Lisa Woolfork

Stitch Please

Leisure EN ↓ 323 episodes

Dive deep into the vibrant world of sewing with the award-winning Stitch Please podcast, an official show of Black Women Stitch – the sewing group where Black lives matter. Uniquely crafted for those who love sewing, this sewing podcast is a gem that centers around Black women, girls, and femmes, weaving threads of creativity, technique, and passion with every episode. Hosted by Lisa Woolfork, a 6th generation sewing enthusiast, this podcast not only mirrors her ardor for the craft but also her roles as an artist, activist, and academic. Specializing in African American literature and culture,...

Author

Lisa Woolfork

Category

Leisure

Podcast website

blackwomenstitch.org

Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

Scraplanta with Jonelle Dawkins 15.06.2022

Jonelle Dawkins Momo con.  Blurred con  closet cosplay. Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon Check out our Amazon Store Stay Connected: YouTube: Black Women Stitch Instagram: Black Women Stitch Facebook: Stitch Please Podcast

Blue Cup Shop with Laquana Drayton 08.06.2022

Laquana's Blue Cup Shop is on Etsy ,   Instagram That Black Chic Laquana mentions a   sewing class, Skirt Skills and follow-up classes with Brooks Ann Camper . Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon Check out our Amazon Store Stay Connected: YouTube: Bla...

Neci Love Harmon, What's She Creating? 01.06.2022

Find out more about Neci Love Harmon TikTok Instagram You Tube Website Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon Check out our Amazon Store Stay Connected: YouTube: Black Women Stitch Instagram: Black Women Stitch Facebook: Stitch Please Podcast

Mondes Threads: She Will Hem Your Pants! 25.05.2022

Resources Mentioned: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mondes_threads/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mondesthreads Website: https://mondechisenga.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkL2FJlQ6U3NmPPtc10Z9hg Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitc...

Dru Christine Designs 18.05.2022

Dru Christine's website is druchristine.com. Dru is also on Facebook and Instagram @druchristine BlackWomenStitch Instagram, homepage, Patreon Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon Check out our Amazon Store Stay Connected: YouTube: Black Women Stitch I...

DC Frocktails 2022 11.05.2022

Learn more about DC Frocktails on the website and Instagram page.  Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon Check out our Amazon Store Stay Connected: YouTube: Black Women Stitch Instagram: Black Women Stitch Facebook: Stitch Please Podcast

Black Fae Day! with Jasmine LaFleur and Kia Sangria 04.05.2022

May 14th Is Black Fae Day. Learn more about this delightfully Black festive holiday from its founder and principal organizer Jasmine LeFleur and Kia Sangria, a 2022 ambassador. Both are visionary joy practitioners within the Black Fae community, a platform and annual event that increases the positive visibility of Black people in mainstream fantasy. These women are joining the Stitch Please podcas...

Aja Barber, Consumed: The Need for Collective Change 27.04.2022

Aja Barber’s website , instagram , facebook Aja Barber’s book, Consumed: The Need for Collective Change Aja intentionally has only one sponsor, Vestiaire Collective and provides special access to her  Patreon supporters. Aja mentions Fashion Revolution , the world’s largest fashion activism movement What should everyone watch? Aja says “The Story of Stuff!”   BlackWomenStitch Instagram,   homepage...

Don't Trash It, Sew it!!: Sustainable Creativity with Shams el-Din Rogers 20.04.2022

Find Shams el-Din Rogers' on Instagram Shams mentions reading Vicki Robin , Shams volunteers at Creative Reuse Toronto . Lisa and Sham mention Aja Barber and her book Consumed  Aja is on the podcast next week! Lisa mentions a poem by Francis Ellen Watkins Harper Lisa also mentions Fannie Lou Hamer's 1971 speech "Nobody's free until everybody's free." Shams mentions Shaun King 's vertically-integra...

The Corny Rainbow, Nefertiti Griggs 13.04.2022

Follow Nefertiti Griggs on  socials! @thecornyrainbow and @nefertitihaidera (photography page) on IG  Meaningful sewing events:  Find out more about these on her website! Pretty Girls Sew Rippin Aint Easy challenge Rare Oscar De La Renta vintage Vogue pattern (met President Obama and Michelle) Beyonce 2016 Grammy bridal gown Her 2019 vow renewal gown Black Magic Collab with Spoonflower and J.Clapp...

Sew Sweet Monogramming 06.04.2022

Alexis Galloway on Instagram Sew Sweet Academy website, Alexis' Etsy Shop It's Sew Sweet to Learn Facebook group My Pretty Perfect Planner by Alexis BlackWomenStitch Instagram, homepage, Patreon Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon Check out our Amazon...

Family Ties and Fabric Lines: Sarah Bond and e bond 30.03.2022

e bond’s webpage Stitch Please Episode 113 "e bond's GLYPHS: A Fabric Collection of Black Women Writers" Stitch Please Episode 93 "Threads Across Time" with Sarah Bond Lisa's teaching partner mentioned Tobiah Mundt interviewed in Episode 44: Tuft Love: Felt(ing) Emotions with Tobiah Mundt e bond’s Glyph fabric collection from Free Spirit fabrics Sarah, e and Lisa discuss Lucille Clifton's poem, "R...

Curating and Celebrating the Culture with Dr. Diana Baird N'Diaye 23.03.2022

Dr. Diana Baird N'Diaye Instagram @dndaiaye gorgeous website: https://ndiayedesign.myportfolio.com/ Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited or HARYOU Mamie Phipps Clark  and Kenneth Clark Cyril deGrasse Tyson led anti-poverty programs inside and outside of government Zelda Wynn Valdes , American fashion designer and costumer Arthur Mitchell , American ballet dancer, choreographer and founder of balle...

Art Through the Lens of Cultural Curiosity with Kianga Jinaki 16.03.2022

Kianga Art webpage , instragram, facebook Reginald Lewis LaVerne Hall, Holiday Festival of Black Dolls Crowations International Black Doll Show and Sale , Philadelphia Faith Ringgold Gee's Bend Quilters Read Until You Understand; the Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature, Farah Jasmine Griffin Walter Dean Myers Of Water and The Spirit , Maliodoma Patrice Some  Palm Beach Culture Council Art...

Social Justice Sewing Academy: Remembrance Quilt Project Book 09.03.2022

Resources: Episode 12 of Stitch Please Social Justice Sewing Academy Stitching Stolen Lives: Social Justice Sewing Academy Remembrance Project book The Yarn Mission National Quilting Museum (a.k.a. Paducah) Latifah Saafir Libs Elliott Kevin E. Quashie, "Black Alivesness or, A Poetics of Being" Places to find Sara's book events and the Remembrance Project banners: Pacific International Quilt Festiv...

Black Quilting, Black Folklore with Dr. Patricia Turner 02.03.2022

Patricia Turner Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters, Patricia Turner. January 2009 Paremiologist-one who studies proverbs Alan Dundes Ralph Ellison Gee’s Bend Claudia Rankine, Citizen Chimamanda Adichie Gladys-Marie Fry Deborah Grayson Stitched from the Soul, Slave Quilts from the Antebellum South , Gladys-Marie Fry Church's Chicken myth Underground Railroad Quilt Codes...

A House Called Hue 23.02.2022

A House Called Hue, Destiny Brewton  Destiny's AMAZING webpage You can find her on facebook or on Instagram Black Women Stitch NEW webpage , patreon Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon Check out our Amazon Store Stay Connected: YouTube: Black Women St...

Stitching with Steel: A Chat with Kristine Mays 16.02.2022

Kristine Mays website , instagram , facebook Eldridge Cleaver , writer and political activist ''Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.'' - James Baldwin Lisa shared her exploration of “Forecrafting:” using one’s limited resources to craft something that will save and preserve your future- whether you’re there to see it or not. inspired by Joshebed, biblical M...

e bond's Glyphs: A Fabric Collection of Black Women Writers 09.02.2022

e bond’s webpage e bond’s Creativebug classes    e bond’s Glyph fabric collection from Free Spirit fabrics Writers mentioned from Glyph fabric collect: Nella Larsen , Phillis Wheatley , Maya Angelou , Octavia Butler , Lorraine Hansberry , Lucille Clifton The Slowdown podcast Tracy K Smith former host of The Slowdown podcast and author of Declaration Ada Limón , poet and current host of The Slowdow...

Sewing with Sheets: Comforter Coat, part 1 02.02.2022

Vikisews Patterns Marimekko BlackWomenStitch Instagram , homepage , Patreon Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon Check out our Amazon Store Stay Connected: YouTube: Black Women Stitch Instagram: Black Women Stitch Facebook: Stitch Please Podcast

Stitching in the Spirit with Rev. Dr. Renita Weems 26.01.2022

Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems wikipedia Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems webpage Just a Sister Away: A Womanist Vision of Women's Relationships in the Bible, Renita J. Weems Black Stars African American Religious Leaders book Katie Cannon Alice Walker Kimberle Crenshaw All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave Sula by Toni Morrison Womanbooks The Sisterhood Shanna G. Benjamin's...

2022 Word of the Year 19.01.2022

Thank you SEW much to Cyndi, Tishea, and Sonja for sharing your Word of the Year and comforter coat question.  Gather by Octavia Raheem Homecoming Pose Kujichagulia You can chat with us too. Leave a message and we'll get back to you!  The Black Women Stitch website is sew pretty. Get into it. There are 23 Black Women Stitch Wall Calendars left!  Financial support appreciated!   Patreon    Act Blue...

Bonus Episode: Updates, CONTEST 12.01.2022

Enter the contest by leaving a message with your answer! (Contest is not affiliated with IG or Marimekko.) Question: How much 1.5 inch (3.8cm) bias binding will Lisa get from a piece of fabric sized 22" by 36" (55.88cm by 91.44cm)? If you want to participate in the WORD OF THE YEAR episode, leave a message about your word or lack thereof! There are 26 Black Women Stitch calendars left! Free shippi...

Make Nine or Nah? 2022 Sewing Plans 05.01.2022

Thanks SEW much to Queenora Renee Irvin,  Sonja, Marissa, and Shivsews for their contributions to this episode.   Try Speakpipe . If you want to leave/send a voice message to the podcast or Black Women Stitch, you can do so here. Check out Queenora's VIsion Board Party this  Saturday, 1/8/22, 7pm EST on Instagram. Follow her on IG for more info. There are 32 Black Women Stitch calendars left! Free...

Stitching Holiday Traditions with Kamali Obiagu 29.12.2021

check out Episode 85 Intentional Sewing, Intentional Living with Kamali Obiagu Learn more about Kamali Obiagu! Instagram: @kamali.obiagu Webpage Kwanzaa greeting "Habari Gani"  and the 7 principles of Kwanzaa Ways to support the Podcast and Black Women Stitch: The BWS 2022 Wall Calendar ships free for 2021 Make a one-time donation here at our Act Blue site Sustained financial support also apprecia...

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