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Lisa Comfort the founder of Sew Over It decided she wanted to feature SewOver50 sewists, recognising their support by Sew Over It and ensuring representation of sewists over 50 in their social media and on their newly designed pattern covers. Sew Over It is the very first sewing company to embrace SewOver50 in their social media and also on the cover of their sewing patterns. At Sew Over It they a...

Eleanor Thomson or @nelnanandnora established a facebook group for sewing flat and asymmetrical clothes. This is a safe group to share sewing knowledge as well as they surgical and cancer journeys. Eleanor set up this group while she was facing her own breast cancer journey and found that sewing helped her build her body confidence. After speaking with Eleanor, there was certainly more to her stor...

Justin first started in early 2020. He made masks for his sister and since then he has continued to sew for his own needs like his new 2022 back to work clothes. Finding patterns and fabrics are a challenge and you'll find the patterns he's used are worth considering for any body. Justin does reuse and recycle fabrics, materials and projects he's made but won't get any wear out of. As Justin says,...

Jeannie of Annie and Myra's is a bra sewing expert from regional Victoria. Jennie answers a few bra sewing questions so we have more information about sewing bras that fit us using the correct underwires, fabrics and bra notions to suit all skin sensitivities. She does emphasis her love of couture sewing as she discusses starting on good basic bra patterns and using basic kits you can buy from loc...

Tina or Bricolagedk is back for Sewover50 and she updates on some of the new useful patterns resources she has found to sew for a post mastectomy body. There are many new patterns and resources to create clothes that Tina has in her sewing queue. Tina also lives with chronic fatigue and she continues to give back to the sewing community with her pattern ideas and resources both on her Instagram ac...

Joost is the creator of freesewing.org Makers, designers and developers contribute to this free resources so there are sewing patterns anyone can access for free, as the name free sewing suggests. These designs have been used by previous men who sew podcasts guests Wouter.vdub and Enno Swets. FreeSewing is an open source software project with the aim of becoming the Wikipedia of sewing patterns. F...

Morgan and Matt of Thread Theory patterns have joined the support of Sewover50 by being part of this series about sewing for men podcast series. Thread Theory patterns is well know for providing great patterns for men and more recently for all bodies. Adrianna loves mens tailoring and has worked in the tailoring industry. This includes sewing with denim. She shares her sewing experience and provid...

Lolie B Yergeau or Lolieya on Instagram encouraged sewists and pattern companies to provide seated photos of their patterns and makes. Lolie has adapted through her life to be independent and at times ask for help with her daily activities. She shares her favourite tools to help her sew when she has the energy to sew. On her Instagram account you can download her #sewnshownseated guidelines to hel...

Christopher is back for Sewover50's men who sew series. He is a new sewists and he's back to talk about how he's investing further into his sewing practice. In his day job he manufacturers DNA. Christopher follows many online sewing communities so that he can hear the view points of many people and learn along the way. He follows the Sewover50 community because he can see what people are making an...

The Button Challenge is the August and September sewalong run by Sew Busty with Brittani of Untitled Thoughts. This is a simple pattern and Brittani has written some great posts on Sew Busty website for new sewists to follow and get a better fitted bodice on this dress. The Sew Busty Community is for anyone who is busty. Anyone who has ever had to do a full bust adjustment on a princess seam or fo...

Andie or Sew Pretty in Pink, is an artist, sewist, writer and improv comedian. Andie also describes themselves as a disabled fat Endy Babe interested in sewing, fashion, Lingerie, Swimwear and EDS. Andie talks about their developing @Chronicallysewn and the current #slowprojectchallenge. Chronicallysewn is an inclusive space for chronically ill (mental/physical) sewists. Slow Project Challenge run...

Zoe Edwards is a podcaster with her podcast Check your threads . Have you subscribed to check your thread podcast yet? This is a joy to listen to. I'm sure you're already familiar with her existing blog 'So Zo what do you know . She's always posted her makes, her free patterns and her concern for the environment as well as the highly successful Me Made May each year. Her instagram account also ref...

Following our theme of sewing for men for Sewover50, Wendy Ward talks about the capsule wardrobe she's created for anyone to sew. The details are in her book 'Sewing Basics for every body'. Wendy has taught sewing locally for many years and her depth of teaching experience has led her to writing this book for people to create clothes they want to reflect who they are. Make sure you go back and lis...

Nancy Chen Bajraktari of @iusedtobeacurtin is back on the podcast with her friend Julia Cost of @juliaallissoncost, as we look at how online friendships develop. Nancy and Julia talk about some great insights that listeners will easily identify with. Nancy is a sewist who lives on O'ahu for the last year and she enjoys print mixing and upcycling clothing. This feeds her obsession with vibrant prin...

Enno Swets was one of the men sewover50 featured this year to show there is diversity in the Sewover50 community. Enno or outdressed.no is an outdoor gear sewing specialist. He has a passion for technical or functional sewing and you'll hear how his problem solving strength is used to sew all types of gear. The plans he develops before making these projects are all dependent on the function they w...

Brittani of Untitled Thoughts discusses a few easy steps to take to be sustainable. Her view is that sewing in itself is being sustainable for a few good reasons. Brittani encourages sewists to take small steps in their sewing practice to be sustainable including buying locally to reduce your carbon footprint. Make sure you listen to our previous #so50SustainableSewing podcasts to inspire you to m...

PK is today's Sewover50 podcast guest living in New Zealand. She's written a few instagram posts to inspire sewists to take their time to create clothes they love to wear. PK's posts for Sewover50 have covered adding monograms to clothes they sew. She also timestamps her clothes to record the details of each make on each piece. PK is addicted to sewing pants, shirts and coats. What she does advoca...

Jen Hogg is both a Sewover50 guest post contributor and a sponsor for Sewover50's #So50SustainableSewing challenge. Jen has long valued being a sustainable sewist and she discusses the many examples of how you can adopt sustainable sewing actions as part of your entry for the Sewover50 #so50SustainableSewing challenge this month. In the wealth of sustainable examples Jen covers, she talks about 3...

Wouter vdub as he's known on instagram is today's bloke for Sewover50. Since Susan Young first wrote her article about sewing for men, we've been featuring men who sew in the Sewover50 community. Wouter is an IT professional who loves to climb mountains and sew and does a bit of knitting on the side. He's been sewing his own clothes for the last 8 years and sewing gives him the freedom to express...

Wendy Ward's most recent publication focusses on Sustainable Sewing. Wendy has now written 5 books to help sewists learn their sewing skills using her easy to follow instructions and patterns. Wendy discusses how sustainability has always been an interest of hers and she has helped her local communities build sustainable sewing skills. She's also a sponsor for Sewover50's #So50SustainableSewing ch...

Rhonda Buss or Sewbussted on instagram is today's Sewover50 guest. Rhonda starts chatting about how she saves dogs who go onto doing great things like being therapy dogs. She's a pilot and she uses this skill to help her local community save dogs in states that keep lost dogs for very long. She has sewn since the age of 5 and was taught by her grandmother. You would have seen Rhonda create and con...

Judith Staley of Sewover50 updates us about #So50SustainableSewing challenge for August. This challenge is all about using 'waste' fabric to make a garments or accessories using fabric that is already in the system.... your remnants, charity shop or thrift fabric from estate sales, vintage fabrics, manufacturing waste. fabric picked up from fabric swap tables at meet ups or from your fellow sewist...

Meet Lucie Harrild and her soon to be launched Comhla business that will include teaching mending and sewing in pop up places around the UK later this year. Comhla is about 'Making it easier to care about the world and get dressed'. Lucie has been a sustainability consultant for large corporates and now she's using that knowledge and training to make a difference for local communities. Hosted by S...

Hold on to your hat. James learnt to sew at 7 years of age. James Nacy or James_is_sew_happy is our next men in the Sewover50 community to share his advice about sewing mens clothes. The pattern designers James mentions by James are a great start when you're learning how to sew mens clothes for beginners. There is so much joy in James's retelling of how sewing has played a changing role in his lif...

Lindsie Rank is the key force behind the Sew Busty Community. Many people who sew have contributed to the busty pattern database. The Sew Busty Community is for anyone who is busty. Anyone who has ever had to do a full bust adjustment on a princess seam or for a full bust adjustment on a waist dart as just 2 of the most challenging examples. Generally, Sew Busty Community content is focused on tho...