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Ros relearned to sew in the last 2 years. She did learn at school and Ros now uses her sewing skills to help her local community. Oh and did you see her exhibit at the Dundee V&A museum last year. Ros and her son entered a new designer contest and their refashion entry was included in this inaugural contest. SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Our focu...

Mel is a SewOver50 follower and as her bio says, she loves to start making things, many things, collect stuff, but to people who know Mel, wearing vintage inspired clothes she has made is what makes her happy. You'll love how Mel developed her Instagram name puddingandpeas SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Our focus is the sewing talent each person s...

Sigrid sews and knits and you may have been following her blog for many years . In 2022 Sigrid's Instagram account was copied as a fake account by scammers. This has happened and keeps happening to many SewOver50 followers. Be aware that fake accounts are created and the criminals behind these accounts prey on the followers of these accounts. If you are approached by what seems to be a fake accoun...

Tee Jay Lee is a regular client of Sewn Adaptive - Lynn and Alex - and he's given his time to talk about how the work that Lynn and Alex do keeps him wearing the clothes he loves. You can hear the Sewn Adaptive podcast we published last year. As a sewist, we have the skills to tailor and tweak clothes for ourselves and our loved ones. The work Lynn and Alex have been doing on Instagram that shows...

Adam Wheeler is The Seamsters Apprentice on Instagram. He decided to sew one day when the curtains in his study just happened to break. Once Adam made the curtains in his home study 6 years ago, he became fascinated by sewing machines and sewing. Well, he tells a story about his first fascination with sewing machine as a 5 year old. The first garment Adam made was a 'simple' tshirt. In the early s...

Andrew is SewAndrew and he has a history of learning skills and then teaching them to his local community. He's a hairdresser by trade and was a dancer and with both of these talents, Andrew gives back to the community by teaching. This includes his teaching sewing to the local Andrew's first real sewing project was a waistcoat that he sewed with a costume designer who guided his sewing. He's not...

Miriam has been helping Ruth Collins get the word out about top down center out method and it's easy to understand why when you hear Miriam's sewing story. Miriam was encouraged to sew through 4H programs . Miriam has a phD in English and she immediately realised Ruth is a scientist by how Ruth was communicating about Top Down Center Out method. She tells us about her experience of using a dress f...

When you look a Marja-Liisa's Instagram feed, you'll not know she has only been sewing her own clothes or the last 2 and a half years. In 2019 Marja-Lisa found The Avid Seamstress patterns at Liberty in London and that is when she began to think about sewing her own clothes. At the start of the first lockdown, and after watching a few episodes of the Great British Sewing Bee, she decided to try se...

Ruthie is well known for her sewing floral fabrics, hence her Instagram name sewmanyflowers Florals are the basis of Ruthie's clothes and they make her happy. Ruthie gives some easy to follow advice about how to find your floral and use them to sew clothes that make you happy. SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 f...

Margaret who is Northinstitches and her daughter Kat is makingwithneedles share their sewing interests and also attended the SewOver50 frocktail event in Edinburgh in September. This podcast was recorded with both Margaret and Kat in their home and they both thoroughly enjoy frocktails and meeting in real life all the people who you chat to on Instagram in the SewOver50 community. Both Margaret an...

Elke does have an actual thread bear, hence her Instagram name sewthreadbear. She tells us the how close to her heart this bear is to her. While Elke can't remember who taught her to sew, she has always sewn and in a way was influenced by her 2 aunts on her father's side. Her aunts had a knitting machine and they created the most beautiful knitted garments. What Elke did realise that using a knitt...

Rebecca Ryan and Jodi Dynan are co founders of Love for Lismore HeART Space . Susan Goodwin of Measure Twice Cut Once and Rebecca talk about their experience with the floods in Lismore and the surrounding communities this year. Rebecca and Susan provide listeners with ways people can help this huge community rebuilding their lives. The links for all of these ways people can help are on the podcast...

Stacey Taylor known as The Crooked Hem on Instagram, has developed a series of free YouTube videos to help sewists use the Top Down Centre Out method, developed by Ruth Collins ithacamaven on Instagram. Ruth Collins was on the podcast in August and discussed the 5 steps within the Top Down Centre Out pants fitting method. Stacey has developed this series of videos in consultation with Ruth so thes...

Ruth Woods is craftschooloz on Instagram and she is running her workshop called Create Textile Baskets from Recycled Materials at the Making Zen Online Retreat. With a background in textiles, working as a clothing designer for over 25 years, then being introduced to basketry fifteen years ago Ruth loves to combine different techniques and materials. She has been creating textile baskets made from...

Agatha Lee or Agy, is a textile artist from Singapore, who is providing a workshop called Translating Nature into Thread Art with Free Motion Embroidery at the Making Zen Online Retreat. Making Zen Online Retreat 2022 is a five day event to inspire creativity and find zen from 24 to 28 October 2022. This is a week of textile workshops led by a selection of international artists. If you are able, c...

Morag_cg is a SewOver50 follower and lives in Glasgow. If you watched the posts and stories for SewOver50 Frocktails in September, you would have seen her have a splendid weekend in Edinburgh. Morag has been sewing since she can remember and has the knack for working with paper and then developing her sewing project. She is mindful of the fabric she uses and you'll hear about her cashmere remnant...

Sarah Pedlow is one of the textile artists at the October 2022 Making Zen Online Retreat. You can find Sarah on Instagram at threadwritten and at sarahpedlowstudio. Sarah's workshop demonstration is titled Cultural Embroidery Traditions and The Chain Stitch. Sarah Pedlow, the founder of ThreadWritten , is an artist working with embroidery and cultural preservation through workshops, textile travel...

Making Zen Online Retreat 2022 is a five day event to inspire creativity and find zen. It's on again from 24 to 28 October 2022. Twice in one year and Kate Ward is here to launch this array of 20 textile artists. Sew Organised Style features people who freely support the sewing community. You're welcome to be a podcast guest by contacting us via DM on Instagram . If you are able, consider supporti...

Anna or AnnaPikaDIY is a SewOver50 follower that has begunn sewing recently. She's a close online sewing friend of Gabriele KissnTuss . It was Garbiele who asked us to invite Anna onto the podcast. Anna talks about a number of zero waste pattern designers she admires for their designs and commitment to reducing waste. This includes Liz Haywood, Milan_avjc and Zero Waster Design Collective. SewOver...

Get ready for October's #sewingcpd2022 challenge. Sarah Thomas updates her Curvy Pattern Database monthly and shares this with the sewing community to find size inclusive patterns. There are over 400 new patterns published each year that Sarah adds to her database each month. SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 fr...

Mary Connolly-Gale is the Chief Operating Officer of Days for Girls Australia . Days for Girls is an international organisation who's mission is to shatter the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation for improved health, education and livelihoods. This podcast was a suggestion by Monica, a patron of the podcast. Days for Girls Australia is a not for profit organisation and is run by vo...

Have you enjoyed seeing Byrd and Molly run So50Live for the Sewover50 community during the northern hemisphere Summer months? That's Byrd of Yogabyrdsews and Molly of Mike and Molly's House on Instagram. Byrd and Molly are today's SewOver50 podcast guests. Both Molly and Byrd were wanting to do the work to have more discussions on SewOver50. They approached Judith and Sandy separately earlier this...

It's September and we're getting closer to this year's SewOver50 frocktails in Edinburgh on 21st In the lead up, let's have a listen to part 2 of the podcast with Wis from Gent. Wis talks about her love of sewing and many of you identify with her because you follow Wis. It you don't already follow Wis, her Instagram account is @Wis_g As we know, Wis sews great clothes and her creations have a lot...

Our guest is Ruth Collins or Ithacamaven on Instagram . Ruth has developed the Top Down Center Out method for fitting pants. This pants fitting method is still being tweaked by Ruth and she's the one who knows all the ins and outs of the Top Down Center Out method. You'll find the 5 steps of the Top Down Centre Out method on her instagram account and on the podcast website. To learn more about Rut...

Marcia Lois Riddington was the first SewOver50 follower on the podcast in 2020. Life was very different for us then. Marcia talks about her sewing, her new love of visible mending, how embroidery is easy to do and very creative and more recently the fabric dyeing Marcia is learning about. It's the excitement each project brings that keeps Marcia creative and wearing the clothes she wants to wear a...