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CeeSews is back to share her knowledge of sergers/overlockers. Cee has extensive experience using sergers/overlockers and runs workshops to use sergers/overlockers to her ASG friends. Cee talks about how she learnt to use her serger/overlocker the hard way. Make sure you take notes as Cee provides listeners to get more use from your serger/overlocker. There are great features now available on dome...

More recognition for Black History Month, as we rereleasing this podcast to recognise the black sewists in the Sewover50 community. Carrie Cunningham's podcast was published in June 2020 and you'll love the breadth of work Carrie has done and continues to do today. Carrie Cunningham began sewing garments when she was 11 years old. She was self- taught until she started High School. She is the owne...

In this Sewcialists podcast, Gabby Brown discusses the information Wayne Laberda and Maxi discussed in her 2 Sewcialists posts last year. You can read Gabby's post with Wayne Laberda here . Then hop into Gabby's subsequent post with Maxi herself looking through her closet. Find Wayne as Maxi on Instagram ! Go back and listen to previous Sewcialists podcasts and make sure you subscribe to the Sewci...

Sarah Pondevie is presenting at the Australian Sewing Guild's first online Autumn Sewing Celebration on 27 March 2021. This podcast is a replay of Sarah's original podcast she published in August 2020. You'll get the chance to ask Sarah questions at the Autumn Sewing Celebration and have access to all the presentations for 6 months. The Autumn Sewing Celebration is the first online sewing conferen...

Kate Ward is back discussing the benefits of stitching and she's done her research to back up her podcast. Kate has already written 2 blog posts about the benefits of stitching. 7 more reasons why stitch and craft is good for us is the natural follow up article to 10 reasons why stitching and craft is good for us. Make sure you go back and listen to all the sewing save and mending podcasts publish...

In recognition of Black History Month, we are rereleasing this podcast to recognise the black sewists in the Sewover50 community. Carol's podcast was published in July 2020 and listeners love her work and her sewing journey. Carol or Anncie2001 , is our next Sewover50 stalwart that kindly gave her time for this podcast. Her sewing story is compelling and heartwarming. Carol hosts a private Faceboo...

This is the first online sewing conference style event developed by the Australian Sewing Guild (ASG). In 2020 the ASG worked hard and developed online workshops and sewing challenges to further people's sewing skills. Early bird tickets are available to the first 125 participants when tickets go on sale today. There are 14 presenters from a range of industries and practices to keep ASG members in...

Elaine is a Sewover50 follower and she gives her perspective about Black History Month. She sees that she wants to know more about Black History both in the US and in her home country in the UK. Black History Month in the UK is recognised in October each year and she's suggested listeners go to Black History Month UK website and Black Poppy Rose . Elaine began following Sewover50 when it was first...

Today's Sewcialists podcast is about scrap busting and you'll hear from Sewcialists team member , Denise Archer. February theme month is Zero Waste Sewing. One of the 3 ways to contribute to this month's theme is to scrap bust your way through your fabrics. Denise has contributed 2 articles to this month's theme month on the Sewcialists blog. In this podcast, Denise talks about the People's Sewing...

The Black History Month Pattern Designer Challenge (#BHMPatternDesigners) was established in February 2019 by Nateida of SewNaturalDane. Nateida decided to created this challenge due to the lack of representation she saw in the sewing community that highlighted Black Pattern Designers, as well as black owned fabric companies and knitting designers. February is Black History Month in the United Sta...

Kate Ward is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and educator with over twenty years experience working and teaching in the Arts. Her interests include textiles, ceramics, jewellery, printmaking and intermedia. More importantly Kate is an Australian living in Nova Scotia Canada who is helping sewists take up stitching for all sorts of reasons including to ground themselves. Kate has taught at NSC...

The Sewover50 community is global and Gabriele in Berlin is better known as Kissntuss . She tells us the story behind this unique Instagram name. You'll also know Gabriele as she 'twins' with Julie Yost or Consistently different designs, a previous Sewover50 podcast guest. Gabriele is a new sewist but she has been an active Sewover50 follower and she knows many of the community members and tells h...

Listeners heard the wonderful Sewover50 podcast featuring Marianne Koster or foxglovesandthimbles . In her podcast Marianne mentioned her daughter Annemieke, running a sustainable weaving mill. Annemieke agreed to record a podcast about the work she is doing at Enschede Textielstad . The retail arm of this sustainable weaving mill is Sustainable Fabrics where you can purchase any fashion fabrics o...

Lindsay Anne is an English literature teacher by day, self-taught hand-stitcher by night living in Tokyo Japan. Growing up, Lindsay was always described as the "creative one". Lindsay suggests that new starters should use what they have at hand. Machine thread is what Lyndsay uses for her embroidery pieces. The important thing is to start! Because of the pandemic, there are less fabrics Lindsay ca...

Today's Sewcialists podcast is the first of 2 Zero Waste podcasts to support the first 2021 theme month - Zero Waste Sewing . You'll hear from Liz Haywood, the Australian author of Zero Waste Sewing. Her Zero Waste Sewing book was a recipient of a 2020 NYC Big Book Award in the craft/hobby category. Liz is a trained pattern maker and has over 20 years experience in the clothing industry. Her cloth...

Maria Yap is back for Sewover50 Thursday to guide us through her sewing creative process. She admits she is an emotional fabric buyer and this means when Maria has a sewing project in mind, she has the fabrics to start her gorgeous makes. You'll find Maria contributing to the Sewover50 Instagram community. She has a sewing blog and her instagram account is full of inspiring projects. There are so...

World Frocktails is a week of online event filled with sewing community inspiration ranging including panel talks, sewalongs, cocktail and mocktail sessions with community leaders from 8-13 February 2021. You can get involved in the live sessions, watch each recording and refer to each blog post from each special guest. The schedule is now available but don't be surprised as it continues to grow w...

Gillian Whitcombe of the Sewcialists launches their podcasts for 2021. Sewcialists was started amongst a group of friends in 2014 and Gillian relaunched Sewcialists in 2017 with its well established blog. The Sewcialists then developed their Instagram account with an impressive 40,000 plus followers. In 2021 these podcasts will provide a voice to reinforce their fun theme months 4 times a year, ho...

This year, Katrine of Mending Mayhem has been sharing her mending expertise on the Sewing Save Series - our Friday podcast. In this podcast Katrine shares the Christmas traditions practiced in Norway. These include traditions from their forefathers. Recipes are on the podcast website. Please feel free to listen to our podcast library of over 170 podcasts to keep you company while you're staying sa...

Chloe Read, the Australian Editor for the Sewcialists has so much to update us about. We celebrate Gabby Brown's 30th blog post. Gabby or Dear Gabby is the technical fit specialists that lives and breathes her craft while freely sharing her knowledge on Sewcialists. Then Chloe updates about the updated editor team. Our podcast friend and Perth sewing local Sue Stoney, is joining the Sewcialists. M...

Raquel is this week's Sewover50 podcast guest. Raquel was podcast #2 in 2019 and in this podcast she updates us on her sewing and how she supports the Sewover50 account on Instagram. Refashions are her joy and she talks to us about how thrifting in Taipei meets her budget needs. Raquel initially started participating in MAGAM Sewalong when it was run by Sarah Liz. MAGAM Sewalong is another sewing...

Dear Gabby or Gabby Brown of Sewcialists , has written a 'wrap up' blog posts as she reflects on process. We share our sewing achievements and knowledge on social media and in Gabby's post she encourages us to vet your information sources. Take the time to find good information sources. When you read Gabby's post on Sewcialists, you'll understand why she encourages us to 'always be questioning' (A...

Maria Yap has a sewing blog that chronicles her sewing efforts. She's also this week's Sewover50 podcast guests. Maria found the Sewover50 community on Instagram 2 years ago and she's enjoying sharing her sewing journey with likeminded people from around the world. Many people know Maria through her pattern reviews and through the sewing contests she participates in. Sewing contest fuel her creati...

Katrine from Mending Mayhem for the Sewing Save Series shares examples where crochet is used to mend. There are a few ways you can use crochet to extend the life of so many clothes, so we can continue to reuse our clothes. Extending the life of existing clothes helps reduces landfill. Katrine also share a Christmas sewing save story. Her investigative work and commitment to bring you a fitting sew...

Julie Yost or @consistentlydifferentdesigns is our Sewover50 guest and you'll also know Julie for the #waiwot for Sewover50 . Julie's mom made many of their clothes when she was growing up. Julie was officially allowed to use the sewing machine when she turned 10 and from then went on to enter garments in the county fair, made her own clothes, made special occasion dresses for her 2 sisters and ev...