lisa of gizagiza.gorogoro dusted off her sewing machine in March, 2020 to make masks. Together with her children, they sewed and donated over 6000 masks through the Million Mask Challenge.
Sewing gave Lisa a sense of purpose and she discovered how meditative sewing could be. She says that she doesn’t think she would have started sewing clothes if it wasn’t for COVID lockdowns and the need for ppe.
Lisa said ‘When I was little my mom had this awesome set of heavy pinking shears. She called them “giza giza hasami” or zig zag scissors. So Giza Giza means zig zag in Japanese. Goro goro is Japanese onomatopeia for the sound that rocks make when they are rolling. (not stones or pebbles.. that’s koro koro). My industrial Juki machine makes this sound due to its old clutch motor. Goro goro is also modern japanese slang for “chilling at home” because you are kind of rolling around the house. So I like to think of myself chilling at home, firing up my rumbling Juki and sewing up some zig zag seams.’
Lisa tells us about how she’s lucky to live close to Remainders in Pasadena. This is where Lisa sources the wool fabrics she loves sewing the most.
Make sure you listen to Lisa talk about this quilt.
Since Lisa turned 50, she felt comfortable showing her face in photos of her make. The SewOver50 community gave her this confidence to be brave and show her face on Instagram.
As Lisa says – It’s not too late and you’re not too old.
Lindy of Stokxpatterns
Thursday 7 April 2022: Lindy of Stokx patterns has been a big supporter of SewOver50 followers.
Gabriele of Kissntuss discovered Lindy when Lindy first started her business. What you’ll hear is the support Gabriele and Julie of consistentlydifferentdesigns have provided Lindy to keep producing sewing patterns that are different to mainstream patterns. You’ll hear both Gabriele and Julie talk about their first coat twinning experience in their podcasts.
Lindy is an Australian living in Berlin Germany, developing clothes and sewing patterns for us to enjoy making.
Stokx In The Wild on Instagram is going from strength to strength with sewists showing how they’re enjoying using Stokx patterns in their lives.
Janine of Janineerm
Tuesday 5 April 2022: Janine or Janineerm has been helping Judith and Sandy with guest SewOver50 posts for many years now.
Janine or @janineerm is a very busy sewist and has been a guest editor for SewOver50. Janine is one of those people who if you need help, she will volunteer her time to you.
In this podcast, she describes the steps she takes to be a guest editor. We discuss what guest editors need to provide and really, Janine has enjoyed being a guest editor for SewOver50 for a very long time.
You’ll hear how Janine did not know Instagram at all when she first began volunteering with SewOver50.
Byrd of Yogabyrdsews
Thursday 31 March 2022: Byrd or Yogabyrdsews is a new sewists and part of the SewOver50 community.
Byrd watched her mother contribute to the community through the PTA, through school activities, in political activities and even until her passing, she would collect bread for nursing homes.
Byrd has worked in social services and now in retirement she uses her sewing to help her sorority assist a school and nursing homes by sewing customised bags for residents on as a birthday gift.
In retirement, Byrd contributes to the whole community and not just through her sewing.
Remember that Byrd has been sewing for less than 2 years. She was terrified of sewing patterns so she drafted her own pyjama pattern and made them for everyone in her household.
Camilla @frkc.lindberg
Tuesday 29 March 2022: Camilla frkc.lindberg on Instagram sews for men and is a SewOver50 follower on Instagram
From her youth, Camilla has sewn and she became a career tailor. You’ll hear how sewing for her family is an expression of her love for them. They show their love for Camilla by requesting she make them clothes. You will enjoy hearing about her first project recycling her mother’s newly bought jeans, when Camilla was a teenager.
Camilla lives in Sweden and she has many local shops where she can source fabric and patterns from local designers. One of her favourite designers is Ann Ringstrad.
Camilla treasures the work Judith and Sandy do to recognise older sewists on Instagram. As Camilla says, SewOver50 makes older sewists visible.
You’ll hear more from Camilla in the coming months as we explore the sewing available in Sweden.
Steven @arealheller
Thursday 24 March 2022: Steven or @arealheller been sewing for 3 years and he found SewOver50 through people he was following on Instagram.
Steven tells us he is in Sewover60 and he should be in Sewover70 as well.
He had always wanted to sew and once Steven retired he discovered tailoring was a skill his grandfathers had. Three of his grandparents were tailors. All four of his grandparents migrated to the States as refugees from Russia and Poland.
Steven decided to make his own indie designed bowling shirts when the store he used to buy them ready made, closed down. His 3 year sewing journey is now an obsession.
- Wardrobe by me patterns – mens patterns
- Twig and tale patterns – childrens and mens patterns
- Green pepper patterns – lined hooded raincoat
- Thread theory patterns
- Sew Kwik
- Burda
- Sew Easy
New sewists should learn to sew yoke using the burrito technique.
A bra sewing chat with Helga and Nicole
Tuesday 22 March 2022: Helga and Nicole chat about bra sewing.
This was an unplanned podcast where we were discussing how to get started when you’re thinking about sewing your very own bra.
Alison of Alibobs_sews
Thursday 17 March 2022: Alison Alibobs_sews says the SewOver50 Instagram tip posts are quite useful to her. She’s not over 50 and Alison is a great friend to many sewists online.
Alison had her personal embroidery story published in Threads Magazine issue 212. Alison wrote how doing embroidery on the sofa when Alison was diagnosed with breast cancer, as her mother also also done had breast cancer when Alison was 4 years old.
Alison created embroidered flowers in a vase and did blackwork embroidery to reflect a pixelated portrait.
Teresa of desewtropia
Tuesday 15 March 2022: Teresa @desewtropia has developed a listing of Etsy craft sellers who are based in the Ukraine after a recent all call out from Anita daydreamsofquilts
Teresa @desewtropia created a list of over 80 Etsy digital craft sellers based in Ukraine after Anita of @daydreamsofquilts put out a call to support craft sellers directly. Etsy has removed the sellers fees from these businesses as well.
Teresa has web development skills and she’s created this listing and a website hosting this list. Links to the Ukrainian Etsy sellers at Teresa’s website at www.teresahardy.com/ukraine.
From Teresa “Oh, and also we made it so that all the code is open source – so it’s free and available for anyone who wants to use it – you need to be a little nerdy, of course, but it’s there and if someone wants to use it to make a collection of other ways to help people in Ukraine, I’d be thrilled to know about it.’
She will keep updating this list as people let her know about Ukraine craft businesses and the list will be available indefinitely.
We also learn about Teresa’s sewing life. Her personal Instagram if anyone’s interested in life in the Andes at the equator is @unpaintedhuffheins (As Teresa says, ‘Yeah, I don’t make my usernames easy do I?’)
Pam of Sewnonthemap
10 March 2022: Sewnonthemap is Pam’s Instagram handle and she’s today’s SewOver50 podcast guest.
She has a fabric stash that reflects the countries she has lived in over the years
Pam will tell you that sewing is just one of her passions.
Sewing friends – Helga and Nicole
Tuesday 8 March 2022: Do you want to know what Helga and Nicole are working on next? Have a listen to part 2 of their friends podcast.
Thursday 3 March 2022: Helga of Salixsews and Nicole of Septemberfaden are sewing friends both online through SewOver50 and locally in Augsburg, Germany.
Robyn
Tuesday 1 March 2022: Robyn is fourpatchtextiles on Instagram and she’s many things including a SewOver50 follower and visible mending advocate.
Robyn is a retired engineer however she’s as mindful of her resources now as she has ever been. From her first efforts as a young child sewing with scraps and using a stapler to sew seams together, Robyn continues to share her pattern cutting knowledge with her fellow sewists all over the world…on Instagram.
She focusses on slow fashion and good fit. Her mindful use of fabrics means she uses jersey scraps to create her iconic sock monkeys. They tend to run her Instagram account.
By following Tricia of Morrissews and Wendy whendy7, she found people who looked like her in the sewing world when she started to follow the SewOver50 hashtag.
Now SewOver50 and Mending Mayhem are her go-to information sources about Instagram.
You can follow Robyn on her blog and on Instagram.
Dawna
Thursday 24 February 2022: @spoolriversewing is how we all know and admire Dawna’s sewing skills and she’s now a SewOver50 podcast guest as well.
Dawna is a rivertown gal from St Paul, Minnesota, situated on the Mississippi River. She lives a stone’s throw away from the banks of this mighty river and she walks by it every day. Dawna is an English major and at university she read ‘Spoonriver Anthology’ which is a collection of poems about rural life in America. It’s essentially a tapestry of life and her sewing life is definitely a tapestry of her life as well.
You can find Dawn on her blog and on instagram.
Dawna has a very long sewing career and her daughters have also attended sewing camp. You’ll love listening to her sewing reflections.
Tracy Davis
Tuesday 22 February 2022: Tracy’s sewing style reflects her Instagram name sewing4therapy.
Vintage Tina
Thursday 17 February 2022: Tina Watts has now created the Vintage clothes she enjoys wearing.
Her instagram account provides her with the file of the clothes she can choose from, in true vintage style.
Yolanda Woodland
Tuesday 15 February 2022: Yolanda gives her time to test patterns for sewing companies.
Jeanette Hayes
Thursday 10 February 2022: Jeanette or netty.hayes.sews on Instagram is a New Zealand sewist and a SewOver50 follower.
Jeanette has recently come back to sewing and she’s collaborated with Chalk and Notch patterns, Friday Pattern Company, True Bias, Minerva and Fabric Godmother.
Fabric Godmother said they Jeanette’s profile through #sewover50.
Jeanette wrote a blog for Friday Pattern Company about this square neck hack.
Nikki Sinclair
Tuesday 8 February 2022: Nikki Sinclair is a stylist who sews and inspires her fellow SewOver50 friends.
Nikki Sinclair is joined by her biggest fan, Clayton
You can find Nikki’s styling work at her website.
Sarah Pondevie
Thursday 3 February 2022: Sarah has been focussing on using her existing resources to focus on visible mending. With her pattern developments, she amassed a lot of fabrics and resources that were no longer useful to her but when she went to take them to the local thrift store, the response from the store was a wake up call to her regarding textile waste.Sarah discusses her journey into visible mending
In this podcast Sarah discusses how she’s focussing on visible mending techniques and helping local people develop their own visible mending skills in Perth.
Sarah’s sewing pattern development is on hiatus right now as she focusses her energies on visible mending and painting.
This is a story about how one indie pattern designer is using her sewing skills to be more mindful about how she uses textiles and slowing the sewing process down.
Angie Hinksman
Wednesday 2 February 2022: Angie gives us the inside details of her time recording on Kirsty’s Handmade Christmas.
Angie makes dolls and toys and she discusses this in more detail. As well as her love of the Marvellous Miss Maisel tv series and clothes.
Tuesday 1 February 2021: Angie Hinksman has had a few amazing opportunities offered to her since last year and she talks about them in this podcast.
Yes. She’s taken these opportunities and is enjoying herself and is feeling happy again.
#sewingcpd
Thursday 27 January 2022: Sarah loves to keep spreadsheets and when she created her sewing pattern database, she was more than happy to share in with the sewing community. She also puts her time into pattern testing as well.
Tuesday 25 January 2022: Sarah Thomas runs Curvy Pattern Database.
In part 1 of this podcast with Sarah, she introduces her sewing background and then we hear about all the work she puts into the website, The Curvy Pattern Database, as well as the Instagram account Curvy Pattern Database, and the additional time she makes every month to do a monthly round up of patterns available for sewists.
The spreadsheet is a resource she built to use and she shares this with all sewists for free.
Part 2 gives us more details about what Sarah does for the sewing community including pattern testing for a few sewing companies.
As Sarah said ‘#SewingCPD is something that I hope to keep going and this came from the #SewingCPD challenge I hosted in October 2021. I’ve been quiet over on Instagram in the past month just recovering from the Challenge, but it was a great time to see all the inclusive makes that sewists made up in the month of October and some since then! It was also a delight to be able to give away so many prizes – and to have such universal support from pattern designers.’
Make sure you use #SewingCPD so you’re helping Sarah continue to keep the Curvy Pattern Database up to date for all sewists to use.
Gabriele and Julie
Thursday 20 January 2022: Julie and Gabriele discuss their plans for 2022 and beyond. They hold SewOver50 in high regard.
You’ll also hear the background of their twinning sewing projects.
Tuesday 18 January 2022: Gabriele and Julie are sewing friends from the SewOver50 community.
Gabriele reached out to Julie though a DM. She helped Julie become more comfortable with general Instagram functionality like stories and chatting.
In part 1, you’ll hear how their sewing friendship has grown and grown.
Uthando Project
Thursday 13 January 2021: Ann Vivers talks about the work undertaken by the Uthando Project. This is the project that you’ve seen on Instagram as UthandoprojectdollmakersSydney.
Uthando Project is based in Perth, Western Australia and this organisation is run by unpaid volunteers.
Uthando Project Mission
To create handmade dolls for our partner organisations in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, who work with disadvantaged and vulnerable children to strengthen relationships through play.
To provide opportunities for community, shared creativity and purpose for dollmakers in Australia and around the world.
What they do: Since 2004 thousands of dollmakers from around the world have designed, made and sent or delivered handmade dolls for children in KwaZulu Natal (KZN), South Africa. The number of dolls shipped each year has steadily increased and around 6000 dolls are shipped each year to our partners in KZN from our headquarters in Forrestfield. Groups provide doll makers with a sense of community and companionship through a sharing of skills and ideas with a common humanitarian purpose.
Uthando Project partners with five non-government organizations in KwaZulu Natal distributing dolls to children in need.
Mimi Jackson
Monday 10 January 2022: Mimi Jackson talks about her love for sewing and how fabric impacts her life and the lives of her family.
Tuesday 21 December 2021: Mimi Jackson runs shop the garment district on Instagram.
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