Sew-organised-style

Gabriele and Julie are back to talk about what they have planned for 2022 and beyond. This is part 2 of their SewOver50 sewing friends story. In part 1 you heard about how they met via Instagram when Julie needed help with using Instagram functions to create stories they way Gabriele makes. In this podcast, their 2022 plans and their high regard for SewOver50 really shines through. Sewing is the t...

Gabriele and Julie met via Instagram when Julie needed help with using Instagram functions to create stories they way Gabriele makes. You've heard from Gabriele and Julie on earlier podcasts. This is part 1 of their story as SewOver50 sewing friends . Sewing is the thread that brought them together. They're friendship has continued through their shared values and interests. There is more to Gabrie...

Uthando Project is a small registered Australian Charity based in Perth, Western Australia. Since 2004 Uthando Project has built and maintained partnerships with 5 not for profit organisations in KwaZulu Natal, a province of South Africa. These 5 organisations work with vulnerable children and communities and all promote the importance of play in early childhood development, education, social and...

Mimi Jackson talks about her sewing life. She's the person behind Shop the garment district on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shop_the_garment_district/ Mimi's first podcast was about Shop the garment district IG account. As Mimi talks about her sewing, you can hear the joy it creates for her. She shares this joy with everyone Mimi sews for. She is also grateful for the ideas her clients brin...

Katrine talks about how she lives with lupus, dyslexia and adhd while managing her energy levels to mend and craft in her everyday life. Mending and always doing something with her hands helps her focus on everyday things like speaking to health services, teachers and even her neighbours. Katrine is a great supporter of sewover50, chronically sewn as she runs mending mayhem to encourage visible me...

Mimi Jackson runs Shop the garment district on Instagram. She is inspired by all the fabrics and notions available in the fashion district and her blog has a speak easy map you can use when you visit NYC. This is Mimi's first podcast and you'll hear more from Mimi again soon. Her sewing history is fascinating. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our...

Seam ripper and friends is a collaborative Instagram account that was an idea of Sabina and her friend Murni supported her to start this very recent sewing account. Seam ripper and friends has a team of volunteers that are experimenting with this account to engage a variety of people since they started this account this year. Murni stated that Sewover50 rocks and Sabine is also in awe of the work...

Part 2 of this conversation with Simon Turner builds on from his previous podcast talking about the men who sew in the sewing community and how SewOver50 represents the real people in the community. The work done by SewOver50 brings real people onto social media that counters the algorithms that skew our view of society. Make sure you listen to the first part of this chat with Simon Turner or @mad...

Simon Turner @madebysilverfox on Instagram is a new sewist. He counters the saying 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks'. He's a part of the SewOver50 community and one of the men who sew. In this first episode his sewing skill story centres around a family market umbrella that he hand sewed to stop the fabric from deteriorating any further. Restoring this umbrella has led to Simon investing in...

Wendy or Whendy7 was nominated to be on the podcast recently because she does some very creative mending. Visible mending is a skill she is developing everyday. Her parents gave her the lifelong value to mend. Wendy tells a great story about how both her mother and father helped her save both her school skirt and her bike. Mending Mayhem is such a fun group for Wendy and she thanks Tricia for intr...

@librarianka Dorota and @solizziesews Lizzie are both local and online sewing friends. Dorota and Lizzie are both makers and thankfully they were brought together through SewOver50 and their friendship now spans beyond sewing. SewOver50 intersects all communities. This is very evident in the supportive experience both Dorota and Lizzie have had as part of the SewOver50 community. Having friends th...

Emily is careful about online safety and keeps their password and identity safe, as well as their own mental self. The ongoing phishing that happens online doesn't stop Emily from sharing their sewing projects or on their views of life. Emily has tapped into a rage of voices of women who are over 50 and fat who are silenced by many parts of the media, by makers and by influencers. Emily is current...

Jacqui Mendez-Johnson or @mad_sewing_scientist is a Sew Over It Inside and part of the Sewover50 community. Recently Sew Over It recognised the SewOver50 community in their social media. Jacqui is one of their Sew Over It Insiders. Jacqui discusses how she became a Sew Over It pattern insider and what that role entails. She loves it! She is a scientist by day👩‍🔬 and a sewing fiend by night since...

Lynne and Linda became sewing friends one day when Lynne was seen at Costa's coffee by Linda wearing a dress she made for an Instagram sewing challenge called Swap, Share, Sew. The aim of this particular challenge was to make new friends. They both mentioned Marilyn and the Sewing Angels of the North and many other ways their friendship has continued to grow in so many ways. They are one of the ma...

2021 has taken the creativity out of Katrine, the force behind Mending Mayhem. She's hoping that listeners who are feeling no energy to be creative can know they are in good company. As we wind down to the end of 2021, if you're creative mind is feeling worn out, you can listen to how Katrine of Mending Mayhem also felt the same way for many months this year. She tells her story so that listeners...

This podcast covers some simple ways you can use strong passwords on all your apps and devices to protect both your accounts and your identity. Unsolicited emails and messages and links are confidence tricks that allows scammers to steal from you. Recently the Sewover50 account received what looked like a copyright infringement notification from Instagram but it was a scam message that had a suspi...

Janene Spencer or Ooobop is one of the pattern cover models for Sew Over It. Janene was chosen to represent the SewOver50 community. SewOver50 has worked tirelessly to raise the profile of mature aged sewists for over 3 years now. Lisa Comfort of Sew Over It is the first sewing pattern company owner to dedicate a week of their social media time to recognise the SewOver50 community. Janene talks ab...

James is inspired more from recycled materials and off cuts to create projects. He has sewn for many years and he combines these skills with his crafting skills. You'll see how much he enjoys Male Pattern Baldness day each year and he's allowed us to share some of his photos on our podcast website. Have a look at his IG account for lots more inspiration and seeing the people James has connected wi...

Cara Lee is a Sewover50 follower that was featured in their Chronically sewn series. Cara talks about how to make time in your limited hours of energy to be able to do the things you want to do amongst the tasks you have to do each day. There are some tools she uses to help her make better use of her sewing time. With her limited time, Cara is still able to be pattern test for about 6 pattern desi...

As Denise Archer says, Breast cancer isn't curable. 30% of all survivors will die from this disease because it will return—one, five or twenty years later. That's 42 thousand BC deaths every year in the US alone. The cancer treatment causes lymphedema. A compression arm sleeve is a great reminder of our cancer survival as well as many other physical challenges breast cancer treatments affecting pa...

Wendy Ward has written 4 sewing guides for beginners. If sewing masks and PPE was your first sewing experience, Wendy shares her sewing advice she gives her sewing students. Wendy began teaching in 2012 and she shares her sewing advice that will help new sewists keep developing their sewing practice. This is Wendy's third podcast and if you enjoy her work, go back and listen to her previous podcas...

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...

Nikki Ansell or @itchycoopark23 lives with long covid and is one of the many SewOver50 followers who continue their sewing projects while living with chronic pain. She shares how her life has changed since March 2020. Nikki tells us about her personal losses during covid and listeners who have also experience the loss of loved ones should be aware that we talk about this between 3 and 5 minutes. T...

We've had over 240 guests on the podcast and while we've discussed accessibility Sue Stoney identified a few gaps that we needed to discuss further. Sue has used hundreds of patterns and this list of issues are ones that pattern designers can use to make the lives of their customers easier to follow their instructions. Using redundant queues, avoiding colour use, including sizes on pattern grade l...

Kate Ward of Zen Stitching has arranged this online retreat with 15 expert makers to share their skills with you close up. This is a free event. Making Zen Online Retreat begins on 18 October 2021 for 5 days and the free presentations are available until Sunday 24th October. Keep up to date through the Instagram account . This is Kate's sixth podcast and this time it's to encourage you to try a ne...