Lou and Lynn organise Coastal Sewcial. They met through a local sewcial called Sew-Toon. Tamlyn who runs Sew-Toon helped Lou and Lynn borrow some equipment when they first started Coastal Sewcial. Coastal Sewcial is run onsite at a charity and the bonus for the sewists is there is an onsite cafe there as well. The location is by the sea hence the 'coastal' part of their group's name. If you're thinking about setting up a sewing sewcial in your area, you can listen or watch Lou and Lynn as they d...
Jul 07, 2025•26 min•Season 2025Ep. 495
Claire-Louise Hardie shares her clothes cloning experience in her latest book - Clone Your Clothes. Claire-Louise is a career costumer. All the images Claire-Louise refers to are on the podcast website and on the YouTube version of this podcast. Creating clothes for productions means she is constantly ensuring costumes are created for productions in multiples and to last the production run. This means she constantly created clothes by cloning style for the purposes of each production. Claire-Lou...
Jun 30, 2025•38 min•Season 2025Ep. 494
Sew Like Dotty returns this week with ideas about starting your own sewing group. I’m thrilled to welcome back Alison Martin, the heart and hands behind Sew Like Dotty, for the second episode in our series! Alison is a beloved figure in the sewing world – a SewOverIt Pattern Insider, YouTuber, and the creator of the inspiring A Gift to November Challenge. In this episode, Alison dives deeper into her journey, shares fresh ideas for starting your own sewing group, and talks about the joy of build...
Jun 23, 2025•24 min•Season 2025Ep. 493
Welcome to Part 1 of our inspiring conversation with Alison Martin, the creative force behind Sew Like Dotty and the Sew Virtual community. 🌸 Over the past four years, Alison has grown Sew Like Dotty into a safe and fun online space for sewists. She also manages an encouraging and thriving Facebook group, which she now focuses on full-time after retiring earlier this year. Alison’s passion for sewing was sparked by her mother and the garment industry in her hometown. With her deep-rooted skills...
Jun 16, 2025•26 min•Season 2025Ep. 492
In this episode with Melanie Keane, she gives us an insightful chat about how running the sewing groups for refugees has impacted her personally. In the 18 months after beginning sewing Melanie was asked 'Do I know anyone who can sew...? 2 weeks later she arrived at the refugee centre with 2 old sewing machines and some donated fabric. 4 months later Melanie had 3 volunteers working with her, 8 fairly decent sewing machines and 15 women in the mixed nationality group. The women were voracious in...
Jun 09, 2025•16 min•Season 2025Ep. 491
Melanie Keane’s sewing journey is very community driven. This is a two-part series and Melanie began sewing 9 years ago through quilting. In 2020 Melanie and her family sewed over 100 pairs of scrubs for frontline workers, transforming sewing into a meaningful family activity. This experience deepened her connection to the craft and led her to explore garment and bag making, where she found joy in blending functionality with artistic expression. Beyond her personal projects, Melanie’s dedication...
Jun 02, 2025•21 min•Season 2025Ep. 490
Micah Clasper-Torch is a Los Angeles-based artist, designer, and educator helping to lead the modern revival of punch needle rug hooking. With a background in fashion design from The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and the Politecnico di Milano in Italy, Micah blends fine art, heritage craft, and wearable design to create one-of-a-kind textile pieces that range from coats and accessories to wall hangings and soft sculpture. In 2019 Micah was formally trained as an Oxford Punch N...
May 26, 2025•27 min•Season 2025Ep. 489
Kelsey founded Sew Pittsburg with the vision of creating a sewing community in the Pittsburgh area. As the Instagram account quickly gained traction, Sarah stepped in to help foster the group’s growing sense of community. https://www.instagram.com/sewpgh/ Together, they built a welcoming space for sewists to connect, share inspiration, and support one another. Their efforts transformed Sew Pittsburg into more than just an online presence—it became a thriving hub for makers, encouraging creativit...
May 19, 2025•29 min•Season 2025Ep. 488
Kelsey founded Sew Pittsburg with the vision of creating a sewing community in the Pittsburgh area. As the Instagram account quickly gained traction, Sarah stepped in to help foster the group’s growing sense of community. https://www.instagram.com/sewpgh/ Together, they built a welcoming space for sewists to connect, share inspiration, and support one another. Their efforts transformed Sew Pittsburg into more than just an online presence—it became a thriving hub for makers, encouraging creativit...
May 19, 2025•29 min•Season 2025Ep. 488
Alison Smith, MBE, is a visionary in the world of sewing and couture techniques. As the UK’s leading sewing educator , she has revolutionized garment construction, corsetry, and tailoring, making intricate skills accessible to all. Founder of the School of Sewing , Alison teaches hands-on workshops that empower sewists of all levels. She’s also a celebrated author, with books like The Sewing Book and Dressmaking selling over 500,000 copies worldwide . Her expertise extends to online courses and ...
May 12, 2025•24 min•Season 2025Ep. 487
Natalie or @Nataliecsews is never seen on her Instagram account until now. On the video version of this podcast, you’ll both hear and see Natalie Chim. She has been industry trained and has sewn commercially for over 40 years. While Natalie's mother taught her how to sew, it was her father who showed her how to fit clothes properly. In this podcast Natalie refers to a number of good resources and ways to build your own sewing skills. You'll only find Natalie on Instagram and she's always availab...
May 05, 2025•30 min•Season 2025Ep. 486
In this podcast, you'll see Mirjam's textile art journey in full colour on YouTube. She does describe her journey so if you want to simply see her textile art, pop on the podcast website . All of Mirjam's links are there. You can find her on Instagram , her website and just googling Mirjam will show you how extensive her workshops are. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account . There are 3 new tiers to choose from to support SewOver50's only podcast. Every po...
Apr 28, 2025•31 min•Season 2025Ep. 485
Duane MacLeod is Hold Fast Bespoke. You can find Duane at Mainely Menswear.com In this podcast Duane discusses how he's progressed from completing not 1 but 2 qualifications from The Tailoring Academy. Through some investigation, Duane is really excited and invested in his tailoring business - Hold Fast Bespoke. Also in this podcast, I've used a new sound track so the YouTube version meets YouTube's copyright rules. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account . ...
Apr 21, 2025•30 min•Season 2025Ep. 484
Maaike sees everyone as a maker that she's always willing to give them a good customer experience. Maaike created Maaidesign when she thought, having a fabric store would give her more time to sew. Her other reason for creating Maaidesign was to have access to fabrics she wanted to sew for her daughter. Maaike is a trained designer so you can understand why the fabrics Maiike provides us are collaborations with designers. As she says, when you have a business there are many more tasks to do that...
Apr 07, 2025•24 min•Season 2025Ep. 483
Mary Connelly-Gale is back to tell us about Days for Girls Australia. https://seworganisedstylepodcast.com/2025/03/29/days-for-girls-aust/ Days for Girls is an international organisation who’s mission is to shatter the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation for improved health, education and livelihoods. The topics discussed in this podcast are very sensitive. Days for Girls Australia is a registered Australian not for profit and is a Country Affiliate with Days for Girls Internatio...
Mar 31, 2025•29 min•Season 2025Ep. 482
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 tha...
Mar 17, 2025•36 min•Season 2025Ep. 481
Inge de Groot shares the steps she took to have a custom dressform made locally. Her website customdressform.com is where Inge shares a to-do list of steps and ideas for getting a dressform made locally. You'll hear why she hugged her dressform when it arrived on her doorstep too. Go to her website Custom Dress Form Tutorial | A styrofoam replica of yourself when you want a custom dressform made locally. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account . Every podcas...
Mar 10, 2025•27 min•Season 2024Ep. 480
Isabella Strambio has authored this new macrame book - Mindful macrame - that is also a journalling experience. The projects are created to encourage readers utilise the practice of only using 2 knotting techniques to not just create something for themselves (and others) but to also create a mindful and meditative experience. While Isabella has authored 3 how-to macrame books, in this book she has created what she calls 'yoga for the mind'. The projects range from 30 minute projects, 60 minute p...
Mar 03, 2025•21 min•Season 2025Ep. 479
Trixi has been running the Global Kids Sewing Party every year since 2019 for kids to sew a soft toy with the guidance of their parents/grandparents/teachers/carers. The toy is then a gift to someone either to others they know or to a community organisation. In 2024 over 6,500 kids in 22 countries joined the Gobal Kids Sewing Party. Kids and their carers/parents/teachers all learn to sew while each kid can be creative in their toy creation and determine who gets their hand made gift. Pop over to...
Feb 24, 2025•27 min•Season 2025Ep. 477
More dressform options are now available from Mimiquins. Jaire and Mia have created - now get this - legs and arms options for their dressforms. On their website, you'll see the people who have now received their Mimiquins and why they chose their dressform for their sewing needs. Luke, the winner of the Great British Sewing Bee 2024 had his dressform created for his drag queen persona. In 2024 we heard Yvonne of The Wheelie Stitcher talk about her dressform for her seated makes. Many thanks to ...
Feb 17, 2025•30 min•Season 2025Ep. 478
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 SewO...
Feb 10, 2025•33 min•Season 2025Ep. 476
Tracey of @an_upcycled_life in New Zealand has just completed a dress using tablecloths and lace she collected from her mother, grandmother and at op shops. Her Instagram account was originally called @an_upcycled_wedding but as time has gone on, it's now her life that includes reusing existing clothes as her fashion fabrics. Did you also learn to sew through a monthly sewing series in your country too? Make it Easy was a publication Tracey used to sew as a teenager, with her mother's help. Afte...
Feb 03, 2025•32 min•Season 2025Ep. 475
Mary Morton talks about how her son's discussion about climate change gave her the fuel to eventually create Edinburgh Street Stitchers. In 2019 when Mary's son discussed the climate change adjustments he was making to his life, Mary decided to learn about climate change. Then she took it upon herself to start using her sewing skills to mend clothes for others. Not long after that Mary started Edinburgh Street Stitchers. This is a group that mends and repairs out in the public! From April to Oct...
Jan 27, 2025•33 min•Season 2024Ep. 474
Well, this is very exciting! (It’s only a teeny video/audio but it’s good news! ⭐️). SewOver50 has been nominated for a Golden Scissors Award in the Social Impact category organised by the @CraftIndustryAlliance in Chicago in May. In this podcast, Sandy discusses the work SewOver50 has done since 2018 to support this award nomination. We certainly do like to be visible, included and represented so it’s absolutely terrific to be noticed. #SewOverAgeism! Of course, this is an award for all of our ...
Jan 24, 2025•4 min•Season 2024Ep. 473
Ryn is tookiethings on Instagram. Tookie things are small special things. Ryn learnt to sew from her mother but you'll need to listen or watch how her mother went that extra mile at night to help Ryn and her sister learn to sew. Her makes are so eye catching and she's a great SewOver50 follower to get inspired by. You'll enjoy how Ryn meticulously plans her makes. And yes she does sew for your children. Make sure you follow Ryn on Instagram. Thanks Ryn for letting us know how helpful Sandy's LIV...
Jan 20, 2025•28 min•Season 2025Ep. 472
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 ...
Jan 13, 2025•36 min•Season 2024Ep. 471
In this short announcement, Carol let's us know when Chicago Frocktails is on in 2025. The full details so far are in the longer LIVE podcast with Carol Crocker-Ware. Carol chatted with me LIVE on Instagram. Carol https://www.instagram.com/anncie2001/ officially announced the date for Chicago Frocktails 2025. Make sure you follow Chicago Frocktails on Instagram and on their website . Get on their email list today. https://chicagofrocktails.com/ Subscribe to Carol's YouTube channel https://www.yo...
Dec 17, 2024•2 min•Season 2024Ep. 470
Carol chatted with me LIVE on Instagram. Carol https://www.instagram.com/anncie2001/ officially announced the date for Chicago Frocktails 2025. Make sure you follow Chicago Frocktails on Instagram and on their website . Get on their email list today. https://chicagofrocktails.com/ Subscribe to Carol's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@carolssewingcorner/featured Also in 2025, you can stay in touch with Carol on her Instagram account, YouTube channel and in her Facebook group – Carol’s Sew...
Dec 16, 2024•19 min•Season 2024Ep. 469
Sandy's 2 podcast about hashtags in 2020 are numbers 1 and 2 in the top 20 countdown. This recording is the audio version of the Instagram LIVE chat Sandy did on both SewOver50 and Sew Organised Style podcast Instagram accounts. I encourage you to go to the YouTube account so watch the hashtag research Sandy shared with us. Sandy updates us about the best ways to now use hashtags. In 2025, to be visible on SewOver50 use the hashtags #SewOver50Jan, #SewOver50Feb and so on for each month. If you a...
Dec 09, 2024•18 min•Season 2024Ep. 468
This year has given Carrie more to enhance her sewing life and the sewing lives of others. Last episode was about the community work Carrie does. In this episode Carrie talks about her website, private Facebook group, Instagram , YouTube account and the Black Sewing Network she's a part of on TikTok. Her highlight for 2024 was being a committee member of Chicago Frocktails . Get ready for 2025 event by signing up for their email. Are you committed to just sewing your stash like Carrie is?...
Dec 04, 2024•28 min•Season 2024Ep. 467
