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Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably — 231 episodes

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#231: A Business Based on Scraps – Kat Camfield with Justice McNeil

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#230: How to Teach Repair Skills with Jeanna & Mary

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#229: Further Fabric Confessions with Lise Bauer

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#228: Crafting with Neurodivergence with Kim Witten

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#227: Threading Change – Kat Camfield with Sophia Yang

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#226: Sashiko, The Untold Story with Atsushi Futatsuya

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#225: Destashing Online with Caroline from Destasher

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#224: Sewing When You’re Skint

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#223: An Alternative Fashion Future with Charlotte from Stitched Up

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#222: Neurodiversity and Craft with Kim Witten

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#221: Upcycling Secrets – Kat Camfield with Brynn, Emily & Meagan

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#220: How to Save and Make Money with Sewing

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#219: Flux-Friendly Sewing Patterns with Sasha Starlight

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#218: Fabric Confessions with Lise Bauer

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#217: Mending for Mental Wellbeing with Rebecca from The Big Fandango

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#216 : Replay – No Small Business on a Dead Planet

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#215: How to Dress Kids More Sustainably with Izzie from ApparelXchange

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#214: Is Inclusivity Enough? – Kat Camfield with Frances from Sincere Studio

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#213: A Self-Sufficient Maker with Shams el-Din Rogers

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Episode 212: Creativity, Craft and Clutter with Shams el-Din Rogers

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#211: More Sewing, Less Overwhelm with Sew Hayley Jane

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#210: How Frugality Builds Community with Mariel Davies

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#209: Mending ideas you never thought of

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#208: Challenging Consumption and Perfectionism with Jeanna Wigger

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#207: Style Shifts and Sustainability with Lindsay Ashworth Fraser

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#206: How to Sew More Sustainably for Kids

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#205: Selling Fabric More Sustainably with Tanya Brooman

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#204: The Sewing Machine, A Novel – Kat Camfield with Natalie Fergie

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#203: Sewing with Scraps with Birgitta Helmersson & Sam Grose

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#202: London Fabric Swap 2025

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#201: Making Check Your Thread – with Zoe & Kat, Part 2

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#200: Making CYT with Zoe & Kat, Part 1

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#199: Wardrobe Curation and Care

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#198: Shopping Strategically with Numba Pinkerton

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#197: Can I Dig It? Podcast – Glut Management Tactics

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#196: Eco Printing – Kat Camfield with Carly from Lorelei Textile Design

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#195: Replay – Introduction to Pattern Hacking

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#194: Replay – Fabric First with Rachel Kirby

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#193: Replay – Introduction to Garment Fabrics

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#192:  Replay – Stashes and Spaces with Shams el-Din Rogers

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#191: Stitch it, Don’t Ditch it with Mary Morton & Jeanna Wigger

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#190: Sewing and the Four Tendencies with Jeanna, Kim & Lise

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#189: Are Zoe & Lise still in Last Sewist Standing?

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#188: Stop Wearing Black! Colour Choice with Numba Pinkerton

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#187: Spicy questions in the Virtual Sewing Room

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#186: What sewing machine technicians actually do with Bizz McKilligan

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#185: The Best Knitwear Repair Techniques with Skye Pennant

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#184: Mending and Overcoming Perfectionism with Skye Pennant

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#183: Get Your Stash Sorted!

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#182: How to Organise a Fabric Swap with Nike Baruwa

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#181: Secrets of Successful Destashing, Part 2

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#180: Secrets of Successful Destashing, Part 1

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#179: The Five Fabrics Rule with Judith Staley

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#178 What you should know about fitting with Kate Roberts

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#177: Me-Made-May Explained in Under 5 Minutes

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#176: Creating Connection Through Embellishment with Cal Patch

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#175: The Secret History of Quilt Making with Deb McGuire

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#174: How to Make Quilts More Sustainably

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#173: Quilting Through Burnout with Radha Weaver

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#172: Sewing More Sustainably in the Virtual Sewing Room

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#171: Restoring and Upcycling Vintage Clothing with Debbie Murphy

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#170: Curtains to Couture with Marcia Riddington and Lisa Hughes

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#169: Mending Motivation

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#168: Is DIY Publishing the Future of Sewing? with Liz Haywood

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#167: No-Rules Outdoor Clothing Repair with from Rosanna Snowdonia Gear Repair

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#166: Pro Tips for Outdoor Wear Care and Repair with Rosanna from Snowdonia Gear Repair

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#165: 5 Easy Garment Care Habits to Adopt in 2025

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#164: Sewing Wins and Fails in 2024 with Lise and Meg

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#163: How to Effect Change This Winter with Jeanna Wigger

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#162: How to Solve Your Next Sewing Problem with Kim Witten

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#161: How to Refashion with Portia Lawrie

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#160: What We Do Now

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#159: Small and Shared Space Sewing, Part 2

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#158: Small and Shared Space Sewing, Part 1

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#157: The challenges and joys of micro business with Bevan O’Daly

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#156: How to Run an Ethical Textiles Shop with Bevan O’Daly

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#155: Make it Your Own with Elisalex Jewell

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#154: Clothing Self-Sufficiency

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#153: The Provenance of Materials and Techniques – Shams with Allie Davis

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#152: Sewing for Stillness and Community with Mel Keane

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#151: Explaining Deadstock Fabric with The New Craft House

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#150: Momentum and Motivation with Meg Grandstaff

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#149: Replay – Harvesting Materials with Eliu Hernandez

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#148: Replay – Mending Workshops with Carla & Meg / Community Glue

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#147: Replay – The Joy of Reclaimed Fabric with Sarah aka Sew Love NZ

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#146: Replay – Hand Stitching Clothing with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

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#145: 5 Simple Tactics to Save on Sewing

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#144: London Destash Fabric Swap 2024

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#143: No Small Business on a Dead Planet

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#142: Values Based Spending and Making with Shams el-Din Rogers

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#141: Resourcefulness, Resilience and Wealth with Laura Oldanie

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#140: Sew Organised Style Podcast – The Nest Community

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#139: Behind the Scenes of Podcast Making with Maria Theoharous

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#138: Making Sewing Podcasts with Maria Theoharous

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#137: 5 Ways to Update Unworn Me-Mades

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#136: Activism in Real Life with Beedy Parker

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#135: How to Triage your Mends with Jeanna Wigger

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#134: You Can Mend Clothes

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#133: Mending in Public

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#132: A season of mending with Jeanna Wigger

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#131: Self-Drafting for Fitting Success with Elisalex Jewell

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#130: Zoe & Kim go to The Stitch Festival

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#129: How to Sew Clothes From Fabric Scraps

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#128: Scrap Strategies, Part 2

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#127: Scrap Strategies, Part 1

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#126: Sew the Precious with Stephanie Canada

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#125: Vintage Sewing Not Vintage Values with Stephanie Canada

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#124: Fearless Sewing with Tony Rea

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#123: Sewing When Your Wardrobe is Full

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#122: Zero Waste Sewing for Kids with Liz Elliott

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#121: Creative and Resourceful Sewing with Judy Williment-Ross

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#120: How to care for your sewing machine with Bizz McKilligan

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#119: Seasonal Stash Organisation

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#118: Last Sewist Standing with Lise Bauer

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#117: Fabric Goals for 2024

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#116: Improv Scrap Play with Sherri Lynn Wood

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#115: Winter of Care and Repair with Jeanna Wigger

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#114: More Sustainable Haberdashery with Richard Mendham

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#113: More Sustainable Gifts to Make & Buy

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#112: Gardening More Sustainably with Pippa Chapman

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#111: Joyful, Mindful Sewing with Lena King

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#110: Knitting & Stitching Show 2023

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#109: More Sustainable Thread Options with Richard from James Tailoring

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#108: A More Sustainable Halloween

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#107: Sewing is Political

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#106: Reframing A Relationship with Clothing with Heidi Parkes

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#105: A Habit of Curiosity with Heidi Parkes

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#104: How to Successfully Shop for Second-Hand Sewing Machines

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#103: Swimming in A Sea of Scraps with Meg Grandstaff

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#102: Sustainability in Food Production with Helen Metcalfe

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#101: How to Prioritise Sewing with Jenny Drew

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#100: 100 Lessons from CYT

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#99: Sewing Confessions with Julia and Naomi

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#98: Zero Waste Patterns Book with Birgitta Helmersson

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#97: Introduction to Garment Fabrics

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#96: Pattern Fitting Q&A with Kate Roberts

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#95: Refining Fit with Kate Roberts

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#94: Garmology Podcast – Design for Repairability with Rosanna Watson

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#93: Sewing for Social Empowerment with Poornima at Kundakala

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#92: Self Coaching for Sewing Success with Kim Witten

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#91: Self Knowledge for Sewing Success with Kim Witten

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#90: Introduction to Pattern Hacking

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#89: Threads of Sustainability with Bridget O’Flaherty

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#88: Natural Dyeing Q&A with Amy Taylor

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#87: Sew Sustainable Fair 2023

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#86: Garment Alterations with Naomi Fata

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#85: Everyday Activism with Rachel AKA the Crap Activist

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#84: What is Me-Made-May?

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#83: The Role of Refashioning with Portia Lawrie

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#82: Fabric First with Rachel Kirby

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#81: Travel, Sustainability and Sewing with Shams el-Din Rogers

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#80: Rescuing Resources with Noah Hirsch

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#79: Cultivating a Responsible Sewing Business with Sarai Mitnick

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#78: Slow Sewing and Seamwork with Sarai Mitnick

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#77: Stashes and Spaces with Shams el-Din Rogers

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#76: Sewing for Body Changes, Part 2

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#75: Go Recreate with Linnea Larsson

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#74: Recognition and Responsibility with Alexis Bailey

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#73: The Seeds of Slow Sewing with Alexis Bailey

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#72: Sewing for Body Changes

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#71: Making Personal Manifestos with Kim Witten

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#70: The Fold Line with Kate Underdown

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#69: Making Mindfully with Judy Williment-Ross

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#68: Visible Vs Invisible Mending

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#67: Zoe and Julia Sew with Reclaimed Denim

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#66: Conscious Yarn Choices with Saskia de Feijter

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#65: Sewing Sunflowers with Jess Redgrave

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#64: Sewing Trends More Sustainably

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#63: Sewing and Personal Power with Brandon Hayden

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#62: Made My Wardrobe with Lydia Higginson

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#61: Sewing to Keep Warm

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#60: Exploring Female Culture and Identity with Sophie Passmore

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#59: Tools for Life with Grace Whowell

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#58: Sewing on a Budget

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#57: Can Sewing Save You Money?

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#56: Sustainable(ish) with Jen Gale

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#55: The Challenges of Zero Waste Design with Birgitta Helmersson

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#54: A Journey to Zero Waste with Birgitta Helmersson

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

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#52: Grow, Cook, Dye, Wear with Bella Gonshorovitz

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#51: Creating Connection with Barley Massey

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#50: The Future of Fabrics

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#49: Sewing as Art and Political Action with Shams el-Din Rogers

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#48: How to Knit More Sustainably with Saskia de Feijter

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#47: Introduction to Patching

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#46: DIY Drafting and Inclusive Sewing with Daisy Braid

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#45: The Art of Rescue with Noah Hirsch

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#44: Me-Made-May and Beyond

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#43: Communication & Conscious Choices with Kate Ng

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#42: Highest Possible Level of Use with Shelly Sommer

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#41: Using Sewing Patterns More Sustainably

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#40: Experimend with Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald

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#39: Modern Mending with Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald

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#38: Pledge and Participants #2 with Amy and Judith

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#37: Pledge and Participants #1 with Rebecca and Meg

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#36: What is Me-Made-May?

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#35: Mask Making with Sophie Passmore

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#34: Ethical Fabric Sourcing with Charlie Bradley Ross

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#33 Encouraging Kids to Sew

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#32: Textile Activism with Shams el-Din Rogers

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#31: Exploring Zero Waste Design with Liz Haywood

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#30: Tips and Takeaways from Made Do and Mend

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#29: Lessons From the 1940s

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#28: Make Do and Mend

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#27: Zoe & Julia go Rag Rugging

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#26: Harvesting Materials with Eliu Hernandez

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#25: Handmade Period Pants with Yelena Buck

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#24: Conscious Making in Real Life with Rebecca Evans-Merritt

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#23: Sewing Goals for the New Year

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#22: Mending Workshops with Carla & Meg / Community Glue

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#21: The Joy of Reclaimed Fabric with Sarah aka Sew Love NZ

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#20: What thread should I buy?

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#19: Quilting and Considered Consuming with Shelly Sommer

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#18: Rag Rugging with Elspeth Jackson

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#17: What are zero waste sewing patterns?

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#16: Patternmaking in Public Places with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

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#15: Hand Stitching Clothes with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

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#14: Quick and Cheap Handmade Gift Projects

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#13: Natural Dyeing with Amy Taylor

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#12: Sew Over 50 with Judith Staley

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#11: Sewing Vs. Kids

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#10: Clothing Systems with Guy – the Light Touch

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#9: Overlockers & Coverstitch Machines with Julia Hincks

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#8: Is Sewing Sustainable?

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#7: Experimental Sewing with Riccardo Guido

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#6: Life, Sewing and Sustainability with Amy Dyce

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#5: Craft & Thrift with Amy Dyce

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#4: My 5 Favourite Scrap Projects

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#3: African Textiles Today with Jacqueline Shaw

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#2: How to Sew Sustainably with Wendy Ward

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#1: Introductions