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Stash Hub has quickly become one of the most used sewing apps our sewing community — and at the heart of it is Yvette , a sewist who transformed her own organisational challenges into a powerful digital tool. Her husband Doug, designed Stash Hub to help Yvette manage her fabrics and patterns so she could be happier to keep sewing. Together they listen to the needs of sewing people to continue to i...

Tracey Clement is a sewist, an artist and a writer. An academic writer based in Sydney Australia. Tracey is an academic and in her spare time, she creates textiles to reflect what she's thinking and feeling. On Instagram you'll see the development of the Old Birds exhibit she sewed some time ago. Tracey is currently exhibiting them since she's updated them as part of a regional exhibit. Tracey Cle...

Maddie Ballard (she/her) is a writer of mixed Chinese heritage from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her debut essay collection was published as Bound: A Memoir of Making and Remaking   (The Emma Press, 2024) in the UK and  Patchwork:   A Sewist’s Diary  (Tin House, 2025) in the US. She co-edits  Starling , a literary journal for emerging New Zealand writers, and writes a sporadic  Substack . She currently l...

This is not a medical episode — it’s an episode born from care. When Sheila’s daughter was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, sewing became one of the ways she could offer comfort and dignity during treatment. In this episode, Sheila of SheilaLovesFabric on Instagram, talks about what she discovered: the garments that helped, the adjustments that mattered, the fabrics she used, and the things she...

Ruth Collins is back on the podcast and she's so insightful. Ruth Collins is a researcher and creative thinker. As a biological scientist Ruth is interested in the challenges and transition between two-dimensional materials and three-dimensional structures. Today Ruth discusses the work that’s gone into her new book, Body-Neutral Fitting: Pants. The similarities between biological structures and c...

Maria catches up with Gabby Brown, now an author. Gabby Brown wrote the technical articles for Sewcialists from 2020 and Gabby recorded 10 podcasts about fitting clothes with Maria in those early days. Gabby and Leila Kelleher met through Sewcialists and this year sees them publishing their first pattern making reference for the fashion industry, design students and sewing people: Plus-Size Patter...

LilypaDesigns is run by Lily Fong—designer, pattern maker, and proud bra nerd with a master’s in education and over 30 years of sewing experience. Her patterns are all about wearing comfy bras. LilypaDesigns Once a middle school algebra teacher, Lily now helps people sew bras that actually fit —especially if you’ve got a full bust, a small band, or a body that’s never quite matched “standard” sizi...

Leesa Simpson is a lifelong maker, business builder and a creative soul with fabric running through her veins. Her current obsession of quilted sneakers started in 2025. It was love at first stitch! Fabric, colour, comfort, and creativity all rolled into one. Sneaker Stitch was born. Sneaker Stitch Australia | Sew Your Own Sneakers Kits + Classes Any orders placed with Leesa from March 3 to March...

Ida Victoria is a Norwegian independent sewing‑pattern designer known for creating modern, easy‑to‑follow patterns for makers of all skill levels. She's one of Norway's best designers and online retailers. Based in Jessheim, Ida designs garments for children and adults, focusing on comfort, practicality and clean Scandinavian style. Her patterns are available as both PDF and printed formats, with...

Irina McKenzie is today's podcast guest. Irina and Erin are the fab faces behind Fabcycle! The account FABCYCLE (@fabcyclevan) developed as a Vancouver-based social enterprise focused on reducing textile waste by connecting apparel industry deadstock with makers, creators, and people who sew. Founded in February 2019, this initiative evolved from a waste reduction mission into a community hub for...

Nicole Nehrig is a clinical and research psychologist based in Brooklyn, New York, with a deep passion for knitting and textile arts. She holds a PhD in clinical psychology and is the author of the book With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories . Her book explored how women through history overcame their life changes with their textile works. You can follow her on Instagram at @nicolenehrig...

Digital Pattern Library is Alexandra's sewing community resource for us to use. Alexandra lives in Cardiff, Wales and she's trained in the fashion industry. Once she was working in couture designer houses, the amount of waste at that level and in high street brands made her rethink her priorities. Thankfully she found us in the sewing community when she began to develop sewing patterns. Now Alexan...

Jane Milburn OAM is TextileBeat on Instagram. She's a sustainability consultant, Slow Clothing pioneer, TEDx speaker, Churchill Fellow, upcycler and agricultural scientist. Jane has authored Slow Clothing and The Process of Mending - a recipe book. Clothing accounts for up to 10 percent of our environmental footprint and everyday practices that extend the lifespan of clothes – caring, repairing, r...

Amanda. Stitches on Instagram is both today's podcast guest and guest editor on SewOver50 Her standout roberts.woods drafters grid dress at Perth Frocktails this year took our breath away and we had to invite Amanda to tell us all about this dress. As Amanda said 'the #draftersgriddress has been many months in the making, planning started early this year with the sourcing of vintage tablecloths -...

It's not everyday you find an English woman in New Zealand who specialises in sewing kilts. Leanne Munro sewed 15 kilts in less than 12 months as part of her kilt making training. Yes she quilts but her passion is kilt making. Just ask the locals in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Her skills include not just sewing kilts but also recreating better kilts from existing kilts. Leanne has a lot of knowledg...

Izumi Montgomery is a Japanese artist and sustainable craft facilitator based in Sydney Australia. Izumi holds a Masters in Sculpture from Tokyo University of the Arts and she has also studies fashion at TAFE New South Wales. This is where she developed a strong interest in ethical and uncycled design. She combines traditional Japanese techniques such as Tsumami Zaiku (folded fabric flowers) with...

Alexis Bailey has come through a period of not designing and rebranded to become WearWereGoing. A listener suggested I interview Alexis and in this episode, you'll hear how Alexis has been supported by some of her Patreon community to create zero waste patterns. She's now turned this corner of her life and Alexis is a positive person to speak to. Sew Organised Style features people who freely supp...

Mental wellness advocate and author Olivia Dieterich has released an uplifting book, Random Acts of Crochet Kindness (published by Search Press), that has one purpose: to create something special and then leave it out in the world for someone else to find. Olivia creates 25 beginner friendly designs to label with kindness and place in your local community, ready to brighten someone else's day. The...

Her Heart Australia was able to provide Ronda Hazell with a cardiologist for her current heart diagnosis. Maria Theoharous and Dr. Radhika Arunkumar discuss prioritising health, specifically women's health and focusing on key questions about heart attack. They share a checklist reviewed by health professionals and highlight differences in symptoms of a heart attack between women and men. Her Heart...

Yasmin Andrews, Community Programs Manager develops and runs the community programs at Reverse Garbage. Reverse Garbage is celebrating 50 years of operations and Yaz discusses the breadth of programs provided to the community. Did you know there are 7 types of plastic? There's so much Yaz discusses that you'll want to get involved with the community programs. At Reverse Garbage, they offer a fanta...

Kirsten Junor, CEO of Reverse Garbage in Marrickville is making sure everyone celebrates 50 years of operating to give a second life to industrial and home 'waste'. Reverse Garbage rescues between 4 to 6 tonnes of material each month. Reducing landfill, providing a safe space for social impact, giving people low cost items, providing education. These are just some of the ways Reverse Garbage has b...

Jeanna Wigger and Mary V Morton are the authors of Stitch it, Don't Ditch It. Mary direct messaged Jeanna when Mary heard Jeanna on Check Your Thread podcast. They teamed up and wrote this really helpful book about mending via hand sewing. As a sewist, you would assume mending clothes is the focus of this book. What Mary and Jeanna have created is a resource for anyone to mend not just clothing bu...

Ronda Hazell's story started in June 2024 when an echocardiogram showed she had a dilated ascending aorta (a dilation is a bulge where the diameter of the aorta gets bigger when it is more than 1.5 times normal size it is called an aneurysm). This is a life-threatening medical condition because larger aneurysms can rupture or dissect. Aortic disease is linked to problems with the aortic valve of t...

Christine is Sewing and the City. Her current life in Valencia Spain allows Christine to reuse existing linens with great embroidery for making garments. She was introduced to SewOver50 by Suzy because of their connection in Spain. This year Christine is using her fashion training to run Fit Clinics and she constantly creates new sewing patterns when she's not getting inspiration from others in th...

Lou and Lynn organise Coastal Sewcial. They met through a local sewcial called Sew-Toon. Tamlyn who runs Sew-Toon helped Lou and Lynn borrow some equipment when they first started Coastal Sewcial. Coastal Sewcial is run onsite at a charity and the bonus for the sewists is there is an onsite cafe there as well. The location is by the sea hence the 'coastal' part of their group's name. If you're thi...