#53: First Birthday / Ask Me Anything with Zoe, Julia and Naomi

The Check Your Thread podcast is one year old!!!! We just took a fortnight off after creating 52 weekly episodes, and today we’re back with an ‘Ask Me Anything’ episode! Aided by friends-of-the-podcast Julia Hincks and Naomi Bancroft, we read out and discuss some awesome questions submitted by CYT listeners. We cover favourite scrap projects, how we interact (or don’t) with sewing trends, what gives me hope when faced with the climate crisis and lots more. And make sure you check out the show notes for the link to my epic Spotify playlist!  Support the podcast over on Patreon! This episode features Julia Hincks. Her website is House of Miss Sew and you can find her at @juliahincks on Instagram.  She previously featured on Episode #10: Overlockers & Coverstich Machines with Julia Hincks Episode #27: Zoe & Julia go Rag Rugging This episode also features Naomi Bancroft and you can find her at @whatnaomimade on Instagram.  Favourite projects using scraps: So Zo Undies My denim patchwork dungarees (see image below) Waves and Wild Wonder undies pattern Waves and Wild kid’s Speedy pants pattern DIY Daisy Rectangle sleeve top tutorial  Trends: I Am Pattern Sunshine jeans pattern Fibre Mood Honey top pattern A blog post I wrote about my (then) new sewing machine, the Janome DKS30, AKA, lesser spotted orange Janome! Listen to the Spotify playlist I made for the Fabric Godmother Sewing Bee Party.  Giving me hope: @intersectionalenvironmentalist on Instagram.  Dream guests: Clare Press, creator of The Wardrobe Crisis podcast, @mrspress and @thewardrobecrisis on Instagram.  Writer Aja Barber is @ajabarber on Instagram. Get her excellent book,’Consumed: The need for collective change; colonialism, climate change and consumerism’ anywhere but Amazon. (See the cover pictured below) Amanda Lee McCarty, creator of Clotheshorse podcast, @crystal_visions and @clotheshorsepodcast on Instagram.  If you haven’t already, listen to Episode #50: The Future of Fabrics.