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Carol or CeeSews was on the podcast in November 2020 for SewOver50 Thursday. Today this episode is number 6 in the Top 20 Countdown.  Carol continues to run sewing classes to help people know how to sew knit fabrics. Thank you Carol for staying in contact with me and providing advice about how to go about retiring from working full time. One of the great things about bringing people for you to listen to on Sew Organised Style podcast is that not only do you hear their stories, I stay in contact with them because we share so many life experiences. Carol has given her time to me and others in the sewing community. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel. Sound with permission by bensound.com

Tricia was on the podcast in August 2020. Today this episode is number 7 in the Top 20 Countdown. One of the key themes know about Tricia is her strong values to not add to landfill. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle are what Tricia’s followers have seen on her Instagram account and through her SewOver50 posts. You need to follow Tricia to find out all the ways to bring new life to not just your existing clothes but any item in your household. By mending and reusing what you have in your life, you are contributing to being sustainable in your own way and for your local community. Thank you Tricia for being a great friend, for being a thoughtful social media peer and for giving your time to SewOver50 and Sew Organised Style podcast. Tricia is fast in her ability to find smaller accounts that we’ve both shared in SewOver50 stories when we really should have been on a break. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel. Sound with permission by bensound.com  

Alma from SewOverItLondon tells us about The Big Sew Off, a 24 hour charity sewathon now in its 3rd year. The Big Sew Off starts on Thursday 7 November at 10am UK time As Alma says: 'The Sew Over It Team will be sewing at the HQ based at the gorgeous New Craft House in East London, together with many exciting sewing personalities. We'll be raising money for mental health charity Mind and sewing clothes to donate to Give Your Best. The whole 24 hours will be live-streamed on YouTube and we'll be going LIVE on The Big Sew Off Instagram account throughout the sewathon, so make sure you're following us! We can't wait to put our sewing to good use and we hope you'll join us! Donate to our JustGiving Page to help us raise money for mental health charity Mind and find out all the ways you can get involved here.' There is a growing list of hubs popping up around the UK. Follow  Big Sew Off Instagram account to find out more. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel. Sound with permission by bensound.com SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism.  Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

Susan Young has written many researched pieces for SewOver50 and this podcast is a reflection of one of those she wrote back in 2020.  This episode is number 8 on the Top 20 Countdown! Susan Young Sewing blog is still available and I encourage you to pop into it and read the full research she published. You’ll find Susan on Instagram under Susan Young Sewing. While the number of bricks and mortar shops have closed sine 2020, finding fabric both in real life and online still has the same challenges. The information and ideas Susan shares in this podcast is still valid to learn from. She’s a tutor at Backstitch shop and is a Pfaff UK ambassador Thank you again Susan for being on the podcast for SewOver50. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through paypal. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel. Sound with permission by bensound.com SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism.  Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.    

Last episode I did say Karen is an ongoing contributor to the podcast and Sewover50. Today Karen's second episode called Style is Ageless is number 9 on the Top 20 countdown. This is a true reflection of not just Karen's contribution to our community but also how relevant this topic continues to be for us as sewists. Karen provides some really simple ways to find your style because you can find all sorts of topics about style that won't cost a cent. Have fun with it. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel. Sound with permission by bensound.com SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism.  Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.  

Karen Dolen was kind enough to be on the podcast in 2020. Today's episode is the initial podcast about Karen and this is number 10 on the Top 20 Countdown. Karen has an inspiring sense of style that is reflected in not just what she sews but how her work is photographed too. She does credit her daughter for some of her photos and if you go to the SewOver50 account, Karen was a guest editor sharing her photo skills. When you look at her sewing progress photos they're just as stunning. She started sewing 60 years ago and Karen visualises fabric as fashion. Thank you Karen for your ongoing contribution to Sewover50 and the podcast I hope you had a cuppa at hand while you listen to Karen once more. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel. Sound with permission by bensound.com SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism.  Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.  

Susan Young has written many researched pieces for SewOver50 and this podcast is a reflection of one of those she wrote back in 2020.  This episode is number 11 on the Top 20 Countdown! Susan Young Sewing blog is still available and I encourage you to pop into it and read the full research she published. If you're at London Frocktails this week, say hello to Susan. Thank you again Susan for being on the podcast for SewOver50.

Sue Stoney has been on the podcast a few times and this was her first podcast where we met her on the podcast in 2020. This episode is number 12 in the Top 20 Countdown. You heard Sue Stoney in the Magam Sewalong episode with Suzy and Helene. This episode is where we focussed on Sue only. Sustainability and careful use of our resources are important to Sue. She's also one of her local 3 sewing friends with Meggipeg and sewblooms on Instagram and Sue has always been there for Sarah Pondevie. Sue's global collaboration skills are varse  These days Sue's adorable clothes and toy making for Miss G are what I love pop up on my feed.

Lynda Maynard was on the podcast in September 2020 and her podcast is number 13 in the Top 20 countdown. Don't you think we've had a variety of community spirited guests in the Top 20 so far? Back In 2020 I never thought an accomplished teacher like Lynda Maynard would agree to recording a podcast with me and for SewOver50. She was so obliging and there is a link on her website about page to this recording. As Jen Hogg said, Lynda is one of the many sewing heros we've seen in Threads magazine. Lynda is an author and a teacher who is passionate about inspiring others. She is a master teacher, and has years of experience teaching couture sewing techniques, pattern drafting, clothing construction and fitting. This episode with Lynda was a helpful discussion about how to fit clothes and what the most common fit issues are. Our bodies do change over time and Lynda shares her fitting experience with us. Having access to experienced educators makes our sewing experience more satisfying.  Thank you Lynda for your support and helping sewists in the Sewover50 community.

Elizabeth is @earletted on Instagram and I first 'met' her through her blog. When you finally meet an online friend and start chatting you find out how rich their background of experience is. I hope you'll listen to Elizabeth and see she has held half a dozen amazing jobs that have been inspired by her motivation to be creative. She has a music background, a theatre background in both design and wardrobe supervisor and the list goes on. I felt with her wardrobe supervisor experience, Elizabeth knows how to mend clothes for theatre. And can't life be full of drama sometimes too? If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel. Sound with permission by bensound.com SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism.  Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist. Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.  

Susan Young, the blog writer for SewOver50 was on the podcast in June 2020. She is number 14 in the Top 20 Countdown. You’ll find Susan on Instagram under Susan Young Sewing.  Most recently you may have noticed that Susan is an organiser of London Frocktails. When the first SewOver50 meet up in London happened before lockdown, you could already see how many of us in the sewing community wanted to be together. We were able to rally together online through the SewOver50 community and today we can meet in person and celebrate at Frocktails events in our local communities. The information Susan shares in this podcast is still worth listening to today. She’s a tutor at Backstitch shop and is a Pfaff UK ambassador Thank you Susan for being a great friend and giving your time to SewOver50 and Sew Organised Style podcast.

Jayne Wright was on the podcast in November 2020. She is number 15 in the Top 20 Countdown. Since 2020 Jayne has moved to Margate and she does a mixture of things now. Violin teaching, ceramic art, open water synchronised swimming and a bit of sewing for herself. She sewed her own wedding dress using a vintage Dior pattern. If you live in the Thanet area, she runs a tile making workshop now with Thanet Visitor Information Centre. As you can tell, Jayne contributes to her local community. Thank you Jayne for coming back to your Instagram account as well as your @jawceramics account.

Bobo_bun is Lisa's online name. Lisa was on the podcast in September 2020. She is number 16 in the Top 20 Countdown.  At the time Lisa was developing her YouTube channel to bring her vintage sewing joy to everyone who shared a passion for all things vintage. Lisa is a lifelong vintage inspired seamstress and dressmaking teacher. She created Bobo_Bun’s sewing school in Norwich UK. As a child Lisa was always making something or could be found curled up with a book. Does this sound like you too? Lisa first learnt to sew on her mum’s Vintage Singer Sewing machine. She’d been sewing non stop since then, learning everything she could while teaching as her full time career. These days, if Lisa is not teaching dressmaking classes, you’ll find her sewing, knitting or planning her next project This is the third time I’m thanking Lisa for being on the podcast as last year, Lisa kindly gave me her permission to use part of her podcast for a video podcast assignment I had to complete for my Diploma in Screen and Media. If you’re interested, the Jukebox series in on the Sew Organised Style YouTube account. Be kind with your comments please. Thank you Lisa for the vintage sewing teaching and inspiration you provide us online and in real life.

Saremy of SewSewLive and was on the podcast in November 2020. Saremy is number 17 in the Top 20 Countdown.  While you can find Saremy on Instagram, you’ll always find Saremy teaching on YouTube. She’s industry trained and Saremy has a really full commitment to providing great teaching content in her sewing school. On her Instagram account, she posts her weekly schedule. Saremy provides an amazing community space for curios sewists of all abilities and it’s free to join her sewsewguild.com On Wednesdays she funs a live stream sewing a project from cutting to finish. That’s a huge commitment but so valuable to improve your own sewing skills from an industry professional. Saremy started her sewing channel in 2018 and she’s almost hit 2 million views, with over 730 videos. Let’s go back and hear how Saremy was building her ability to provide great sewing content to us in the sewing community.

Suzy, Sue and Hélène are the Make a garment a month or Magam sewalong team who's podcast was published in July 2020. Suzy and Sue and Hélène gave their time to tell us about how Magam sewalong began and what they do to keep this initiative running. Magam Sewalong is number 18 in the Top 20 Countdown. You would have noticed that since 2020, they have had guests to run this challenge each month and with a theme. Love a good theme. They’ve had about 37 guests. Here’s an interesting fact. They try not to count entries, but they’ve have had over 8,000 posts. Sue said ‘People love the refashioning/sustainable themes, but also any theme that allows them to work it into their monthly sewing.’

Instagram is where SewOver50 account lives and started on 18 August 2018 by Judith Staley. She was shortly joined by Sandy Bach and together they built SewOver50 from 0 to 50,000 followers this month. Their hard work to bring the face of older sewists to Instagram has delivered 1,821 posts; worked with 144 guest editors on a range of topics; created 18 engaging challenges and commissioned #So50Live. In this podcast Judith and Sandy discuss their challenges with the many changes Instagram has thrown us all making it harder to find each other the way you would normally chat up with your real life friends. SewOver50 showcases not just the face of older sewists but also the issues older sewists face on a daily basis.  Seeing clickbait news about ageing is cheap journalism. One of the earliest articles about wearing florals was very narrowminded press that as a community, we've blown that thinking out of the park. No matter your age or what your style is, everyone is welcomed to the SewOver50 community by simply using #SewOver50 and #SewOver50(monthyear) on their posts so we can add you to our stories and onto our grid. In 2022 there is the podcast episode about older sewist research on their Instagram grids that Judith commissioned. Judith is committed to raising the visibility of older sewists. Sandy is leading the SewOver50 social media editorial team and developing challenges and ways to engage the community. Their mandate is positive messages to bring people together. Make sure you follow SewOver50 and listen to all the SewOver50 podcasts available here.

JenLegg_TeesCreatives is number 19 in the Top 20 Countdown.  Most recently you would know Jen @jenlegg_teescreatives  who with Sharlene @sosewdressmaking  run #SewRecreateTheLook In 2024 they’ve run Sew Recreate the Look for the fourth time. Sew Recreate the look encourages us to make things we have seen on the high street, IG and designer brands feeding our ‘sewing souls’. Jen with Sharlene contribute to the sewing community by running this on a voluntary basis. Jen is a Fibremood Insider. She’s sewn for Abakhan fabrics. Pattern tested for Friday Pattern Company and many others. She’s a great role model for sewists to be who they are and sew what makes them happy. Jen shares what keeps her sewing and being creative in her podcast episode. Following Jen on Instagram is a great way to see how you can add colour and prints amongst the clothes you sew. Thank you Jen for being on the podcast.

At number 20 is Jen Hogg in the Top 20 Countdown. Jen Hogg is number 20 in the Top 20 Countdown. Jen was my first guest from the Great British Sewing Bee in November 2020 because Jen is a strong supporter of the SewOver50 community. In August 2021 Jen recorded a podcast about So50sustainable sewing. Jen sent through a note about what she’s achieved since this podcast was published in November 2020. If you’re a Bridgerton fan, I’ll start her note with a Lady Whistledown vibe. The full version of Jen’s letter is on her podcast blog post.  

Firstly, the Top 20 Countdown starts in August. Have you wondered what the top 20 episodes are after publishing over 440 episodes over 5 years on Sew Organised Style podcast? Grab a cuppa and relax while you hear a retrospective intro to all the people who continue to contribute to the sewing community. Next up. You'll be seeing short tutorials for you to learn how to use your devices without asking others for help. You'll be your very own 'help desk'. As you learn more, you can pass these new skills on to others as well. Send your tutorial suggestions to seworganisedstyle@gmail.com Lastly, make sure you follow SewOver50 on Instagram to celebrate their 6 year anniversary and achieving with 50,000 follower milestone. All of these milestones have been achieved by the sewing people who connect both online and in real life. We're a community that connects, builds safe spaces to get together and are still happy to sew in their personal sewing spaces for both themselves and their families and friends. If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel. Sound with permission by bensound.com  

Have you been sewing since you've stopped work full time or are you still finding your way? Maxine Dunn is Dunncorner on Instagram and she's a SewOver50 follower. Maxine tells her story and shares how she's using this time to increase her skills in sewing and not just for herself. Living close to Papercut Patterns, she's had a first hand view of what it takes to be an independent sewing designer. In New Zealand Maxine also mentions Paper Theory and The Sewing Revival. We recorded this podcast in May so you'll have to pop over to Maxine's Instagram account to find out what she's been up to, including her latest Frocktails makes. IWill you support this podcast through our patreon account? Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel. Sound with permission by bensound.com