MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE on the show-notes page (link below)

LINKS

Sewing Patterns for Bigger Bodies, shared by Zoe:

Cashmerette - https://www.cashmerette.com/collections/cashmerette-patterns
Muna and Broad - https://www.munaandbroad.com/collections/patterns
GOTS Certification - stands for Global Organic Textile Standards, Learn More at https://global-standard.org/

QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE

“Every company has its own “sample size”-- its own set of proportions that they work to. Some of them.. they’re not gunna fit so well to your body and you’re gunna have to do a bit of work to make it fit. So always, always, always measure yourself before you start a new project.” They’re just numbers. They don’t mean anything.

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Her podcast: https://checkyourthread.com/
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My coach, Kim Witten, teaches us the difference between coaching, mentoring and therapy. Then, we move on to topics such as the struggle we creatives have balancing structure and freedom (for our craft), and also have an enlightening conversation about “imposter syndrome”. Kim shares a comforting perspective and cites the two psychologists who coined the term in the 1970’s.

Enjoy this incredible conversation with Kim Witten, transformational coach, for the first episode of A Smaller Life in the new year.

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In this episode I talk about the Ja Wol Community pledge that has been spontaneously started by our member Kathleen. 

I jumped on her idea and we had a zoom call together and made it happen. 

In the episode I share my personal pledge and invite you to join us to see how you can make the curating and creating of your wardrobe in 2023 fun and meaningful.

A new way of curating and creating our clothes. 

Start your journey to a more intentional closet TODAY! 

WE KEEP IT FUN! 

Because that is the only way that we can keep the change part of our lives and ELIMINATE FAST FASHION!

GET THE JWC PLEDGE WORKSHEET 

HERE 

MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE

1. Setting up boundaries and 'rules' can be freeing
2. Connecting to others that are going through the same process is super valuable, you'll get so many unexpected insights
3. A nailpolish swap is a great idea!

TRANSCRIPTS & CHAPTER MARKERS

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May Lin Bang (Maya) joins us from Knit With Attitude in High Street London, but not before we do a little celebrating for our 50th episode! Tune in to hear shout outs and interesting stats in the first 10 minutes, and then get cozy for our 50 minute conversation.

Maya is an inspiration who has run a successful ecological yarn shop as an immigrant for more than 10 years. She had an online shop before that was really a thing. She tells us about how she deals with our unconventional industry in an unconventional way, from funding, to management and more, never giving up her values and core principles. It was a joy to hear from her, and you can find her at www.knitwithattitude.com

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MAIN TAKEAWAYS & QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE on our full show notes page

CONNECT WITH Maya

www.knitwithattitude.com

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In this episode, you’ll hear from Elizabeth Joy of Conscious Style.

Elizabeth is a content creator that cares about fashion and style in a conscious way. We talk about green washing, the use of wording and descriptions in the field of conscious fashion and educating through podcasts and other channels. 

Elizabeth Joy

MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE

1. The Big Brands often co-opt words used in the small, sustainable, earth-loving, crafting community and uses them to make money / green-washing
2. “Ethical Fashion” is one of those terms
3. “Circular Fashion” is a system that doesn’t produce waste and the items have no real “end-of-life”
   1. Items can be reused, recycled, upcycled, or sent back / repaired, etc
   2. Ex: Thousand Fell Sneakers - US https://www.thousandfell.com/
   3. Ex: MUD Jeans - NL https://mudjeans.nl/

QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE

“When you search a term like, ‘ethical fashion’, a term like ‘sustainable fashion’... you see the Google ads of brands that are totally not sustainable. It’s really frustrating, right? They have the money, they have the budget to sort of, green-wash their way into sustainability, which… it feels like we’re up against a lot but, yeah. I just really think it’s important to educate; try to educate as many people who will listen and who are curious.”

LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

What Elizabeth’s Wearing - Jewelry / Clothing Swap Service https://www.swapsociety.co/

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In this episode I talk about the role of strategy in your small business and how you don't have to change all that much to make better use of the time and effort you are already investing in communication, marketing, branding and all those other 'icky' business words.

Hopefully you'll get some information about how thinking things through just a little bit more, can make a big difference in how you present yourself as a business.

MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE are on the podcast page HERE.

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When Freya Gilbert and Sarah Wadey met at a sewing workshop in 2014, they knew they had met a kindred spirit. Within months they followed their dreams of setting up a sewing business and opened their bricks and mortar shop Crafty Sew and So in Leicester selling fabric haberdashery and offering award-winning workshops. They used their skills gained in retail and the fashion industry to build their business which included a variety of craft workshops as well as dressmaking patterns and kits.

When Covid forced the shop to close after 5 years of business, undeterred, Freya and Sarah moved to the Crafty Sew and So workshop and put their business online. During the past 18 months they have not only continued to sell sewing essentials but have run online workshops attracting participants from overseas as well as closer to home. Now that Covid restrictions have eased they are beginning to offer in-person workshops too.

I'm thrilled that Freya and Sarah were able to share their story with me for Making Stitches.

If you would like to find out more about Crafty Sew and So, you can do here. You can also find them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

If you would like to take part in the Christmas episode of Making Stitches with your own 'stitch story' please get in touch with me via social media or email: makingstitchespodcast@gmail.com

For full show notes for this episode, please visit the Making Stitches website.
The music featured in this episode is Make You Smile by RGMusic from Melody Loops.
The Making Stitches logo was designed by Neil Warburton at iamunknown.

You can support Making Stitches Podcast with running costs through Ko-fi.
Making Stitches  Podcast is supported by the Making Stitches Shop which offers Making Stitches Podcast merchandise for sale as well as Up the Garden Path crochet patterns created by me & illustrated by Emma Jackson.


Making Stitches Podcast is presented, recorded and edited by Lindsay Weston.

Chatting with Elan of Fern Valley Botanics opened a world of inspiration and awareness. She is such a powerful and thoughtful force in the world! And she offers so much wisdom about listening to your intuition, creating a business and finding healing within the herbal and Black community. She just started a business and it is blasting off in the most beautiful way. Her work is so beautifully crafted and she operates from a heart centered space! She shares stories of her journey and the many reasons why she started her own business. We discuss issues about racial inequality and how we all need to do the work to make this a safe space for all. 

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“I'm a fairly new homesteader that has been living in the Catskill mountains for the past four years! I came up from Brooklyn where I was born and raised. But the Brooklyn I knew had changed so much and didn’t feel much like home anymore but a place that really heightened my anxiety. I found some solace in the mountains and woods.

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A huge part of me moving up here was to hone in on skills part of the legacy of Black Americans such as agriculture, crafting, carpentry/architecture, rearing livestock, and so much more! Recently i've been expanding into my carpentry! I started building a little storefront for guest to buy some of our produce goods and my soap ofcourse. It will be my experiment for getting myself ready to build my own cabin studio next. I will keep yall posted on the progress!

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I was inspired to create a soap business after becoming a mom and wanting to create products where I had the agency to know what the ingredients were and making sure that they were safe and nourishing for my family and friends. I'm so happy to now share these same thoughtfully crafted soaps with you all!

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Thank you for supporting this one women artisanal soapmaker! I am a herbalist in the Catskills who loves partnering with plants. I work hard creating the highest quality, love filled, and sustainable soaps because you deserve it!”- Elan 

Fern Valley Botanics Links:

https://www.instagram.com/fernvalleybotanics/

https://www.etsy.com/shop/FernValleyBotanics

Thymelights:

https://www.instagram.com/olaminabotanicals/

https://www.instagram.com/harlem.roots/

Links Mentioned in the show:

https://www.instagram.com/soulfirefarm/

https://www.instagram.com/harrietsapothecary/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/crafting_the_future/

https://www.instagram.com/resmaamenakem/

 Thyme in the Studio links:

https://www.patreon.com/thymeinthestudio

https://www.instagram.com/thymeinthestudiopodcast/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/403582056803336/

https://www.instagram.com/aida.zea.arts/

https://www.etsy.com/shop/AidaZeaArts

https://www.aidazea.com/hire-us

Contact me: sara@aidazea.com

Music by komiku

Topics covered in this chat:

Began the business after having a child

Homesteading in the catskills

Starting a business in March

The beginning of covid-19

Mindfulness of cleanliness

Fear and uncertainty

Educating people about cleanliness and her products

Education with playfulness

Giving birth and starting a business

How to be your own boss

Public schooling

Racism within education system

Home schooling

False diversity

“Post racism”

Hierarchy of education perpetuating a racist system

Expectations creating outcomes

Issues with school system

Discouraging educational system

Mental health

difficulty with “learning” propaganda

Trust yourself and trust your body

Feeling safe and protected during pregnancy is crucial

Interested in home childbirth

Traveling to the city for doctor appointments

Stay home if you can

Mistreatment by the medical community

Not feeling heard

Leaving the doctor with more questions

Pressure to protect the life within

Responsibility of carrying child

Family was super helpful

The joys of being an aunt

Sister was her rock, ally and friend

New support

Moved upstate

Lost contact with some friends in the city

Farm retreat-  

Soul Fire Farm

Harriet’s Apothecary

Community 

Herbal community was healing

Nature connection

White “Ownership” of nature

BIPOC trauma 

Helpful retreat to meet other BIPOC and express and heal trauma

Talking about racism can be traumatic

Difficult conversations can be painful 

Detachment

Repetition of trauma

Fear that honoring BIPOC is a trend

Wave of change 

Detangling and ending racism

Moving away from educating white people

Public execution

Showing trauma in different ways

Shutting down

Reclusiveness as a form of protection and coping with trauma

Being tagged on social media

Work twice as hard to get half the recognition

Triggered

Traumatized and harmed by actions on instagram

Be conscious of others needs for self care

Privilege allows one to not be as conscious of others feelings

Distasteful:-tagging without permission and connecting with person

Helpful and thoughtful: dm and tune into person and their feelings

Do they want and consent to being tagged

Consent is crucial

Show that you see people as human and not just as a tag to help yourself

Inflated follows don’t help

Tell a story of a person to show them as a full person

“This is the least I can do” -ok, then do more!

Trend of Black People being seen

Realize your wholeness

Fern Valley Botanics Links:

https://www.instagram.com/fernvalleybotanics/

https://www.etsy.com/shop/FernValleyBotanics

The Workshop Podcast is dedicated to DIY, design and marketing your creative workshop business. Learn about me, Jacqueline De'Ath, and how I got here. You will meet special guests, learn marketing and be inspired to take action to grow your DIY Business.  Each episode will help with tips and solid advise to attract more customers.

For more information, visit: https://www.jacquelinediy.com

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