sewover50thursday

Elaine is a Sewover50 follower and she gives her perspective about Black History Month. She sees that she wants to know more about Black History both in the US and in her home country in the UK. Black History Month in the UK is recognised in October each year and she's suggested listeners go to Black History Month UK website and Black Poppy Rose .

Elaine began following Sewover50 when it was first started because she has learnt about Sewover50 through joining the Sewcialists. Elaine refers to her sewing machines as her toys and she's been able to sew her designer inspired dreams as a Minerva Maker.

Elaine recognises that she has found her sewing community through Sewover50 and enjoys the connection with sewists who are over 50 and want to stay visible.

Maria Yap is back for Sewover50 Thursday to guide us through her sewing creative process. She admits she is an emotional fabric buyer and this means when Maria has a sewing project in mind, she has the fabrics to start her gorgeous makes.

You'll find Maria contributing to the Sewover50 Instagram community. She has a sewing blog and her instagram account is full of inspiring projects.

There are so many more Sewover50 Thursday podcasts to catch up on and hear from wonderful people from the Sewover50 community. Make sure you follow Sewover50 on Instagram today.

Maria Yap has a sewing blog that chronicles her sewing efforts. She's also this week's Sewover50 podcast guests.

Maria found the Sewover50 community on Instagram 2 years ago and she's enjoying sharing her sewing journey with likeminded people from around the world.

Many people know Maria through her pattern reviews and through the sewing contests she participates in. Sewing contest fuel her creativity and build on her extensive sewing skills.

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Jen is from Glasgow and you may also know she was on the Great British Sewing Bee Series 5! Series 5 was run in 2019.

Jen has been contributing to the Sewover50 community with her sewing creations and guests posts. You’ll love Jen’s Hogg hacks.

Jen talked about her experience on the Great British Sewing Bee series 5 and how this experience gave her much more sewing confidence and some very accomplished sewing friends that she continues to keep in contact with.

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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.

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.

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.

It's the connections you make that makes Sewover50 a great account to follow. Cathy discusses her sewing journey and now that she's found the Sewvover50 account, Cathy has made global sewing connections.

On her most recent holiday in Scotland, Cathy met Judith Staley and she also attended Edinburgh Frocktails. What a great holiday!

You'll hear so many wonderful Sewover50 followers on the Sewover50 podcasts.

Judith Staley of Sewover50 discusses this quick and fun challenge developed by Sandy Bach of Sewover50 was run over one weekend in April 2020. It was fast, simple and needed at the time of social isolation. The aim of the challenge was to sew something to cover up your hair and more importantly, have a bit of fun.

This is also Judith's very first podcast appearance so please make her feel welcome by letting her know on instagram. You can catch up on every Sewover50 podcast on our website.

Sewover50 grows each month by 1,000 followers that they know about. They have many keen followers who haven’t officially followed their IG account. SewOver50 group of dedicated volunteers have been running since August 2018. Judith Staley is the founder and she picked up the call from @sewcialists to identify a group for equality within the sewing world. Judith and Sandy Bach work solidly with their teams for the sewing community raising the profile of the over 50 group with kindness. Susan Young writes Sewover50's insightful blog posts. 

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