Dear Textiles

Making with joy and shame, the digital joy bunting project

November 22, 2021 12:14 - 17 minutes - 8.38 MB

Ever wonder how a new project happens? Here’s some insight into my newest project, the Digital Joy Bunting Project - a project exploring joy and what makes you feel it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/betsygreer/message

Dear Textiles, Episode #5: Interview with Shanalee Hampton about the wonders of embroidering vulnerability

September 12, 2021 22:43 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MB

In this episode artist Shanalee Hampton and I talk about her work, including a shift from pieces that people often called “clever” to work that saw increased engagement and people crying at her tables at craft fairs due to the vulnerability and authenticity it encouraged and celebrated as well as what happened when she started called herself an artist vs. a crafter. We also talk about how stapling pieces of fabric she'd hand stitched with messages about love, strength and social justice cha...

Dear Textiles, Episode #4: Interview with Austin Rivers, founder of Knit the Rainbow!

August 08, 2021 22:23 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB

Episode 4 is here! I’m speaking with Austin Rivers, the founder of Knit the Rainbow, a non-profit which collects handknit and crochet items for homeless LGBTQ+ youth in New York City. We talk about starting a non-profit during a pandemic, why LGBTQ+ youth of New York City need your handmade items, the growing problem of houseless LGBTQ+, where Knit the Rainbow hopes to go in the future, how you can help their growing mission and why handmade goods can feel like a hug when someone made them. ...

Dear Textiles Podcast #3, Interview with Thao Phuong of TextileSeekers

July 07, 2021 01:44 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MB

In this interview, I talk with fashion designer, consultant and entrepreneur Thao Phoung, who runs textile impact retreats in Vietnam with her company TextileSeekers! We talk about how she became a designer, why she left the corporate world to start these retreats and what sustainability in textiles looks like. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/betsygreer/message

Dear Textiles Podcast Episode 3, Interview with Thao Phuong of TextileSeekers

July 07, 2021 01:44 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MB

In this interview, I talk with fashion designer, consultant and entrepreneur Thao Phoung, who runs textile impact retreats in Vietnam with her company TextileSeekers! We talk about how she became a designer, why she left the corporate world to start these retreats and what sustainability in textiles looks like. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/betsygreer/message

Dear Textiles, Episode #2: Interview with Sigrún Bragaddóttir

June 20, 2021 21:18 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB

In this interview, I talk to Sigrún Bragaddóttir a teacher, artist, crafter and craftivist from Reykjavik, Iceland. We talk about using craft as way to heal and connect and about Sigrún's own work and journey. You can connect with Sigrún at her website, https://sigruncraftivist.com/ and on Instagram @sigruncraftivist and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sigruncraftivist/. To learn about future episodes, which will come out every other week, you can sign up for my newsletter at deartex...

Dear Textiles, Episode #1, Dear Textiles for your ears!

June 05, 2021 19:37 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

Here's a look at why I'm starting an audio component to Dear Textiles, for people that might prefer to hear about how textiles and stitching and acts of making can help us grow. To find out more, you can go to deartextiles.com. To sign up for my newsletter where you can learn about future episodes, please click here! Dear Textiles logo by Clarisse Hassan. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/betsygreer/message

Dear Textiles, but for your ears!

June 05, 2021 19:37 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

Here's a look at why I'm starting an audio component to Dear Textiles, for people that might prefer to hear about how textiles and stitching and acts of making can help us grow. To find out more, you can go to deartextiles.com. To sign up for my newsletter where you can learn about future episodes, please click here! Dear Textiles logo by Clarisse Hassan. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/betsygreer/message

A little bit about a little love letter project to textiles

June 04, 2021 19:37 - 54 seconds - 870 KB

It’s not perfect, but that’s okay. This project is about how textiles make our lives better, make us better people, about how secretly, textiles are magic. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/betsygreer/message

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