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Louise Sparrow is running a few interactive workshops for members to learn a very achievable way of making beautiful bound buttonholes. These workshops will help their members keep their skills fresh. The recording of this workshop will be available on their website for members.

Each week Louise, Chair of the Australian Sewing Guild provides an update on how ASG are making their guild more accessible. We're really pleased they're part of the Daily series at Sew Organised Style. You can catch up on their podcasts on our podcast blog posts with all of Louise's podcasts.

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.

Carrie Cunningham began sewing garments when she was 11 years old. She was self- taught until she started High School. She is the owner of Endless Dzns by Carrie, which is a custom garment, alterations, and accessory business that she began in 2007. You'll hear the breadth of work Carrie does in the sewing community, her local community through weekly food drives and for little dresses in Africa. Her heart fills with joy through her philanthropic work.

Have you been sewing since you've stopped work full time or are you still finding your way?

Maxine Dunn is Dunncorner on Instagram and she's a SewOver50 follower. Maxine tells her story and shares how she's using this time to increase her skills in sewing and not just for herself.

Living close to Papercut Patterns, she's had a first hand view of what it takes to be an independent sewing designer. In New Zealand Maxine also mentions Paper Theory and The Sewing Revival.

We recorded this podcast in May so you'll have to pop over to Maxine's Instagram account to find out what she's been up to, including her latest Frocktails makes.

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Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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Bianca Springer used the 2 times in her life when she was in recovery to develop embroidery designs to reflect her culture for all to share. Her story and stories are reflected in her book and you'll learn from her at the next Making Zen Online Retreat.

Good Hair Day!  is her workshop. You'll be adding 3D hair details and textures to your favorite people centred fabric.

Finished projects can be integrated into hooped art, on bags, as jewelry,  garments and fun accessories. www.biancaspringer.com

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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Making Zen Online Retreat 2023 is a five day event to inspire creativity and find zen from 25 to 29 September 2023. This is a week of textile workshops led by a selection of international artists.

Brianna is a Sewcialists team member who talks about the changes she has made to make sewing more accessible in her life. Accessibility is the theme at Sewcialists for March and April. Brianna has kicked off this theme with her personal story and how we can learn about making sewing accessible by following #sewingdisabled and #chronicallysewn.

In the next Sewcialists podcasts you will hear from Abi of Sewenabled and Samantha of Purple Sewing Cloud.

Keep up with all the Sewcialists podcasts on Tuesdays. Make sure you follow the Sewcialists blog and Instagram accounts and join in the conversations.

Sarah of Sarahcsewing makes her sewing posts fun.

She looks at life. She sees the humour in life. Then Sarah consults with her kids and her husband. The mirth from their conversations comes through in her posts.

Sarah is a long time SewOver50 follower and she happily discusses a few of the videos she's posted that show just how funny life can be.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. 

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

Cennetta Burwell is today's Sewover50 guest. Cennetta has been sewing for over 45 years and she uses planning tools from her worklife to keep her sewing life on track and fulfilling. 

Cennetta has been an active member of the sewing community even prior to her establishing her blog in 2007, through her reviews on Pattern Review. Her sewing is impeccable and Cennetta is paying it forward and teaching sewing in her local community.

If you live in the Chicago land area, Cennetta talks about the Haute Couture Club of Chicago. Take a look at their website if you're interested in joining them.

Making your own swimwear is so rewarding especially if you’re training to swim the English Channel. Amanda Bowden is going to swim the English Channel in August this year for charity. She’s a Sewover50 follower and she chats about her sewing journey and and marathon swimming journey.

Amanda has perfected her marathon swimming cozzie to the point where she is able to make cozzies with a theme for each long distance swim she does.

In August Amanda will swim the English Channel in a relay team. She sews her own swimwear and has perfected her marathon cozzies. She's know as 'The Swimming Seamstress' on IG and Facebook and she shares her marathon swimming story and her cozzie sewing knowledge. Amanda shared her sewing and swimming story as a guest writer for Sewover50 on Instagram. Make sure you find Amanda on Instagram.

Dear Gabby or Gabby Brown of Sewcialists, has written a 'wrap up' blog posts as she reflects on process.

We share our sewing achievements and knowledge on social media and in Gabby's post she encourages us to vet your information sources. Take the time to find good information sources. When you read Gabby's post on Sewcialists, you'll understand why she encourages us to 'always be questioning' (ABQ).

If you're new to sewing, or not, Gabby provides links to reliable patternmaking books and class sources to ensure you are learning sewing and patternmaking skills that will give you successful projects more often in the future. Have a listen to all the Sewcialists podcasts too.

Karen is sewingbyKaz on Instagram and she's on the Newcastle Frocktail committee in Australia.

Sewing means many things to different people. Karen Lennox tells us what sewing has meant in her life and vital it is to her right now.

Karen has learnt her sewing through her mother's sewing life as she grew up. Karen knew the basics before she went to school. Now she's helping her 6 year old granddaughter to sew. This important skill is bring passed through Karen's family tree.

Next week you'll hear from Karen's Frocktails committee member, Julie Hastings. Julie has some news about their next Frocktails event. Make sure you follow Sew Organised Style to hear what Newcastle Frocktails has in store for us.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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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.

This week Chloe Read, the Australian Editor for Sewcialists runs through this week's blog posts and talks about Renee and Kerry joining the temporary editor team in November.

Keep an eye out for Gillian's tee post. You'll love the variety of tees she has made.

As October is breast cancer awareness month, you have to read the post written by Alibobs.

Dell is an avid sewist, a SewOver50 follower and a very supportive listener of this sewing podcast.

She learned to sew from her grandmothers and Dell discusses the value of the sewing teaching by Mary Brooks Picken.

Dell saved lots of money sewing her dresses for vocal performances using Bemberg lining because it was more affordable than silk fabric was. She is a classically trained vocalist...like an opera singer.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. 

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist.

Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

Simon Turner @madebysilverfox on Instagram is a new sewist. He counters the saying ‘you can’t teach an old dog new tricks’. He's a part of the SewOver50 community and one of the men who sew.

In this first episode his sewing skill story centres around a family market umbrella that he hand sewed to stop the fabric from deteriorating any further. Restoring this umbrella has led to Simon investing in his sewing skills.

He shares his sewing skills for sewing his own clothes as well as for his family and friends.

Simon has been sewing for 2 years. Sewing is his Covid skill.

Tina or Bricolagedk is back for Sewover50 and she updates on some of the new useful patterns resources she has found to sew for a post mastectomy body. 

There are many new patterns and resources to create clothes that Tina has in her sewing queue. Tina also lives with chronic fatigue and she continues to give back to the sewing community with her pattern ideas and resources both on her Instagram account, as a guest post for Sewover50 and on this podcast for Sewover50.

The Sewover50 Instagram community continues to grow because it supports their growing community of over 37,000 followers through their positive community values. 

Amy Tuite of the Brisbane Spoolettes is back and ready to get into #memademay2021.

Make sure you go to Zoe Edwards blog if you want more info about #memademay2021 and what the #Memademay2021 challenge is all about. However in short: it’s a personal challenge to wear your handmade clothing more often or in different ways during May 2021.

The goal is to have fun, feel proud, celebrate your personal achievements and this beautiful community of makers, and learn useful lessons that will help improve your relationship with your handmade wardrobe.

Me Made May 2021 is not a photo challenge, however, many people choose to document their challenge by taking and sharing photos.

Cassie of Primrose Dawn Designs recently developed a sewing pattern to create a breast form using her pattern developed for her sister-in-law called the Val breastform

Cassie had previously worked with Tina Bricolagedk (@bricolagedk) • Instagram photos and videos who we know is an advocate for sewing patterns that meet the needs of people living with the affects of cancer treatments.

You'll find previous breast cancer series podcasts on the podcast website at Breast cancer series – Sew organised style podcast

There are so many great resources on Cassie's website at Home (primrosedawn.com)

All of her lingerie sewing patterns are accessible All Lingerie Sewing Patterns (primrosedawn.com)

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SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. 

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist.

Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

Sewover50 grows each month by 1,000 followers that they know about. They have many keen followers who haven’t officially followed their IG account. SewOver50 group of dedicated volunteers have been running since August 2018. Judith Staley is the founder and she picked up the call from @sewcialists to identify a group for equality within the sewing world. Judith and Sandy Bach work solidly with their teams for the sewing community raising the profile of the over 50 group with kindness. Susan Young writes Sewover50's insightful blog posts. 

Support the daily show through our Patreon page so we can continue to support the sewing community.

Matthew describes himself as a heel wearing stud muffin channelling his authentic otherness.

You'll find Matthew on Instagram and Tik Tok @hessewmatthew

Did I mention Matthew was a contestant on the Great British Sewing Bee Series 9? He is very easy to chat to and so supportive of the people around him. Matthew is a huge fan of Esme.

You'll hear his story and the type of sewing he is known for. Matthew breaks the rules and is always interested in showing a bit of skin with his designs. I love his plaid fabric works

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. 

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist.

Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

Selina has given her permission to replay her podcast from November for #Mendmarch

Selina in Amsterdam, also know on IG as Selinaam05, learnt embroidery using Susan Briscoe's The Ultimate Sashiko Source book and Selina creates her own geometric animal designs. 

Selina has been featured on Mending Mayhem podcasts and is a guest on Mending Mayhem.

Go back and listen to previous Mending Mayhem podcasts and Sewing Save podcasts so you can hear from people in the sewing community who share their hobbies and their creativity.

Did you start sewing the same as Cee did? Cee started using her mother's sewing machine when her parents would go out grocery shopping. She wasn't supposed to touch her mother's sewing machine at all.

Ceesews is today's @Sewover50 podcast guest. She discusses how she really learned her sewing skills through 4H.

Now that Cee has done her first podcast, she's enjoying how she's able to use technology to share her love of sewing. Cee is now a Minerva Maker.

Make sure you catch up with all the Sewover50 podcasts here. 

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 issues discussed. Sewcialists is a blog for everyone and is inclusive through the blog posts provided by sewing community contributors that volunteer their time, expertise and knowledge.

Susan Young continues discussing her Sewover50 blog post about the community's discussion about your fabric purchases. This episode goes into weighing up purchasing long lasting plastic-based fabrics against ‘natural’ fibres. Susan refers to her review of the Fashioned from Nature exhibit that took place at the V&A Museum exhibit a few years ago. We then discuss reduce, reuse, recycle. Make sure you read The Golden Thread-how fabric changed history by Kassia St Clair.

We've all made it through another week of working from home and being sew inspired to sew. That's what we're all about. Get your sewjo motoring for the weekend ahead with Virtual Frocktails. Stay home and stay safe listeners. Make sure you stay in touch with Amy Tuite through her podcasts and on Instagram

Bernadette @littlemissdressco is new to reels but she's managed to create a reel to teach people how to cover buttons and with great online success too. Bernadette has sewn for many years and you'll be amazed at the breadth of her sewing experience.

One of her sewing jobs is to sew for Stuart Hillard, who was in the first Great British Sewing Bee series.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Elle and Suzan with Sofie for Love Binti presented their programs at this year's Commission into the Status of Women 66 run virtually by the United Nations Women UK group in March 2022. Sewing Machine Magic is just one of their many community programs. The sewing machines used to get Sewing Machine Magic started were initially funded through donations from Zonta International in Taiwan.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism.Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

There was so much feedback about Gillian's latest blog post about her sewing tips for gaining weight. This week there are some great stories about to be published as well as a new theme month. Want to know what they are? Listen in this morning to get find out.

Keep in touch with Sewcialists through their blog and Instagram account. There are so many Sewcialists podcasts to catch up on too.

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 Godmother. Jeanette uses The Fold Line for her sewing pattern research. Jeanette is SewOver50 sewist that pattern companies have loved including her in their social media.

You’ll find more sewists from New Zealand using #NZsews

Make sure you follow SewOver50 to images of mature sewists in sewing media. 

Karen Dolen wrote a 2-part guest post about Style for Sewover50. On today's podcast, Karen talks more about the path to finding your signature style without needing to pay a 'style consultant'. There are so many resources online and you can have a look at Karen's style board on Pinterest.

Go to the Sewover50 podcast blog post to catch up on all the Sewover50 podcasts available featuring Judith Staley, Sandy Bach and Susan Young. You'll find great Sewover50 stalwarts you've already seen on instagram.

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 stylish and achievable pattern suit any body type.

Listen closely about the block sizing used for this new dress from Erica Bunker and head over to Eryn’s StyleSewMe.com website and grab your Erica dress today. 

Nancy Chen Bajraktari of @iusedtobeacurtin is back on the podcast with her friend Julia Cost of @juliaallissoncost, as we look at how online friendships develop. Nancy and Julia talk about some great insights that listeners will easily identify with.

Nancy is a sewist who lives on O’ahu for the last year and she enjoys print mixing and upcycling clothing. This feeds her obsession with vibrant prints and exploring all sewing possibilities. Julia Cost is a painter and textile designer born, raised, and based on Maui.

Within the online sewing community such as Sewover50, people become friends through their love of sewing. Sewing is our common interest and once you start chatting online, many people become friends for all sorts of reasons and in many countries. We’re hoping this podcast can be the start of an ongoing podcast series about online sewing friendships.

Do you have an online sewing friend that you've made on instagram? Contact us on IG and tell us your story. Make sure you go back and listen to our Sewover50 podcast archive. Every podcast is free.

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 to wear everyday. Raquel also shared her breast cancer resources with us in this episode.

Sierra of Threaded Together talks about the programs run for the local community and developed from community needs.

Threaded together is about inspiring creativity and connection through textile arts programs that partner with participants to nurture inclusive communities, cultivate agency, and provide employment pathways for people who have faced institutional injustice. Threaded Together has a facebook page, a website and their Instagram account. Sierra manages their social media accounts.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism.

Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Chloe Read, the Australian Editor of the Sewcialists, is back courtesy of technology working this time. More importantly Chloe updates us on 2 new initiatives that you can contribute to.

Firstly Textiles of the World is an idea that Monseratt Lopez launched last week.

Secondly you can send in your theme month suggestion for the November challenge.

Chloe also hints about the 2021 ideas that are being developed right now. Stay in touch with the Sewcialists on their website, Instagram posts and through their Tuesday Sewcialists podcasts.

Louisa describes herself as the oldest person within the SewOver50 community. damselfly.ca 

She describes her body shape a diamond related. Louisa is a rarity and talented with her sewing, gardening and anything textile related.

Did you know she reads 200 books a year? This means her online friends at SewOver50 are who she hangs out with when she's not sewing or crafting.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. 

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

Before the long weekend starts, Sandy Bach of @sewover50 talks about hashtags. This is part 1 and you'll hear part 2 on next Thursday's Sewover50 podcast. Sandy really knows her way around hashtags. Hopefully you'll have some sewing time this long weekend.

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 to keep the mending message alive on Instagram.

The visible mending movement (over 76,000 IG posts) was one of Suzie's starting points to show the benefits of mending. Mend March is another great hashtag to follow.

Kate Ward is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and educator with over twenty years experience working and teaching in the Arts. Her interests include textiles, ceramics, jewellery, printmaking and intermedia. More importantly Kate is an Australian living in Nova Scotia Canada who is helping sewists take up stitching for all sorts of reasons including to ground themselves.

Kate has taught at NSCAD’s Extended Studies program, NS Centre for Craft, and at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. 

Kate has more podcasts to add to our library of Sewing Save and Mending podcasts on Sew Organised Style podcast. Kate is well researched so you'll find all her references on her blog as also on her podcast blog post as well.

Juliet Walsh chats about the technology behind Gutermann sewing threads that make our projects successful. Today Juliet delves into all the threads, including cotton threads, quilting threads, sew-all threads, silk threads, elastic threads, metallic threads and the list goes on. You can hear just how much Juliet loves her work.

Keep up with this sewing thread series on our podcast website.

If you're a Sashiko expert, contact us so we can create a podcast for you.

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 looked back since that time.

Here's where you can find more about Eco Life Eastbourne where Andrew has been running in person sewing classes for the community.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free. 

Kay, Sarah and Jo talk about how they're involved with The Nest Community and how their involvement means something to them too.

Kay and Sarah volunteer at The Nest Community. Jo is a teacher at Mitchelton High School and has brought groups of students to take part in The Exhange Project since 2021.

The Nest Community is a Brisbane charity that connects women purposefully through craft. The organisation has just undergone expansion and moved from a beautiful old house in Everton Part to a larger commercial space in Brendale.

Reselling fabric and notions through their 130 volunteers at the shop provides lots to see and buy by over 500 visitors per week. Unlike many thrift stores, The Nest Community manages to sell over 65% of their donations, in their bid to reduce landfill.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. 

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

Sewcialists are a sewing blog for everyone! They run 4 fun theme months and this morning Chloe Reid updates us on their current challenges, in case you missed Sewcialists on instagram.  They continue to host discussions about diversity, and feature posts by our community! You'll find Sewcialists podcasts  and so much more on the Sewcialists blog next week. 

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 craft businesses and the list will be available indefinitely.

A simple version is at www.teresahardy.com/ukraine.  That is one that you can easily copy and paste into a Facebook post or something. The version with photo previews are at https://ukraineetsysellers.my.canva.site/

We also learn about Teresa's sewing life. Her personal Instagram if anyone’s interested in life in the Andes at the equator is @unpaintedhuffheins (As Teresa says, 'Yeah, I don’t make my usernames easy do I?')

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism.

Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Carmen Bouchard won the first series of the French Sewing Bee in 2014 and in this podcast she discuses what she gained from this experience and how this has continued to influence her sewing life. She also coined the term 'fabric famous'.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

JenLegg_TeesCreatives is number 19 in the Top 20 Countdown. 

Most recently you would know Jen @jenlegg_teescreatives  who with Sharlene @sosewdressmaking  run #SewRecreateTheLook In 2024 they’ve run Sew Recreate the Look for the fourth time.

Sew Recreate the look encourages us to make things we have seen on the high street, IG and designer brands feeding our ‘sewing souls’. Jen with Sharlene contribute to the sewing community by running this on a voluntary basis.

Jen is a Fibremood Insider. She’s sewn for Abakhan fabrics. Pattern tested for Friday Pattern Company and many others. She’s a great role model for sewists to be who they are and sew what makes them happy.

Jen shares what keeps her sewing and being creative in her podcast episode. Following Jen on Instagram is a great way to see how you can add colour and prints amongst the clothes you sew.
Thank you Jen for being on the podcast.

Janene - ooobop on Instagram - will be participating from her home sewing studio for this year's Big SewOff

Last year Janene was in awe of the sewing efforts by the Sew Over It team during their 24 hour sewing marathon to raise funds for Mind Charity.

This year Janene is road testing her patterns to see how many well-made garments she can sew for charity in a 24 hour period.

What are you doing to support this sewing charity event?

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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This is a deep dive discussion about understanding your shoulder measurements to create better fitting sleeves. Gabby Brown is an industry trained pattern fitting expert and she's written 3 great posts about this topic for the sewing community on Sewcialists blog.

You'll hear how Gabby revels in the details about getting better fitting patterns and how much joy she gets from great fitting clothes. This level of work and experience is priceless and really worth the time if that's your sewing goal. 

There's always a place for mending and fast sewing but you'll have a longer joy from taking the time to make great fitting clothes and Gabby has created blog posts for you to enhance your sewing practice. Check out all 10 of Gabby's free podcasts.

Sarah Pondevie is presenting at the Australian Sewing Guild's first online Autumn Sewing Celebration on 27 March 2021. This podcast is a replay of Sarah's original podcast she published in August 2020. You'll get the chance to ask Sarah questions at the Autumn Sewing Celebration and have access to all the presentations for 6 months.

The Autumn Sewing Celebration is the first online sewing conference style event developed by the Australian Sewing Guild (ASG).

In 2020 the ASG worked hard and developed online workshops and sewing challenges to further people's sewing skills - a great sewing community asset.

There are 14 presenters from a range of industries and practices to keep ASG members interest both on the day and for 6 months after this event. The big plus is the presenters will be available on the day to take audience questions at the time their video presentations are launched.

There is a live Zoom presentation with Pam Holland and at the end of the day there is a live Zoom celebration for all participants and presenters to round off such a huge day for everyone.

Don't feel alone while you watch each presentation as you sew your own projects at home. There will be ASG volunteers to give you a virtual hand or advice on the day #askasghelp.

Participants will also get a virtual show bag with discounts from industry partners and our presenters.

Make sure you can make it to the cocktail hour at the end of the Autumn Sewing Celebration. Participants will receive recipes for ASG named cocktails and mocktails as well as a marsala chai tea recipe. Come celebrate with your online sewing friends on 27 March 2021. We hope to see you there.

Leila Keleher is our final 'All butts welcome' pattern designers for this Sewcialists podcast. Sarah Veblen and Rae Cumbie were the previous pattern designers who spoke about pants fitting techniques using horizontal balance lines for Sewcialists podcast.

Leila has developed a jeans pattern that caters for 2 butt shapes through her Muna and Broad patterns.

She echos the advice of Sarah and Rae that getting pants to fit takes time and patience.

Lynne and Linda became sewing friends one day when Lynne was seen at Costa's coffee by Linda wearing a dress she made for an Instagram sewing challenge called Swap, Share, Sew. The aim of this particular challenge was to make new friends.

They both mentioned Marilyn and the Sewing Angels of the North and many other ways their friendship has continued to grow in so many ways.

They are one of the many sewing friends built in the SewOver50 community on Instagram.

Katrine from Mending Mayhem for the Sewing Save Series shares examples where crochet is used to mend. There are a few ways you can use crochet to extend the life of so many clothes, so we can continue to reuse our clothes. Extending the life of existing clothes helps reduces landfill.

Katrine also share a Christmas sewing save story. Her investigative work and commitment to bring you a fitting sewing save for December has now made Katrine fill happy again. Once you hear this story you'll realise there is always some type of historical significance when you save clothing or homewares.

Many thanks to Katrine for sharing her mending experience each month.

The Australian Sewing Guild has a number of Industry Partners. Some offer Guild members special discounts. Draft T Studio is one of those Industry Partners that does just that.

Have a listen to Trish Hargrave to hear about her online sewing classes.

Trish has since launched the online dress course and the online trouser course. These online workshops are specific to teaching and creating block patterns using The Pattern Drafter.

Katrine talks about how she lives with lupus, dyslexia and adhd while managing her energy levels to mend and craft in her everyday life.

Mending and always doing something with her hands helps her focus on everyday things like speaking to health services, teachers and even her neighbours. Katrine is a great supporter of sewover50, chronically sewn as she runs mending mayhem to encourage visible mending.

Katrine tells us about how her life changed with her final diagnosis and she has created her new normal. She's been living her life with chronic illness for over 20 years.

Anna (@Sew.spanner) is building her new work wardrobe based on black trousers she recently made.

While we're all heading into the next season where we live, Anna talks about her wardrobe building to suit the new job she has taken. How do you build your capsule wardrobe? Do you base your sewing on one garment or on something else entirely?

Anna also buys her fabrics from her local Fabricabrac sale. Monies from sales of these events go to local hospice.

What type of dresses would you make for a trip overseas? Have a listen to what Anna has in mind.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. 

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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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.

Michael and Molly met back in 2003 on match.com. They were early adopters to the online dating scene. Molly discusses how they became a family, got rid of their credit card debt and sew together. 

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Brittani of Untitled Thoughts discusses a few easy steps to take to be sustainable. Her view is that sewing in itself is being sustainable for a few good reasons.

Brittani encourages sewists to take small steps in their sewing practice to be sustainable including buying locally to reduce your carbon footprint.

Make sure you listen to our previous #so50SustainableSewing podcasts to inspire you to make something for this challenge today.

More recognition for Black History Month, as we rereleasing this podcast to recognise the black sewists in the Sewover50 community.

Cennetta Burwell is today's Sewover50 replay guest. Cennetta has been sewing for over 45 years and she uses planning tools from her worklife to keep her sewing life on track and fulfilling. 

Cennetta has been an active member of the sewing community even prior to her establishing her blog in 2007, through her reviews on Pattern Review. Her sewing is impeccable and Cennetta is paying it forward and teaching sewing in her local community.

If you live in the Chicago land area, Cennetta talks about the Haute Couture Club of Chicago. Take a look at their website if you're interested in joining them.

Cris focusses on different body types, different ages and different skill levels in her tester group.

She also provides insight into her patterns. They will challenge you but Cris will always help you.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. 

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive. 

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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.

This is one of three special Sewing Weekender 2022 podcast, featuring 2 of the chatty video presenters - Michelle of Michelle.a.sews and Emily of Emilynetsai.

Following four sell-out annual events in Cambridge, The Fold Line and Charlotte Emma Patterns are bringing The Sewing Weekender online for a third year, on Saturday 21^st – Sunday 22^nd May 2022

10% of proceeds will be donated to the following charities: Missing People and The British Red Cross Crisis Appeals (supporting work in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen).

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Emily is careful about online safety and keeps their password and identity safe, as well as their own mental self. The ongoing phishing that happens online doesn't stop Emily from sharing their sewing projects or on their views of life.

Emily has tapped into a rage of voices of women who are over 50 and fat who are silenced by many parts of the media, by makers and by influencers. Emily is current working in fat studies at university level. They discuss images and influencers to be thin through various generations and the pressure many people have lived through during their lives.

SewOver50 gives sewists a voice and promotes images of mature sewists to ensure we are seen. SewOver50 intersects with all communities. There are over 100 SewOver50 podcasts you can listen to for free in our podcast archive.

Following our theme of sewing for men for Sewover50, Wendy Ward talks about the capsule wardrobe she's created for anyone to sew. The details are in her book 'Sewing Basics for every body'. Wendy has taught sewing locally for many years and her depth of teaching experience has led her to writing this book for people to create clothes they want to reflect who they are.

Make sure you go back and listen to Wendy's earlier podcast about sustainable sewing for Sewover50. There is one more Wendy Ward podcast to come.

There are many great podcasts about sewing for men and men who sew that are also available on Sew Organised Style podcast that you can go back and listen to for free. There are more to come in this series so subscribe to Sew Organised Style podcast.

Mel discusses how she continues to invest in her skills through various workshops including pattern drafting. She discusses the joys of reusing existing dress and vintage fabrics for making bespoke pieces.

You'll find this episode and part 1 of Mel's podcast on our podcast website.

ASG joins with Specialty Pleaters once again, to bring you this AUSSEW-Along. Last time this sewalong was a circular skirt. This year it's a simpler version - a straight piece of fabric pleated into a yoke.

A supply list will be emailed to you on Monday, 6th July.  Instructions will be sent to you at regular intervals over the following 8 weeks.

You'll find all ASG podcasts on our website.

Sarah Veblen is our first sewing instructor who will take use through her pants fitting research and the grid method she uses to get trousers and pants to fit you to perfection.

Sewcialists theme is 'all butts welcome', hence the focus on pants that fit your 'behind' better.

Sarah uses horizontal balance lines and vertical balance lines to finesse the rear fit of pants patterns when you only have 10percent of work to make your home sewn trousers look sensational rather than not.

Our next fit specialists are Rae Cumbie of Fit for Art patterns and lastly, we'll chat to Leila Keleher of Muna and Broad patterns.

Melissa Galbraith of MCreativeJ talks about how she went back to embroidery and as at last year, this is now her full time job. You'll hear how Melissa decided to make this shift in her life and career.

Melissa tells us how she values the use of therapy to manage the adjustment from being an employee to being a small business owner.

At the Making Zen Online Retreat on 25 to 29 September, Melissa's workshop is called 'Upcycle Your Clothing with Embroidered Flower Pockets.'

Melissa is one of 20 talented textile artists you'll learn from and enjoy at the Making Zen Online Retreat, organised by Kate Ward of Zen Stitching.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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Making Zen Online Retreat 2023 is a five day event to inspire creativity and find zen from 25 to 29 September 2023. This is a week of textile workshops led by a selection of international artists.

Jenni Smith and Kay Walsh realised menopause snuck up on them and they shared a few projects to help deal with the effects of menopause.

Menopause Makes is their second book containing sewing projects but they're all about helping ease the various effects of menopause.

The 'What is the Menopause?' foreward by Dr Hannah Davies is very insightful, and provides the perfect starting point for the projects in this book. Dr Davies establishes the facts around Menopause clearly and in enough detail that you can share with others.

Did you know the first book authored by Jenni Smith involved 15 quilt projects using archived Liberty prints through the decades - Quilting with Liberty Fabrics.

Their Liberty connections helped Jenni and Kay include two designers who also love Liberty fabrics - Sally Kelly and Alice Garret. If you're a Ruby Star fabric enthusiast, Rashia Coleman-Hale provided her design within their 10 projects for Menopause Makes. 

And it's brilliant Jenni and Kay included Kylie and the Machine labels for their projects. A bit of an Australian connection there.

Photo styling credit goes to Stacey Grant with Mark Davison and Becky Robbins for their photos.

Thanks to Midas Group and Search Press for contacting me about this very useful publication.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. 

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist.

Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 decided to make his own indie designed bowling shirts when the store he used to buy them ready made, closed down.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you list to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

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.

Hopefully you watched Lindsie's LIVE chat in January. In this podcast Lindsie discusses how the first 2 patterns she's produced for the SewBusty community were purchased from Firebrand and design modified by Lindsie.

Her dress block is being tested and the behind the scenes work is undertaken by experienced people. Lindsie knows what she can achieve and how quality is built in by people who have industry experience. 

Thanks Lindsie for taking on board reaching out for representation from the SewOver50 community.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. 

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist.

Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

BoysSewToo  was born out of the shared experience for the love and passion of sewing. Many boys and men are discouraged from sewing as ‘boys don’t sew.’ Clive discusses how the sudden loss of fellow male sewer Rob Dawson made him start developing #boyssewtoo in Rob's memory.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism.

Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Louise @demuredesigns provides the full details of pattern matching so make sure you save both episodes in your podcast app.

Louise recently provided a reel for @SewOver50 followers on Instagram about pattern matching.

Enjoy your sewing and try a simple design to pattern match that loved print in your fabric stash this weekend.

This is the episode you should go back to when you're making that next project with print placement conundrums.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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Sue Stoney is a creative and is an educator, hence we're excited for Sue to start this series where you can get to share your sewing saves with our listeners.

Like many of us, Sue love remnants. The dilemma is remnant fabrics are often too small for what you thought they could become. Each episode Sue will give us the back story behind each project/s.

You can be included in this series. Just drop us your suggestion on our Instagram account or on our facebook page.

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 Newcrafthouse's #sewyourselfsustainable this month too. They're daily prompts provide you with lots of easy ways to be sustainable.

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 able to hear that in this podcast.

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?

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 purchases from Nomad_slt. Nomad SLT rescues cashmere and wool fabrics for reselling.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Applique is a great way to mend anything really and Katrine of Mending Mayhem runs through a few techniques she uses.

Reverse applique is a great way to use layers of fabrics to mend and add wonderful design features. Katrine gives us some tips to make this an easy and eye catching feature.

She also discusses using water soluble stabilisers and iron on adhesives. These are easy to use but you do need to know how your fabric will behave with these fabrics.

Katrine discusses the ways she uses these techniques to extend the life of her clothes in a way that adds to their design. Make sure you listen to all of Katrine's mending podcasts. She is dedicated to spreading the word about mending through this podcast and on her social media platforms. Each week Katrine shares mending inspirations across the mending world on Mending Mayhem.

Camilla  or frkc.lindberg on Instagram did promise to tell us about the sewing community in Sweden in her 2 podcasts earlier this year. Please excuse us for digressing to talk about wombats. Camilla is obsessed with wombats, an Austalian native animal.

Camilla's first podcast was about sewing for the men in her life. Her second podcast was about her sewing passion.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

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 that should be on the database. A great piece of work supported by the SewOver50 community.

Listen to us chat about this year's Sew Together for Summer challenge with Suzy Roberts, Sarah Smith and Monika Mobley. All the details about Sew Together for Summer are on Sarah's blog. The yearly #sewtogetherforsummer Instagram based sewing challenges are designed to support and encourage sewists of all levels to sew together a particular type of garment (e.g. a shirtdress) and share with the online sewing community.

All entries need to be tagged #s21entry so Suzy, Sara and Monika will find your entry or entries!

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 Instagram. In the words of Helen Reddy, we’re “in numbers too big to ignore!”  

So…..let’s celebrate with a fun weekend challenge. We have some lovely sponsors for our random prizes too!

1. ANYONE can enter (all ages). 
2. One entry only in the comments below Friday’s post (11 March 2022). 
3. Entries/comments close Sunday midnight GMT 🇬🇧. 

What you need to do:

Describe your “sewing style” in three descriptors.      

That’s it! 🙌

As a way of guiding you here are ours. Can you guess who is Judith and Sandy? 

Reflective, evolving, relaxed. 😊☮️✌️Colourful, distracted, learner. 🌈🤯👩‍🎓 

It’s as simple as that! Just tell us about your sewing style in comments below in three words. 

Why not share your sewing style descriptors in a post or story too and let everyone know that being SewOver50 does not mean invisible. 🙌💪👍 

ALSO: Join us for a LIVE on Friday at 7.30pm GMT 🇬🇧 where we dip our toes into live-streaming for the first time! Send good vibes….we’re going to need it. 😂

We’ve asked a few of our followers to send  us their descriptors to have a bit of fun and you can see who we have chosen! 🎉 🎤 Fingers crossed 🤞 and see you there. 

Special mentions to Gillian, Susan Young and Tree.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Kate Ward has created a new Making Zen online Retreat for 15 to 19 May 2023.

There is still the option to watch workshops from skilled textile artists for free each day and the simple option to purchase these workshops for $59.

This is one of the few online retreats that has always provided a free option to all subscribers and this year Kate has made sure this option remains available to everyone.

In the lead up to Making Zen, on the podcast you'll hear from Kate Ward, Yasmeen of Sand and Stars, Meredith Woolnough, Jayne Emerson, Mijam Gielen, Liz Kettle and our podcast regular and SewOver50 supporter, Liz Haywood.

Each textile artist is talented in their own area of textiles and want to provide a workshop to retreat students. The full list of textile artists is about to be released so stay listening.

Making Zen Online Retreat 2023 is a five day event to inspire creativity and find zen from 15 to 19 May 2023 and each day provides the day's workshops for free. This is a week of textile workshops led by a selection of international 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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

Make sure you register for the Making Zen Online Retreat 
27 to 31 May 2024. This is a free 5 day textile art online event.

Youngmin Lee practices traditional Korean textile techniques - Bojagi and Jogakbo handstitching.

28 years ago, after Youngmin trained in clothing, textiles and fashion design in Seoul, South Korea, she moved to the United States and she has continued to use her training in traditional Korean techniques of Bojagi and Korean wrapping skills. The skills she learnt and used in the Korean textiles industry is what we are able to get a glimpse of in Youngmin’s workshop at the Making Zen Online Retreat May 2024.

This is your time to keep your creative mind fueled.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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Making Zen Online Retreat 2024 is a five day event to inspire creativity and find zen from 27 to 31 May 2024. This is a week of textile workshops led by a selection of international artists.

Carmen Bouchard won the first series of the French Sewing Bee in 2014 and in this podcast she talks about how sewing has been a part of her life since the age of 5. She's supported SewOver50 since it began. 

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Susie is known on Instagram as Harping mad. That’s harping underscore mad.

You’ll hear her talk about her family helped Susie develop her Instagram name.

On Instagram you’ll see Susie with her harp and at times, play her harp. You’ll see her knitting and sewing. You’ll even see Susie conquering the walks around the UK. Oh and Susie now manage her pain without the medication she was on.

Here's the link to the house Susie is selling.

Watch/ listen to Susie as she tells her story for SewOver50 on Sew Organised Style podcast.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. 

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist.

Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

Nancy was one of the featured finalists on Sewover50 with her pattern mixing challenge entry. You'll know Nancy as iusedtobeacurtain on Instagram.

We hear about how Nancy started sewing and you'll be amazed at her sewing background. She's always been mindful of making the most of her resources and this has meant Nancy has developed her print mixing skill so well.

Nancy shares her print mixing tips on this podcast and her admiration for how inclusive Sewover50 is. This is Nancy's very first podcast and she's also our first sewist from Hawaii.

Make sure you listen the library of Sewover50 podcasts available for free.

Wendy Ward's most recent publication focusses on Sustainable Sewing. Wendy has now written 5 books to help sewists learn their sewing skills using her easy to follow instructions and patterns.

Wendy discusses how sustainability has always been an interest of hers and she has helped her local communities build sustainable sewing skills.

She's also a sponsor for Sewover50's #So50SustainableSewing challenge and we're so thrilled she gave us her time to talk about her knowledge in fashion design. Wendy did churn out fast fashion designs in first role after her degree. Wendy continues to provide sewists with ways to sew sustainably, when they decide to take that first step.

There are more #so50SustainableSewing podcasts to come. Make sure you go back and listen to our Sewover50 podcast archive. 

In 2019 Myra @onesewsweet and Nateida @sewnaturaldane ran a challenge in February to use knitting or sewing patterns developed by black designers. That challenge opened their eyes to more designers they are included in this year's challenge. Show notes are on https://seworganisedstylepodcast.com/ Get cracking!

Make sure you keep up to date with Myra and Nateida on their YouTube channels.

As we’re all coping with staying home for various periods to slow down the spread of COVID-19 as recommended by the medical profession in your country, remember your online sewing friends can lend you a hand if you’re struggling during this time. Amy @makingmarilynemulatingelle, Gillian @sewcialists and Elizabeth @elizabethmadethis have a few tips to keep you feeling positive, and we’re sharing these ideas in this podcast.

This is only a sewing community support podcast.

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 and love.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Juliet Walsh answers a few questions from our Instagram account. Listeners were asked to submit their questions and Juliet answers them in this Thread Talk episode.

She's a Sydney local who lives and breathes thread technology. Experimenting with good threads is the key to successful projects.

Go to the podcast website to find all of Juliet's podcasts about threads. You'll find her troubleshooting checklist on the website too.

Kate Ward has done her research into Project 333 and has been trialling this since December 2020. She's discovered her style and also a jacket that she hasn't worn as yet.

Would you leave space in your collection of 33 items for new pieces or simply replace existing pieces with new pieces? Do you have any suggestions on how to repurpose a houndstooth jacket that Kate has made but now won't wear as part of Project 333? Tell us on our IG account or on the podcast blog. 

Louise Sparrow updates us on the Pleated Skirt challenge. With the lockdown in Melbourne, Speciality Pleaters will be closed for 3 weeks. This challenge is being extended to ensure everyone gets their pleated skirt made. You still have time to join this challenge. There's more time to get your project done.

Also get ready for more workshops. The triangle bound buttonhole and banded v-neckline workshops are being run again. Keep an eye out for the new shirt making technique workshops about to be launched. These workshops are great for new sewists and there is a more challenge workshops for experienced sewists.

Lara Thornberry is a sewer who blogs. Lara is a Melbourne sewing local that makes everything and gets everything done. That’s our view. You’ll hear Lara’s  how she gets things done and what Sewjourn is all about. Sewjourn. It’s like a Sewcation but it's Australian.

Selina in Amsterdam, also know on IG as Selinaam05, learnt embroidery using Susan Briscoe's The Ultimate Sashiko Source book and Selina creates her own geometric animal designs. 

Selina has been featured on Mending Mayhem podcasts and is a guest on Mending Mayhem.

Go back and listen to previous Mending Mayhem podcasts and Sewing Save podcasts so you can hear from people in the sewing community who share their hobbies and their creativity.

Judy judywillimentross responded to covid lockdowns in New Zealand by firstly creating the epic dress and then the hexi coat. The hexi coat has 5,048 fabric scraps.

Judy discusses how she sourced her fabrics and the epic construction journey, with lots of milestones along the way.

Her next podcast will cover her guide to op shopping for fabric.

She has been a guest editor for SewOver50. You can too. SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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.

Jayne Wright says that being part of Sewover50 is like having 'fabric penpals'. You'll know her as Janyeraven  There's a very local story about how Jane's IG name came about.

Jane may have only started sewing 2 years ago but you'll appreciate why she decided to become sewing obsessed.

Jayne created her own local sewover20 group with her daughter and their friends. She will reuse fabrics etc where possible but Jayne will by her fabrics locally and she sources wool from Yorkshire or New Zealand.

Make sure you follow The Sewing Resistance, run by Jayne, Vintage Tina and Steinmakes. They're a global textile project giving a voice to hopes and dreams. Make sure you read about Arpilleras too.

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 birthday gift.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you list to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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 supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

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 own. Linda's videos are available online and can be used by anyone who is keen to become more confident to make bras. 

Louise Sparrow, the Chair of the Australian Sewing Guild will be updating us on their planned and one-off activities they're developing for the sewing community. You can find their page on sewing projects and learning modules on the Aussew.org.au website. 

Keep up to date with the Australian Sewing Guild podcasts each week.

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 the pattern used, fabric used, any details about the project and use #memademonday and #australiansewingguild. You might enjoy this challenge and take us Memademay next year.  Go on!