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Jayne Raven Nov 11, 2020

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Jayne Wright says that being part of Sewover50 is like having 'fabric penpals'. You'll know her as Janyeraven There's a very local story about how Jane's IG name came about.

Jane may have only started sewing 2 years ago but you'll appreciate why she decided to become sewing obsessed.

Jayne created her own local sewover20 group with her daughter and their friends. She will reuse fabrics etc where possible but Jayne will by her fabrics locally and she sources wool from Yorkshire or New Zealand.

Make sure you follow The Sewing Resistance, run by Jayne, Vintage Tina and Steinmakes. They're a global textile project giving a voice to hopes and dreams. Make sure you read about Arpilleras too.

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Grading with Gabby Nov 09, 2020

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Gabby Brown is back sharing her knowledge and experience of pattern grading in a easy to understand way. She touches on the background of grading and a few good points that both home sewists and pattern designers will find very useful. You'll have a few 'a ha' moments as you listen in.

Having to grade patterns can make the best of us hesitant but Gabby makes this technical topic understandable so you can start venturing into more grading research for yourself.

Gabby is the Sewcialists sewing technical guru, who we know as Dear Gabby. She writes the well-researched technical blog posts for the Sewcialists that you can always rely on. Don't forget you can always contact the Sewcialists with your technical questions and feedback. Sewcialists is a growing sewing blog for everyone. Listen to the Sewcialists podcasts library. New podcasts every Tuesday!

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November ASG events Nov 08, 2020

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Louise Sparrow, Chair of the Australian Sewing Guild is back to tell us about a special online couture sewing presentation bought to you by Kenneth D King. In this 90 minute presentation, Kenneth teaches us how to sew couture strap seams via Zoom.

This presentation will also be available for 2 weeks after the presentation. You can go back and hear Kenneth D King who was on ASG Monday last week.

There are 2 more online workshops this month. You can finesse your skills when sewing a lined vent. You can also learn how to sew in an easy-sew collar stand. This workshop and previous online workshops will help members to put their new sewing skills into practice for the November challenge - Stitch a Shirt.

Everyone's invited to join these events. Make sure you never miss an ASG Monday podcast.

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Mending Mayhem embroidery Nov 05, 2020

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Katrine of Mending Mayhem is back to share her mending embroidery techniques. She is a firm believer to 'mend don't spend'.

Katrine has written about 4 embroidery techniques she uses to walk us through each technique and the fun you can have mending. She is very honest to say that she uses techniques in the way that adds to her creations. The transcript is on her podcast blog post.

Katrine uses local resources so she doesn't contribute to landfill. She's also enjoying mending by hand these days.

Katrine also talks about many global menders that she follows.

Katrine has a few podcasts under her belt now and you can go back an catch up on her previous episodes.

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Saremy SewSewlive Nov 04, 2020

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You may already be a fan of Saremy Duffy through her live stream tutorial via Sewsewlive Saremy found Sewover50 when she started using Instagram and she's found how honest, open and supportive the Sewover50 community really is.

Saremy talks about her sewing goals and they're very specific as she lives in a fire prone area. Her go-to bag sewing is fascinating. Her mother's story about what she has saved from her recent house fire is very touching.

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PDF pattern wish list Nov 02, 2020

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Gabby Brown is back discussing the latest sewing pattern wish list both Gabby posted on Sewcialists blog and the sewing community's pdf pattern wish list.

Gabby is the technical guru of the Sewcialists team so when Gabby describes pdf patterns as the Wild West of sewing patterns, you'll be nodding your head as you listen to her points of view. Have you read and contributed what your pdf pattern wishes are? Make sure you leave your comments on this blog posts by Gabby on Sewcialists. Catch up with all of Gabby's podcasts here. Stay listening to every Sewcialists Tuesday podcast here too.

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Kenneth D King Nov 01, 2020

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Kenneth D King is managing his anxiety by sewing Barbie clothes and you'll also hear his story and how having a library of sewing patterns that fit are what he recommends for people who love to sew.

Kenneth is running a live workshop for the Australian Sewing Guild on 14 November. This workshop recording will be available until 28 November so you can still book in and watch it.

Make sure you keep up to date through every ASG podcast each week.

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#BPsewvember Oct 29, 2020

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#bpsewvember started in 2014 and Amanda used her personal experience of feeling isolated in a new city to develop this # for others to connect with sewists online. We've all come to use # for challenges and to see inspiring makes and each year Amanda takes the time to help everyone get involved in the way that suits them best.

This year #bpsevember runs from 1 to 7 November so go to Bimble and Pimble to see this year's templates to get your sewjo going. Lurking is allowed and only get involved if you feel comfortable to share how you interpret each day's prompts.

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Jen Legg_TeesCreatives Oct 28, 2020

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Jen is a 50 something creative girl with a total obsession for florals and jumpsuits. Hurdles are those things in life that make Jen create a better outcome for herself and her family.

She now happily combines her hairdressing career with her passion for sewing and teaches in her wonderful building she bought at the age of 23.

Make sure you join Sewover50 on Instagram and continue to keep the over 50s visible in the sewing community.

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Sewing community posts Oct 26, 2020

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This week Chloe Read, the Australian Editor for Sewcialists runs through this week's blog posts and talks about Renee and Kerry joining the temporary editor team in November.

Keep an eye out for Gillian's tee post. You'll love the variety of tees she has made.

As October is breast cancer awareness month, you have to read the post written by Alibobs.

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