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Fall Sewing Plans
Stitch Please
English - October 11, 2023 15:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 474 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Leisure Crafts fashion blacklivesmatter sewing pocast african american quilt black liberation costuming making stitch black lives matter Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Patterns Mentioned: Vogue 1940, Simplicity 8982, Mimi G for Simplicity 9687 KnowMe 2046, The Rushcutter Dress by In the Folds, The Naomi Shirt by Coffee and Thread
Lisa Woolfork
Lisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory, and American slavery. She is the founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers on Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville, Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation.
Get Your Stitch Together tips from the episode:
Lisa's fall sewing plans to accommodate her medical bootHer plans to make a failed Simplicity knit pattern againHow wide leg pants could fit over her bootIdeas for hacking a Vogue dress into a tunicTips for extending a shirtdress into a tunicTricks for adjusting patterns for curvy figuresLisa's thoughts on dress pockets and stretchy zippersHow Mimi G's wide pants could work with the bootFabrics Lisa enjoys for fall sewing
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