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Linda Jobson has taken her 24 years of custom bra making experience and package this into a series of videos that anyone can now own and always be able to learn from. Linda is the owner of Linda's Lingerie - an Australian lingerie specialist that has turned her bra making workshops and experience into affordable learning resources that Australian Sewing Guild members can obtain a discount code to...

This week's Sewover50 guest is Lisa Smith-Clare or Bobo_bun. Lisa is an avid Sewover50 follower and has been a guest editor. You'll find Lisa on Instagram at Bobo_bun on Instagram. What you'll realise is she's a vintage sewing enthusiast that works alongside sewing experts and her vintage sewing friends. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collec...

Louise Sparrow, the Chair of the Australian Sewing Guild, discusses an industry partner, Linda Jobson. Linda is a successful bra making tutor and she now offers bra making classes and she's offering ASG members a special discount. Linda is an Aussie that has adapted from running face to face workshops to providing videos for anyone to access. Catch up with every ASG podcast on their ASG podcast bl...

Gabby Brown, the fit guru of the Sewcialists team is back. This podcasts continues the discussion on building in gender neutral terminology within the sewing community that Emilia started in an earlier Sewcialists podcast. All chests welcome - the August Sewcialists theme month - raised a wide number of thoughts and issues from the sewing community and gender neutral terminology was one of the iss...

In October the Australian Sewing Guild's sewing challenge uses Gertie's Harlow Pajamas from her Charm Pattern range. This is a free pattern and Louise Sparrow, Chair of ASG discusses the benefits of using this pattern because of its style, size range and sewing project ease. Gertie's a fan of Aussies sewists so we're looking forward to seeing how you make this pattern suit you and your lifestyle....

Mending Mayhem is back from their Summer break. Katrine discusses this week's visible mending collage and the basics of mending. Mend don't spend still applies. September is about sustainability and it's wonderful to have Mending Mayhem back on the podcast for the Sewing Save Series. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of perso...

Di believes that everyone should feel able to sew regardless of their background, ability and especially income. Di makes 99% of her clothes and quite a few for her husband, son and wider family. During the Covid crisis Di made 40 sets of scrubs for her local intensive care unit and then designed a face mask with a 'see through' visor to assist better communication with lip reading and enabling pe...

Gabby Brown (or Dear Gabby) is the fit specialist in the Sewcialists team . When there's a fitting question from the sewing community, Gabby will research the question to provide various answers that we can refer to. Gabby is a technical fashion designer, fit specialist, and prolific googler. She lives in Denver, raises tiny littles, reads, embroiders, makes, experiments, fails, learns, tries agai...

The Australian Sewing Guild is about to launch #memademonday in October. This is a challenge to showcase what you've sewn while you've been in social isolation. Every year a similar challenge #memademay is fairly similar and runs everyday in May. The ASG October challenge on the 4 Mondays in October is your chance to showcase your sewing projects on instagram and on facebook. Make sure you note th...

Have you been sewing but have no where to show your work? The Australian Sewing Guild (ASG) has a fun October challenge #memademonday You know #memademay so you'll be able to share (brag) about your sewing - the patterns, fabric, the challenge, your final view about what you've made. This is really simple and you only need to use #memademonday and #australiansewingguild. There are 4 Mondays in Oct...

Sustainability is running hot this month. Ilaria has created #sustainablestylesept as a fun way to start being sustainable. Ilaria is a Canberra local that enjoys being sustainable and on today's Sewing Save Series emphasis on the word 'save'. She encourages people to wear repurposed clothes and enjoy being sustainable. #Septextilelove , #sustainablesewing #boycottfashion Make sure you join into N...

Welcome Lynda Maynard to Sewover50 Thursday podcast . Lynda absolutely loves running pattern fit workshops. In this podcast Lynda talks about the key pattern alterations for changing bodies. There are photos on the podcast blog that show details of her fitting techniques. The 3 key alterations Lynda discusses are upper back adjustment, forward shoulders and the expanding waistline. Lynda does talk...

Donna Bowman is conducting research into making masks . Her research is global and inclusive, as you'll hear on her podcast for this week's Sewcialists Tuesday episode. Here is the link to Donna's research . Get involved! Donna initially conducted research into Prayer Shawl Ministry and this research is now a published text. With these skills, her next research project in 2017 was about the pink h...

Poppykettle is Melanie's online name. You may know her through her sewing blog as well as her instagram account. Many years ago, Mel decided there was more to life than simply working full time. Sewing classes gave her the sewing basics and she began to sew her own clothes with confidence - creating the work life balance she craved. When it came time to preparing for 'her big day' Mel wanted to ma...

Today's Sewing Save series guest is Margot Firth, a Canberra local couture sewist and committed sustainable sewing fan. Margot tells us how she saved her mother's coat she wore in when she visited the UK in the 70s. The coat is now owned and proudly worn by her niece. When Margot returned back to Australia from her UK visit, this coat was stored away for another day. Forty years later Margo restor...

Last year Sewover50 ran a flay lay challenge - so50flatlay. This month Sewover50 is running this challenge again and for a whole month. In their introductory post , or on the sewover50 podcast blog post, you can read about this challenge. This is a way to showcase your style and see style ideas from across the Sewover50 community. Style doesn't have to cost the earth to obtain. This challenge enco...

Emilia has written for Sewcialists now and they are back on the podcast sharing what they've learnt while trying to find patterns that include all genders. Emilia shares some tips on how to source ideas and inspiration so you can make garments to suit how you see yourself. Sewcialists is a blog for everyone and they post information and well researched resources for the sewing community at least 3...

Anita is an Industry Partner with the Australian Sewing Guild (ASG). Many sewists would know Anita's pattern puzzles that she develop and are on her well-suited blog . Anita's industry training and her love of teaching has given ASG members are great resource to be able to make their patterns fit. Anita talks about the key fitting techniques that sewists will find helpful to their ensure their sew...

Did you listen to part 1 with Katrine and Suzie? You should so you can follow along with the Mending Mayhem team as they discuss more about mending. In part 2, we discuss the breadth of the mending community and more importantly how mending brings good memories to both the mender and the recipient of the mended item. Mending does extend to anything, and you'll hear more about this from Katrine and...

This is Chloe Read's first solo podcast. Chloe is the Australian Editor of Sewcialists . Technology's hiccups this week were not going to hold this podcast back because this month's theme - All Chests Welcome - has brought in a bumper amount of contributions from the sewing community. During this month on Instagram more topics were found from the sewing community and the theme month is being exten...

This week Tomasa tells us the amount of personal time is given by the Sewover50 team to keep building this inclusive online sewing community together. The behind the scenes work is extensive and they do this to keep sewists over 50 visible and there's a lot of love to create a safe space for everyone to share their creativity. Their work doesn't stop and we celebrate their 2nd year anniversary. Le...

In part 1 of Emilia's podcast there are so many topics they can cover and we focus on their journey before they started living their truth. At the end of our recording Emilia called part 1, 'Getting your pronouns right'. As Emilia says 'Binders are a small thing you can make to help overcome dysphoria that impedes you to function.' There will be more from Emilia as they discuss clothing, sewing an...

Louise Sparrow is back to update us about 2 new online workshops and the next sewing challenge for September. The Australian Sewing Guild aims to share and further the art of sewing for their members. ASG has evolved to provide online sewing workshops this year and their members have been thrilled with their ability to adapt to our 'new normal'. Catch up on previous ASG podcasts on their podcast b...

Katrine and Suzie are the Mending mayhem team. Mending is part of their daily lives and not just mending clothes. Mending is done with love. Every item has more than one life and mending is an everyday part of their lives. Katrine lives in Norway and comes from a family of textile crafters and Suzie lives in the Isle of Wight and is a textiles artist. They teamed up last year after Mending March t...

Tomasa is a guest editor within Sewover50. Happy 2nd year anniversary to Sewover50. Tomasa lives and breathes fashion. In this podcast, Tomasa talks about her sewing journey. Her sewing resume is extensive. Tomasa has had a few articles published in sewing publications. Did you know Tomasa is a pattern reviewer for Threads magazine? Next episode Tomasa talks about her role as a guest editor for Se...