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Duane tells us his background prior to sewing. He's always been a maker and he comes from a family of makers.

If you're interested in how the classes are run at The Tailoring Academy in the UK, Duane talks about how the classes are run and what the accommodation is like for the 6 international students.

He is still thinking about what he will do when he gets home after this amazing intensive tailoring experience. 

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.

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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 can, 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.

Duane tells us the story about why he's currently at The Tailoring Academy in the UK right now. 

The Tailoring Academy course Duane is working through started in September 2022 and is 10 months in total. As he says, they started with only a few body measurements.

Many people who have been following Duane for years will remember his kilt sewing work. He called this fabulous tartan - Loud McLeod.

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.

Contact Judith and Sandy at SewOver50 to offer your support for this wonderful IG account. 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 can, 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.

Adam Wheeler is The Seamsters Apprentice on Instagram. He decided to sew one day when the curtains in his study just happened to break.

Once Adam made the curtains in his home study 6 years ago, he became fascinated by sewing machines and sewing. Well, he tells a story about his first fascination with sewing machine as a 5 year old. The first garment Adam made was a 'simple' tshirt.

In the early sewing days, sewing was his shared hobby with his late sister Sarah when she founded Dragon Café The Dragon Cafe is the project flagship of the Mental Fight Club. Sewing keeps the memory of his sister with him as Adam sews his projects for himself, his family and his friends.

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 and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

 

Steven or @arealheller been sewing for 3 years and he found SewOver50 through people he was following on Instagram. Steven is back for an encore podcast to tells us about what motivates him to sew.

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.

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.

Part 2 of this conversation with Simon Turner builds on from his previous podcast talking about the men who sew in the sewing community and how SewOver50 represents the real people in the community. The work done by SewOver50 brings real people onto social media that counters the algorithms that skew our view of society.

Make sure you listen to the first part of this chat with Simon Turner or @madebysilverfox. You'll understand why he is excited to start working on the 10 metres of fabric he's just digitally printed for the sewing project that ignited his new sewing skills.

Simon Turner @madebysilverfox on Instagram is a new sewist. He counters the saying ‘you can’t teach an old dog new tricks’. He's a part of the SewOver50 community and one of the men who sew.

In this first episode his sewing skill story centres around a family market umbrella that he hand sewed to stop the fabric from deteriorating any further. Restoring this umbrella has led to Simon investing in his sewing skills.

He shares his sewing skills for sewing his own clothes as well as for his family and friends.

Simon has been sewing for 2 years. Sewing is his Covid skill.

Justin first started in early 2020. He made masks for his sister and since then he has continued to sew for his own needs like his new 2022 back to work clothes.

Finding patterns and fabrics are a challenge and you'll find the patterns he's used are worth considering for any body.

Justin does reuse and recycle fabrics, materials and projects he's made but won't get any wear out of. As Justin says, the sewing community is more than just talking about sewing.

Make sure you go back and listen to all of the podcasts in this series. There are more to come so make sure you subscribe to Sew Organised Style.

Joost is the creator of freesewing.org Makers, designers and developers contribute to this free resources so there are sewing patterns anyone can access for free, as the name free sewing suggests. These designs have been used by previous men who sew podcasts guests Wouter.vdub and Enno Swets.

FreeSewing is an open source software project with the aim of becoming the Wikipedia of sewing patterns. FreeSewing provides a core library for parametric pattern design, an ever-growing library of designs implemented in code, as well as a bunch of adjacent tools for building modern interfaces on top of our platform. FreeSewing is not interested in fashion, trends, or publishing the hot new pattern of the season. Instead, the contributors want to empower makers by distilling the knowledge of the sewing community into parametric designs + documentation, and make that information freely available.

Make sure you go back and listen to all of the podcasts in this series for Sewover50. There are more to come so make sure you subscribe to Sew Organised Style. 

Morgan and Matt of Thread Theory patterns have joined the support of Sewover50 by being part of this series about sewing for men podcast series.

Thread Theory patterns is well know for providing great patterns for men and more recently for all bodies.

Adrianna loves mens tailoring and has worked in the tailoring industry. This includes sewing with denim. She shares her sewing experience and provides us with her sewing advice that might surprise many listeners.

Her overall advice is to give sewing a go, especially if you want to further develop your sewing skills for yourself or for the people that you love.

There are many great podcasts about sewing for men and men who sew that are also available on Sew Organised Style podcast that you can go back and listen to for free. There are more to come in this series so subscribe to Sew Organised Style podcast.

Christopher is back for Sewover50's men who sew series. He is a new sewists and he's back to talk about how he's investing further into his sewing practice. In his day job he manufacturers DNA.

Christopher follows many online sewing communities so that he can hear the view points of many people and learn along the way.

He follows the Sewover50 community because he can see what people are making and learn from them as well.

Make sure you go back and listen to all of the podcasts in this series. There are more to come so make sure you subscribe to Sew Organised Style.

Enno Swets was one of the men sewover50 featured this year to show there is diversity in the Sewover50 community.

Enno or outdressed.no is an outdoor gear sewing specialist. He has a passion for technical or functional sewing and you'll hear how his problem solving strength is used to sew all types of gear. The plans he develops before making these projects are all dependent on the function they will be used for. 

Sewing gives Enno the perfect ability to be creative and produce clothes and products to suit his outdoor pursuits.

Make sure you go back and listen to all the podcasts about men who sew. Every podcast is free and there are more in this series from the Sewover50 community. 

Wouter vdub as he's known on instagram is today's bloke for Sewover50. Since Susan Young first wrote her article about sewing for men, we've been featuring men who sew in the Sewover50 community.

Wouter is an IT professional who loves to climb mountains and sew and does a bit of knitting on the side. He's been sewing his own clothes for the last 8 years and sewing gives him the freedom to express his style.

He has some great advice for new sewists who are learning how to sew. 

Once you listen to this podcast, you'll realise what Wouter has learnt and how he is sharing his sewing and designs back to the sewing community.

Make sure you go back and listen to all the podcasts about men who sew. Every podcast is free and there are more in this series from the Sewover50 community. 

Hold on to your hat. James learnt to sew at 7 years of age. James Nacy or James_is_sew_happy is our next men in the Sewover50 community to share his advice about sewing mens clothes.

The pattern designers James mentions by James are a great start when you're learning how to sew mens clothes for beginners.

There is so much joy in James's retelling of how sewing has played a changing role in his lift. You'll see some of his fav makes that he chats about in this podcast on his podcast blog post.

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