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Susan Khalje , one of the foremost educators and practitioners of couture sewing in the world. Susan is an exceptional and sought-after teacher running couture sewing technique workshops throughout the United States as well as internationally. Here in Australia we've had the benefit of having Susan teaching her couture sewing technique workshops during her Australian teaching tours. She's packing...

She's coffee person with a sewing problem and today you'll hear how there's so much more to this Melbourne sewing icon. Julia Bobbin is featured in Sewn Magazine this month. It's been 10 years since that fateful day on 27th August in 2009 when she first slouched in front of a sewing machine and sewed two pieces of calico together with a straight stitch. Love at first stitch and ever since then she...

While hand sewing at Social Sewing in Brisbane, Ali May chats to our Brisbane correspondent Amy Tuite. You may know Amy on IG as Makingmarilynemulatingelle. Amy is one of Brisbane Spoolettes sewing focused group. Yes the Brisbane Spoolettes sew but they social sew and give each other lots of support and friendship through their creative pursuits. Sewing is just one of them. Ali May shares her late...

Until 22 March 2020, The Powerhouse Museum has a special collection by Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson : Step Into Paradise. This audience view hears Jenny and Linda talk about this collection that captures their creative partnership of more four decades as one of the most influential pairings in the history of Australian fashion. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for infor...

Erica Bunker has been providing her sewing experience to the sewing community for over 10 years. It's Erica's style that has always taken our design ideas those offered by commercial patterns to make styles that reflect who we are. Erica's style and sewing experience offers us a raft of options to make our clothing runway worthy. We've loved following Erica's work for a long time and you'll be abl...

Erica Bunker DIY Wardrobe and Eryn launched their first collaboration pattern - Erica Dress - at 'Style Sew Me' patterns. You'll hear how they've built on their long term friendship to develop this new pattern design so we can benefit from Erica Bunkers' DIY wardrobe style aesthetic. Erica Bunker's innate style sense with Eryn's trusted pattern design process is the magical formula that gives us a...

Adelaide had their first 'frocktails' in September. @groovygreylook Meridy Dunn gives us an insight about how with Betty and Fiona, they brought together country and city sewists together. How do you find your tribe? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Selective Fine Fabrics . With the opening of their new Upper Mt Gravatt store, Anna and Louise explain why they are definitely a fabric store to visit when you visit Brisbane. Their flagship store in Logan is much loved by their loyal customers. Listen to how they are enhancing the bridal experience. You'll love their Instagram account fabric specials . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. Se...

Tatyana has a great studio and she chatted about her design aesthetic and her couture heritage and how her love of couture sewing is helping Australian develop these techniques through her sewing/couture workshops and Australian Sewing Guild leadership. You'll hear how her dedication to keeping these skills alive in Australia means that she does answer couture questions well into the night through...

There was a time when the thought of online fabric shopping was an idea sewing and craft people would not consider or want. Elizabeth of Elizabethmadethis.com has created a couple of very helpful blog posts about online fabric shopping. Elizabeth has always shared her research and ideas for sewing people because she has always been supportive to the community. Earlier this month Elizabeth wrote a...

The sewing community is very cohesive on Instagram. Everyone has their favourites and build friendships about sewing but it's their life that keep them together. Raquel refashions and develops her sewing skills using dead stock clothes from local Taipei resellers. She has ventured into pattern testing and is now a Minerva maker . She's used her sewing passion to create clothes she is comfortable t...

Melbourne's an easy place to get around if you're staying for a short visit. Jump on a tram to get to Jimmy Buttons - an icon to the sewing community. It's where we can source all sorts of notions locally. Jimmy has been serving the clothing community and the sewing community now for 31 years and he confessed to us that he wants a holiday. You can find Jimmy Buttons online too. Hosted by Simplecas...