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Lindy Stokxpatterns

Lindy 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. 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 on Instagram. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Janine

Janine 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.  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 on Instagram. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Yogabyrdsews

Byrd 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 ageism. Make sure you list 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 on Instagram. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Camilla

Camilla @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 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 on Instagram. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Steven arealheller

Steven 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 made, closed down. SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you list to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free. 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.

Bra sewing chat

While 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 on Instagram. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free. Make sure you list to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

Alibobs_sews

Alison 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 pixelated portrait. SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you list to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free. 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.

Ukraine Etsy seller list

Teresa @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.teresahardy.com/ukraine.  That is one that you can easily copy and paste into a Facebook post or something. The version with photo previews are at https://ukraineetsysellers.my.canva.site/ We also learn about Teresa's sewing life. Her personal Instagram if anyone’s interested in life in the Andes at the equator is @unpaintedhuffheins (As Teresa says, 'Yeah, I don’t make my usernames easy do I?') 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 on Instagram. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

40,000 follower fun contest

Forty 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 celebrate with a fun weekend challenge. We have some lovely sponsors for our random prizes too! ANYONE can enter (all ages).  One entry only in the comments below Friday’s post (11 March 2022).  Entries/comments close Sunday midnight GMT 🇬🇧.  What you need to do: Describe your “sewing style” in three descriptors.       That’s it! 🙌 As a way of guiding you here are ours. Can you guess who is Judith and Sandy?  Reflective, evolving, relaxed. 😊☮️✌️Colourful, distracted, learner. 🌈🤯👩‍🎓  It’s as simple as that! Just tell us about your sewing style in comments below in three words.  Why not share your sewing style descriptors in a post or story too and let everyone know that being SewOver50 does not mean invisible. 🙌💪👍  ALSO: Join us for a LIVE on Friday at 7.30pm GMT 🇬🇧 where we dip our toes into live-streaming for the first time! Send good vibes….we’re going to need it. 😂 We’ve asked a few of our followers to send  us their descriptors to have a bit of fun and you can see who we have chosen! 🎉 🎤 Fingers crossed 🤞 and see you there.  Special mentions to Gillian, Susan Young and Tree. 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, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.

Pam O’Connor

Pam 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 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, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free.