Sew-organised-style
444 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsSew organised style- listen to people just like you.
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Steven's encore podcast
May 04, 2022 20:00 - 7 minutes - 6.45 MBSteven or @arealheller been sewing for 3 years and he found SewOver50 through people he was following on Instagram. Steven is back for an encore podcast to tells us about what motivates him to sew. 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 ...
Threaded Together AZ
May 02, 2022 20:00 - 23 minutes - 17 MBSierra 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 accoun...
Ellie Beck
April 29, 2022 05:23 - 8 minutes - 7.16 MBEllie Beck is an artist, a published author, a creative maker and an educator. Her creative making encompasses slow stitching, natural dye, mindful making and impro quilts. This is all part of her everyday life. Ellie is also a web designer, mentor and writer. She runs online craft workshops and she's a mum of 3. You'll enjoy her workshop at the Making Zen Online Retreat and you can find her on her amazing website and instagram account. Making Zen Online Retreat 2022 is a five day event ...
Amanda Nadig
April 28, 2022 20:00 - 9 minutes - 7.62 MBAmanda Nadig is a textile artist who finds inspiration in keeping with and breaking away from traditions in quilting. Her hand quilted compositions explore colors and shapes sourced second hand from garments and home textiles. Inspired by life as a mother and high school teacher, Amanda incorporates embroidered drawings, an unexpected mix of synthetic and natural fibers, and monoprints into her work. You'll find Amanda at her website and on Instagram. Making Zen Online Retreat 2022 is a fi...
Sewing Machine Magic
April 27, 2022 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBElle 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...
Fuller bust pattern adjustments
April 25, 2022 20:00 - 21 minutes - 15.5 MBLindsie of Sew Busty Community is back and is now sharing her research on making 7 inch full bust adjustments on patterns. Her research is being shared on the Sew Busty Community and Lindsie wants anyone who has to do these adjustments to have a look at the blog posts she's sharing with the sewing community for free. Make sure you listen to Lindsie's earlier podcast from July 2021. SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you listen to you...
Mike and Molly's house
April 20, 2022 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBMichael 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 v...
Judy Ross
April 18, 2022 20:00 - 21 minutes - 15.3 MBJudy 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 ...
Making Zen Online Retreat 2022
April 14, 2022 20:00 - 18 minutes - 13.8 MBKate Ward has launched this year's Making Zen Online Retreat. There are over 20 textile artists including our very own Katrine of Mending Mayhem and Selina of Selinaam05. Making Zen Online Retreat is on 2 to 6 May 2022. This year the day's presentations are available for 24 hours for free so log into their website today 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,...
#boyssewtoo
April 13, 2022 20:00 - 16 minutes - 12.1 MBBoysSewToo 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 supp...
Lisa gizagiza gorogoro
April 11, 2022 20:00 - 13 minutes - 10.3 MBLisa of gizagiza.gorogoro dusted off her sewing machine in March, 2020 to make masks. Together with her children, they made and donated over 6000 masks through the Million Mask Challenge. 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...
Lindy Stokxpatterns
April 06, 2022 20:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBLindy 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 their podcasts. SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism...
Janine
April 04, 2022 19:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBJanine 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 Janine did not know Instagram at all when she first began volunteering with SewOver50. SewOv...
Yogabyrdsews
March 30, 2022 19:00 - 20 minutes - 15.1 MBByrd 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 ag...
Camilla
March 28, 2022 19:00 - 16 minutes - 11.8 MBCamilla @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 so over ageism. Make sure you list to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcas...
Steven arealheller
March 23, 2022 19:00 - 23 minutes - 18.4 MBSteven 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 ...
Bra sewing chat
March 21, 2022 19:00 - 16 minutes - 12.3 MBWhile 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 support the sewing community. You're welcome to be a podcast guest by contacting us via DM o...
Alibobs_sews
March 16, 2022 19:00 - 15 minutes - 12 MBAlison 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 old. Alison created embroidered flowers in a vase and did blackwork embroidery to reflect a pi...
Ukraine Etsy seller list
March 14, 2022 19:00 - 19 minutes - 14.5 MBTeresa @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.teres...
40,000 follower fun contest
March 11, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutes - 9.24 MBForty 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 celebr...
Pam O'Connor
March 09, 2022 19:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBPam 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 encourage more images of mature sewists in sewing media. Sew Organised Style features peop...
Pam Oconnor
March 09, 2022 19:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBPam O'Connor is Sewonthmap 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. Make sure you follow SewOver50 to images of mature sewists in sewing media.
Helga and Nicole projects
March 07, 2022 19:00 - 19 minutes - 14.2 MBDid 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 community. Do you have a close sewing friend through SewOver50? If you do, DM us on the podcast ...
Kate Sekules 2022
March 03, 2022 19:00In this episode, Kate answers a few personal questions developed by Helene about Kate's style and fashion. In last week's episode she discussed #mendmarch and of course, mending features in her thinking and fashion choices. Many thanks to Helene for the success of this discussion with Kate Sekules. Anyone can mend. Mend don't spend.
Helga and Nicole
March 02, 2022 19:00 - 24 minutes - 17.5 MBNicole 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.
fourpatchtextiles
February 28, 2022 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16.7 MBRobyn 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.
Mendmarch 2022
February 24, 2022 20:37 - 31 minutes - 22.7 MBKate 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.
Dawna
February 23, 2022 19:00 - 23 minutes - 17.2 MBYou 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 podcast website. Make sure you have a listen to all the SewOver50 podcasts to hear from your frie...
Sewing4therapy
February 21, 2022 19:00 - 20 minutes - 15.3 MBTracy 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 follow SewOver50 to images of mature sewists in sewing media.
Vintage Tina
February 16, 2022 19:00 - 21 minutes - 15.2 MBTina 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 follower on Instagram. SewOver50 intersects with all communities.
Yolanda Woodland
February 14, 2022 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBYolanda 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 free.
Jeanette Hayes
February 09, 2022 19:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBJeanette 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 se...
Nikki Sinclair
February 07, 2022 18:00 - 19 minutes - 14.2 MBNikki 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 enjoy sewing more.
Visible mending journey
February 02, 2022 19:00 - 13 minutes - 11.1 MBSarah 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 store, the response from the store was a wake up call to her regarding textile waste. Special m...
Angie's 2022 plans
February 01, 2022 19:00 - 24 minutes - 18.2 MBAngie 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 so much has changed for her. She leads by example and her energy is inspiring.
Angie Hinksman is back
January 31, 2022 19:00 - 17 minutes - 12.9 MBDid 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.
#Sewingcpd pt 2
January 26, 2022 19:00 - 17 minutes - 12.6 MBThere 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. A great piece of work supported by the SewOver50 community.
#Sewingcpd
January 26, 2022 19:00 - 17 minutes - 12.6 MBThere 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. A great piece of work supported by the SewOver50 community.
Curvy Pattern Database Pt1
January 24, 2022 18:00 - 16 minutes - 12.1 MBSarah 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.
Curvy Pattern Database
January 24, 2022 18:00 - 16 minutes - 12.1 MBSarah 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.
Julie and Gabriele's 2022 plans
January 19, 2022 19:00 - 18 minutes - 13.4 MBGabriele and Julie are back to talk about what they have planned for 2022 and beyond. This is part 2 of their SewOver50 sewing friends story. In part 1 you heard about how they met via Instagram when Julie needed help with using Instagram functions to create stories they way Gabriele makes. In this podcast, their 2022 plans and their high regard for SewOver50 really shines through. Sewing is the thread that brought them together. They're friendship has continued through their shared v...
Gabriele and Julie
January 17, 2022 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.9 MBGabriele and Julie met via Instagram when Julie needed help with using Instagram functions to create stories they way Gabriele makes. You've heard from Gabriele and Julie on earlier podcasts. This is part 1 of their story as SewOver50 sewing friends. Sewing is the thread that brought them together. They're friendship has continued through their shared values and interests. There is more to Gabriele and Julie's story. Make sure you go back and listen to all the SewOver50 podcast. SewOv...
Uthando project
January 12, 2022 19:00 - 24 minutes - 18.3 MBUthando Project is a small registered Australian Charity based in Perth, Western Australia. Since 2004 Uthando Project has built and maintained partnerships with 5 not for profit organisations in KwaZulu Natal, a province of South Africa. These 5 organisations work with vulnerable children and communities and all promote the importance of play in early childhood development, education, social and emotional wellbeing. Uthando Project supports the organisations by donating hand made dolls...
About Mimi Jackson
January 09, 2022 19:00 - 15 minutes - 11.8 MBMimi Jackson talks about her sewing life. She's the person behind Shop the garment district on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shop_the_garment_district/ Mimi's first podcast was about Shop the garment district IG account. As Mimi talks about her sewing, you can hear the joy it creates for her. She shares this joy with everyone Mimi sews for. She is also grateful for the ideas her clients bring to her to then create with fabrics and notions. Make sure you also listen to Mimi's first p...
Katrine for Chronically sewn
December 22, 2021 19:00 - 23 minutes - 17.2 MBKatrine 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 crea...
Shop the garment district
December 20, 2021 19:00 - 13 minutes - 10 MBMimi Jackson runs Shop the garment district on Instagram. She is inspired by all the fabrics and notions available in the fashion district and her blog has a speak easy map you can use when you visit NYC. This is Mimi's first podcast and you'll hear more from Mimi again soon. Her sewing history is fascinating.
Seam ripper and friends
December 15, 2021 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBSeam ripper and friends is a collaborative Instagram account that was an idea of Sabina and her friend Murni supported her to start this very recent sewing account. Seam ripper and friends has a team of volunteers that are experimenting with this account to engage a variety of people since they started this account this year. Murni stated that Sewover50 rocks and Sabine is also in awe of the work that Sewover50 does to engage people from all communities on Instagram. Their friendship an...
Made by Silver Fox part 2
December 13, 2021 19:00 - 13 minutes - 10.7 MBPart 2 of this conversation with Simon Turner builds on from his previous podcast talking about the men who sew in the sewing community and how SewOver50 represents the real people in the community. The work done by SewOver50 brings real people onto social media that counters the algorithms that skew our view of society. Make sure you listen to the first part of this chat with Simon Turner or @madebysilverfox. You'll understand why he is excited to start working on the 10 metres of fabric ...
Made by Silver Fox
December 08, 2021 19:00 - 20 minutes - 15.3 MBSimon 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...
Whendy7
December 06, 2021 19:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBWendy or Whendy7 was nominated to be on the podcast recently because she does some very creative mending. Visible mending is a skill she is developing everyday. Her parents gave her the lifelong value to mend. Wendy tells a great story about how both her mother and father helped her save both her school skirt and her bike. Mending Mayhem is such a fun group for Wendy and she thanks Tricia for introducing them to her. Katrine and Anette, who run it, exude enthusiasm and mending positivit...