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Sew organised style- listen to people just like you.We'll cover sewing, style and interview people who are the backbone of our sewing community and provide you with reputable organisations you can go to for help when you need it. Go to our website: https://seworganisedstylepodcast.com/There will be evolving playlist series as we find experts with gems of information and resources to keep you creative. Don't keep our podcast channel a secret. Tell your friends and rate us on Itunes.
Episodes
- Maddie Ballard: Patchwork
Maddie Ballard (she/her) is a writer of mixed Chinese heritage from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her debut essay collection was published as Bound: A Memoir of Making and Remaking (The Emma Press, 2024) in the UK and Patchwork: A Sewist’s Diary (…
- Sewing to support a loved one during cancer treatments
This is not a medical episode — it’s an episode born from care. When Sheila’s daughter was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, sewing became one of the ways she could offer comfort and dignity during treatment. In this episode, Sheila of Sh…
- Ruth Collins is back
Ruth Collins is back on the podcast and she's so insightful. Ruth Collins is a researcher and creative thinker. As a biological scientist Ruth is interested in the challenges and transition between two-dimensional materials and three-dimen…
- Gabby Brown: Plus-Size Patternmaking
Maria catches up with Gabby Brown, now an author. Gabby Brown wrote the technical articles for Sewcialists from 2020 and Gabby recorded 10 podcasts about fitting clothes with Maria in those early days. Gabby and Leila Kelleher met through…
- Lily Fong is Lilypadesigns
LilypaDesigns is run by Lily Fong—designer, pattern maker, and proud bra nerd with a master’s in education and over 30 years of sewing experience. Her patterns are all about wearing comfy bras. LilypaDesigns Once a middle school algebra te…
- Leesa Simpson is Sneaker Stitch
Leesa Simpson is a lifelong maker, business builder and a creative soul with fabric running through her veins. Her current obsession of quilted sneakers started in 2025. It was love at first stitch! Fabric, colour, comfort, and creativity…
- Ida Victoria
This episode features Ida Victoria, a Norwegian independent sewing-pattern designer recognized for her modern, easy-to-follow patterns. She offers patterns for children and adults, available in PDF and print formats, with many translated i…
- Fabcycle in Vancouver Canada
Irina McKenzie discusses Fabcycle, a Vancouver social enterprise she co-founded with Erin. Fabcycle collects textile waste from apparel manufacturers and connects it with makers and sewers to reduce waste and promote sustainable fashion.
- Nicole Nehrig
This episode features clinical psychologist Nicole Nehrig, author of "With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories." Nehrig shares insights from her book, which examines how women throughout history have used textile work to overcome li…
- Alexandra Wall
Digital Pattern Library is Alexandra's sewing community resource for us to use. Alexandra lives in Cardiff, Wales and she's trained in the fashion industry. Once she was working in couture designer houses, the amount of waste at that level…
- Jane Milburn OAM
Jane Milburn OAM is TextileBeat on Instagram. She's a sustainability consultant, Slow Clothing pioneer, TEDx speaker, Churchill Fellow, upcycler and agricultural scientist. Jane has authored Slow Clothing and The Process of Mending - a rec…
- Amanda dot Stitches
Amanda.Stitches on Instagram is both today's podcast guest and guest editor on SewOver50 Her standout roberts.woods drafters grid dress at Perth Frocktails this year took our breath away and we had to invite Amanda to tell us all about thi…
- Leanne Munro
It's not everyday you find an English woman in New Zealand who specialises in sewing kilts. Leanne Munro sewed 15 kilts in less than 12 months as part of her kilt making training. Yes she quilts but her passion is kilt making. Just ask the…
- Izumi Montgomery
Izumi Montgomery is a Japanese artist and sustainable craft facilitator based in Sydney Australia. Izumi holds a Masters in Sculpture from Tokyo University of the Arts and she has also studies fashion at TAFE New South Wales. This is where…
- WearWereGoing
Alexis Bailey has come through a period of not designing and rebranded to become WearWereGoing. A listener suggested I interview Alexis and in this episode, you'll hear how Alexis has been supported by some of her Patreon community to crea…
- Random acts of crochet kindness
Mental wellness advocate and author Olivia Dieterich has released an uplifting book, Random Acts of Crochet Kindness (published by Search Press), that has one purpose: to create something special and then leave it out in the world for some…
- Her Heart Australia
Her Heart Australia was able to provide Ronda Hazell with a cardiologist for her current heart diagnosis. Maria Theoharous and Dr. Radhika Arunkumar discuss prioritising health, specifically women's health and focusing on key questions abo…
- Community reuse engagement
Yasmin Andrews, Community Programs Manager develops and runs the community programs at Reverse Garbage. Reverse Garbage is celebrating 50 years of operations and Yaz discusses the breadth of programs provided to the community. Did you know…
- Reverse Garbage
Kirsten Junor, CEO of Reverse Garbage in Marrickville is making sure everyone celebrates 50 years of operating to give a second life to industrial and home 'waste'. Reverse Garbage rescues between 4 to 6 tonnes of material each month. Redu…
- Stitch it, Don't ditch it
Jeanna Wigger and Mary V Morton are the authors of Stitch it, Don't Ditch It. Mary direct messaged Jeanna when Mary heard Jeanna on Check Your Thread podcast. They teamed up and wrote this really helpful book about mending via hand sewing.…
- Sew Do It For Heart
Ronda Hazell's story started in June 2024 when an echocardiogram showed she had a dilated ascending aorta (a dilation is a bulge where the diameter of the aorta gets bigger when it is more than 1.5 times normal size it is called an aneurys…
- Sewing and the City
Christine is Sewing and the City. Her current life in Valencia Spain allows Christine to reuse existing linens with great embroidery for making garments. She was introduced to SewOver50 by Suzy because of their connection in Spain. This ye…
- Coastal Sewcial
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…
- Claire-Louise Hardie
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 po…
- Alison Martin
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 th…
- Sew Like Dotty
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 sewi…
- Melanie Keane more
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…
- Melanie Keane
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 sew…
- Micah Clasper-Torch
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…
- Sew Pittsburgh
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.insta…
- Alison Smith MBE
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…
- Natalie Chim
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 Natali…
- Mirjam Gielen
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…
- Duane MacLeod
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…
- Maaike
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…
- Days for Girls Australia
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 limitatio…
- Menopause makes
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…
- Custom dressforms
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 dres…
- Isabella Strambio
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 somet…
- Global Kids Sewing Party
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 comm…
- Mimiquins update
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 cho…
- SewBusty Community
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 bei…
- Tracey @an_upcycled_life
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 g…
- Edinburgh Street Stitchers
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 decid…
- SewOver50 news update
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 p…
- Tookiethings
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…
- Harping Mad
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…
- Save the date
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…
- Carol Crocker-Ware LIVE
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…
- Sandy hashtags LIVE chat
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 encourag…