Check Your Thread
By Zoe Edwards
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Episodes: 164
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Hello! Welcome to Check Your Thread, a podcast about sewing more sustainably. Each episode we enjoy nerding out about sewing, whilst picking up ideas and useful tips for how to reduce our impact on the environment. My aim is always to approach topics with a sense of curiosity and fun, and hope to leave our listeners feeling inspired by the end of each episode.
Examples of topics that we cover include sourcing second hand textiles, zero waste sewing patterns, mending, upcycling, scrap-busting and alternative and surprising sources for fabric. If there are any topics you’d like CYT to cover, anyone you’d like me to get on the podcast to chat to or you’d just like to say hi, please email me at zoe@checkyourthread.com or message me via Instagram @checkyourthread.
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#164: Sewing Wins and Fails in 2024 with Lise and Meg
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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#163: How to Effect Change This Winter with Jeanna Wigger
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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#162: How to Solve Your Next Sewing Problem with Kim Witten
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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#161: How to Refashion with Portia Lawrie
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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#160: What We Do Now
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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#159: Small and Shared Space Sewing, Part 2
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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#158: Small and Shared Space Sewing, Part 1
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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#157: The challenges and joys of micro business with Bevan O’Daly
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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#156: How to Run an Ethical Textiles Shop with Bevan O’Daly
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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#155: Make it Your Own with Elisalex Jewell
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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#154: Clothing Self-Sufficiency
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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#153: The Provenance of Materials and Techniques – Shams with Allie Davis
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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#152: Sewing for Stillness and Community with Mel Keane
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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#151: Explaining Deadstock Fabric with The New Craft House
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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#150: Momentum and Motivation with Meg Grandstaff
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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#149: Replay – Harvesting Materials with Eliu Hernandez
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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#148: Replay – Mending Workshops with Carla & Meg / Community Glue
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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#147: Replay – The Joy of Reclaimed Fabric with Sarah aka Sew Love NZ
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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#146: Replay – Hand Stitching Clothing with Louisa Owen Sonstroem
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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#145: 5 Simple Tactics to Save on Sewing
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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#144: London Destash Fabric Swap 2024
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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#143: No Small Business on a Dead Planet
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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#142: Values Based Spending and Making with Shams el-Din Rogers
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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#141: Resourcefulness, Resilience and Wealth with Laura Oldanie
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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#140: Sew Organised Style Podcast – The Nest Community
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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#139: Behind the Scenes of Podcast Making with Maria Theoharous
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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#138: Making Sewing Podcasts with Maria Theoharous
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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#137: 5 Ways to Update Unworn Me-Mades
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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#136: Activism in Real Life with Beedy Parker
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May 27, 2024 |
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#135: How to Triage your Mends with Jeanna Wigger
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May 20, 2024 |
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#134: You Can Mend Clothes
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May 13, 2024 |
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#133: Mending in Public
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May 06, 2024 |
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#132: A season of mending with Jeanna Wigger
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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#131: Self-Drafting for Fitting Success with Elisalex Jewell
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#130: Zoe & Kim go to The Stitch Festival
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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#129: How to Sew Clothes From Fabric Scraps
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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#128: Scrap Strategies, Part 2
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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#127: Scrap Strategies, Part 1
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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#126: Sew the Precious with Stephanie Canada
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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#125: Vintage Sewing Not Vintage Values with Stephanie Canada
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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#124: Fearless Sewing with Tony Rea
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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#123: Sewing When Your Wardrobe is Full
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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#122: Zero Waste Sewing for Kids with Liz Elliott
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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#121: Creative and Resourceful Sewing with Judy Williment-Ross
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#120: How to care for your sewing machine with Bizz McKilligan
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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#119: Seasonal Stash Organisation
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#118: Last Sewist Standing with Lise Bauer
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#117: Fabric Goals for 2024
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#116: Improv Scrap Play with Sherri Lynn Wood
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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#115: Winter of Care and Repair with Jeanna Wigger
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#114: More Sustainable Haberdashery with Richard Mendham
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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#113: More Sustainable Gifts to Make & Buy
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#112: Gardening More Sustainably with Pippa Chapman
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#111: Joyful, Mindful Sewing with Lena King
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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#110: Knitting & Stitching Show 2023
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#109: More Sustainable Thread Options with Richard from James Tailoring
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#108: A More Sustainable Halloween
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#107: Sewing is Political
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#106: Reframing A Relationship with Clothing with Heidi Parkes
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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#105: A Habit of Curiosity with Heidi Parkes
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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#104: How to Successfully Shop for Second-Hand Sewing Machines
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#103: Swimming in A Sea of Scraps with Meg Grandstaff
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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#102: Sustainability in Food Production with Helen Metcalfe
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#101: How to Prioritise Sewing with Jenny Drew
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#100: 100 Lessons from CYT
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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#99: Sewing Confessions with Julia and Naomi
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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#98: Zero Waste Patterns Book with Birgitta Helmersson
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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#97: Introduction to Garment Fabrics
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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#96: Pattern Fitting Q&A with Kate Roberts
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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#95: Refining Fit with Kate Roberts
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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#94: Garmology Podcast – Design for Repairability with Rosanna Watson
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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#93: Sewing for Social Empowerment with Poornima at Kundakala
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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#92: Self Coaching for Sewing Success with Kim Witten
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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#91: Self Knowledge for Sewing Success with Kim Witten
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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#90: Introduction to Pattern Hacking
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May 29, 2023 |
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#89: Threads of Sustainability with Bridget O’Flaherty
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May 22, 2023 |
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#88: Natural Dyeing Q&A with Amy Taylor
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May 15, 2023 |
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#87: Sew Sustainable Fair 2023
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May 08, 2023 |
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#86: Garment Alterations with Naomi Fata
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May 01, 2023 |
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#85: Everyday Activism with Rachel AKA the Crap Activist
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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#84: What is Me-Made-May?
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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#83: The Role of Refashioning with Portia Lawrie
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#82: Fabric First with Rachel Kirby
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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#81: Travel, Sustainability and Sewing with Shams el-Din Rogers
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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#80: Rescuing Resources with Noah Hirsch
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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#79: Cultivating a responsible sewing business with Sarai Mitnick
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#78: Slow Sewing and Seamwork with Sarai Mitnick
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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#77: Stashes and Spaces with Shams el-Din Rogers
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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#76: Sewing for Body Changes, Part 2
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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#75: Go Recreate with Linnea Larsson
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#74: Recognition and Responsibility with Alexis Bailey
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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#73: The Seeds of Slow Sewing with Alexis Bailey
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#72: Sewing for Body Changes
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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#71: Making Personal Manifestos with Kim Witten
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#70: The Fold Line with Kate Underdown
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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#69: Making Mindfully with Judy Williment-Ross
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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#68: Visible Vs Invisible Mending
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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#67: Zoe and Julia Sew with Reclaimed Denim
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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#66: Conscious Yarn Choices with Saskia de Feijter
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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#65: Sewing Sunflowers with Jess Redgrave
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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#64: Sewing Trends More Sustainably
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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#63: Sewing and Personal Power with Brandon Hayden
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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#62: Made My Wardrobe with Lydia Higginson
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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#61: Sewing to Keep Warm
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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#60: Exploring Female Culture and Identity with Sophie Passmore
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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#59: Tools for Life with Grace Whowell
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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#58: Sewing on a Budget
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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#57: Can Sewing Save You Money?
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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#56: Sustainable(ish) with Jen Gale
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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#55: The Challenges of Zero Waste Design with Birgitta Helmersson
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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#54: A Journey to Zero Waste with Birgitta Helmersson
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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#53: First Birthday / Ask Me Anything with Zoe, Julia and Naomi
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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#52: Grow, Cook, Dye, Wear with Bella Gonshorovitz
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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#51: Creating Connection with Barley Massey
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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#50: The Future of Fabrics
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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#49: Sewing as Art and Political Action with Shams el-Din Rogers
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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#48: How to Knit More Sustainably with Saskia de Feijter
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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#47: Introduction to Patching
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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#46: DIY Drafting and Inclusive Sewing with Daisy Braid
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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#45: The Art of Rescue with Noah Hirsch
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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#44: Me-Made-May and Beyond
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May 30, 2022 |
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#43: Communication & Conscious Choices with Kate Ng
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May 23, 2022 |
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#42: Highest Possible Level of Use with Shelly Sommer
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May 16, 2022 |
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#41: Using Sewing Patterns More Sustainably
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May 09, 2022 |
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#40: Experimend with Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald
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May 02, 2022 |
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#39: Modern Mending with Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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#38: Pledge and Participants #2 with Amy and Judith
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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#37: Pledge and Participants #1 with Rebecca and Meg
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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#36: What is Me-Made-May?
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#35: Mask Making with Sophie Passmore
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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#34: Ethical Fabric Sourcing with Charlie Bradley Ross
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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#33 Encouraging Kids to Sew
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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#32: Textile Activism with Shams el-Din Rogers
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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#31: Exploring Zero Waste Design with Liz Haywood
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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#30: Tips and Takeaways from Made Do and Mend
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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#29: Lessons From the 1940s
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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#28: Make Do and Mend
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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#27: Zoe & Julia go Rag Rugging
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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#26: Harvesting Materials with Eliu Hernandez
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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#25: Handmade Period Pants with Yelena Buck
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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#24: Conscious Making in Real Life with Rebecca Evans-Merritt
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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#23: Sewing Goals for the New Year
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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#22: Mending Workshops with Carla & Meg / Community Glue
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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#21: The Joy of Reclaimed Fabric with Sarah aka Sew Love NZ
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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#20: What thread should I buy?
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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#19: Quilting and Considered Consuming with Shelly Sommer
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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#18: Rag Rugging with Elspeth Jackson
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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#17: What are zero waste sewing patterns?
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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#16: Patternmaking in Public Places with Louisa Owen Sonstroem
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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#15: Hand Stitching Clothes with Louisa Owen Sonstroem
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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#14: Quick and Cheap Handmade Gift Projects
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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#13: Natural Dyeing with Amy Taylor
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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#12: Sew Over 50 with Judith Staley
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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#11: Sewing Vs. Kids
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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#10: Clothing Systems with Guy – the Light Touch
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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#9: Overlockers & Coverstitch Machines with Julia Hincks
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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#8: Is Sewing Sustainable?
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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#7: Experimental Sewing with Riccardo Guido
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Sep 12, 2021 |
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#6: Life, Sewing and Sustainability with Amy Dyce
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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#5: Craft & Thrift with Amy Dyce
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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#4: My 5 Favourite Scrap Projects
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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#3: African Textiles Today with Jacqueline Shaw
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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#2: How to Sew Sustainably with Wendy Ward
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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#1: Introductions
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Aug 02, 2021 |