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Lindy of Stokxpatterns is a big SewOver50 supporter. Gabriele of Kissntuss discovered Lindy when Lindy first started her business. What you'll hear is the support Gabriele and Julie of consistentlydifferentdesigns have provided Lindy to keep producing sewing patterns that are different to mainstream patterns. You'll hear both Gabriele and Julie talk about their first coat twinning experience in th...

Janine or @janineerm is a very busy sewist and has been a guest editor for SewOver50. Janine is one of those people who if you need help, she will volunteer her time to you. In this podcast, she describes the steps she takes to be a guest editor. We discuss what guest editors need to provide and really, Janine has enjoyed being a guest editor for SewOver50 for a very long time. You'll hear how Jan...

Byrd or Yogabyrdsews on instagram, watched her mother contribute to the community through the PTA, through school activities, in political activities and even until her passing, she would collect bread for nursing homes. Byrd has worked in social services and now in retirement she uses her sewing to help her sorority assist a school and nursing homes by sewing customised bags for residents on as a...

Camilla @frkc.lindberg is our Sewover50 guest from Sweden. Frk is short for fröken - Miss in English so it's Miss C Lindberg. I label my work with Frk C/ Miss C. Fröken is also teacher in Swedish. Camilla trained to sew for both men and women and as a tailor, sewing is sewing. The techniques used to sew for all people are the same. SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are...

Steven or @arealheller been sewing for 3 years and he found SewOver50 through people he was following on Instagram. Steven tells us he is in Sewover60 and he should be in Sewover70 as well. He had always wanted to sew and once Steven retired he discovered tailoring was a skill his grandfathers had. All four of his grandparents migrated to the States as refugees from Russia and Poland. Steven decid...

While recording the Sewing Friends podcast with Helga and Nicole , we also discussed sewing bras. This is an unplanned podcast that we felt might help listeners who want to try sewing bras with some ideas about how to go about planning their future bra sewing projects. SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Sew Organised Style features people who freely s...

Alison Alibobs_sews says the SewOver50 Instagram tip posts are quite useful to her. She's not over 50 and Alison is a great friend to many sewists online. Alison had her personal embroidery story published in Threads Magazine issue 212. Alison wrote how doing embroidery on the sofa when Alison was diagnosed with breast cancer, as her mother also also done had breast cancer when Alison was 4 years...

Teresa @desewtropia created a list of Etsy digital craft sellers based in Ukraine after Anita of @daydreamofquilts put out a call to support craft sellers directly. Etsy has removed the sellers fees from these businesses as well. Teresa has web development skills and she's created this listing and a website hosting this list. She will keep updating this list as people let her know about Ukraine cr...

Forty thousand followers on SewOver50 ! 40k followers, 40,000 followers….it doesn't matter which way you write it that's a LOT of followers. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SewOver50 on Instagram has gone from their humble beginnings in August 2018 when Judith ( @JudithRosalind the founder) asked "is there a need for a group for older sewists? to now being the largest active sewing community on I...

Pam O'Connor is Sewnonthemap on Instagram. She's a SewOver50 follower who has sewn no matter which country she was living in at the time. Pam has picked up a few treasured pieces of fabrics in her world travels that she has plans to make in upcoming projects. Each project is unique and has to have a story behind it. She's an active member of Sew Tampa Bay group. Make sure you follow SewOver50 to e...

Did you get a chance to listen to the first part of this SewOver50 sewing friends podcast with Nicole and Helga in episode 305? Today's podcast is part 2 of the chat we had about their sewing and sewing friendship. Nicole or Septemberfaden on Instagram and Helga of Salixsews on Instagram discuss the sewing projects on their to-do lists. They are one of many sewing friends within the SewOver50 comm...

Nicole Septemberfaden and Helga Salixsews are today's SewOver50 sewing friend guests. Would you believe in real life they only live 5km apart? Their friendship started on Instagram through SewOver50 and you'll hear how they're now friends in real life. You'll find out about their sewing plans in the next SewOver50 podcast on Sew Organised Style. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ad...

Robyn or fourpatchtextiles on Instagram is a maker of bespoke clothing, bags and occasionally quilts. She's a big supporter of the visible mending including Mendingmayhem and the Sewover50 community. Robyn discusses her use of textiles as part of #mendmarch. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kate Sekules aka Visiblemend runs the popular mending challenge #mendmarch . 2022 is the 5 year anniversary of this challenge on Instagram. In this podcast Kate answers questions from previous mending podcast guests Katrine, Selina, Wendy, Tricia and Uli. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

You know Dawna as Spoolriversewing on Instagram. She has been featured on the grid of SewHouse7. Dawna tells her story about starting her blog in 2018 because she felt older sewists were not represented on the internet. She is thrilled that this idea of hers was reinforced by SewOver50 starting in the same year. Her sewing start is really lovely and you can find her podcast blog post on the podcas...

Tracy Davis or Sewing4therapy on Instagram is a favourite SewOver50 sewist that inspires great fitting clothes making and fuels the sewing engine of her fellow sewists. You'll hear how Tracy knows the value of a hobby/practice that balances the stressors of her profession. Her children are learning that Mom knows, when it comes to fashion. Take her current love of making shackets. Make sure you fo...

Tina Watts or Vintagetina is a favourite vintage sewist of Instagram of many people and today we get to find out more about her sewing life and how vintage patterns fuel her sewing projects. Thanks for listening to Sew Organised Style's episode 300. It's lovely to share this episode with a well-loved Australia sewist who creates vintage looks for her everyday life. Everyone can be a SewOver50 foll...

Yolanda Woodland also known on Instagram as so_sew_mardest is today's SewOver50 guest. She has a lot of style and sewing projects that she does so 24 hours is not enough time in the day to get through them all. Yolanda talks about her pattern testing experience and encourages her fellow sewists to try it at least once. Make sure you go back and listen to all the SewOver50 podcasts available for fr...

Jeanette Hayes or netty.hayes.sews on Instagram is New Zealand sewist and she started sewing again 4 years ago. She's a SewOver50 follower and she's also recently made her Instagram account public. Jeanette is inspired by her fellow sewists and she felt comfortable making her account public. She has collaborated with Chalk & Notch, Friday Pattern Company, True Bias, Minerva in the UK and Fabric Go...

Nikki Sinclair or nikksinclair on Instagram is a favourite Sewover50 sewist that inspires great fitting clothes making and fuels the sewing engine of her fellow sewists. Nikki is on the podcast with her biggest sewing fan, Clayton Sinclair. Nikki tells her sewing story and it's really clear to hear how supportive her husband is of her sewing projects. She gives some great advice to new sewists to...

Sarah of Pattern Union is a big supporter of the Sewover50 community. Today she's here to talk about visible mending. Sarah lives in Western Australia. Sarah has been focussing on using her existing resources to focus on visible mending. With her pattern developments, she amassed a lot of fabrics and resources that were no longer useful to her but when she went to take them to the local thrift sto...

Angie gives us the inside scoop about being on Kirsty's Handmade Christmas in 2021. She also discusses how she wants to make dolls that look like their owners features and enthicity. We do discuss the doll patterns that are available on Uthando Project. Angie is currently working on a couture project. You'l have to listen in to find out. Angie was on the podcast for SewOver50 last year in June and...

Did you know that Angie was on the telly in the lead up to Christmas in 2021? Amazing to hear how Angie's life has changed since she was on the podcast for SewOver50 last year. Angie was on the podcast for SewOver50 last year in June and so much has changed for her. She leads by example and her energy is inspiring. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about...

There is so much more that Sarah Thomas does behind the scenes to keep the Curvy Pattern Database current for everyone to use for free. She puts in her personal time into it, the website and the instagram account so everyone in the sewing community can also find sewing patterns in their sizing. Listeners can show they support her work by using #sewingcpd on patterns that should be on the database....

Sarah Thomas talks about how she started sewing and the Curvy Pattern Database. Sarah loves spreadsheets and she runs the Curvy Pattern Database for everyone to share. She puts in her personal time into it, the website and the instagram account so everyone in the sewing community can also find sewing patterns in their sizing. Listeners can show they support her work by using #sewingcpd on patterns...