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Sew What? — 102 episodes

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Dress, Textiles, and Needlework of the Irish Poor: An Interview with Dr Eliza McKee

2

John Craske, Fisherman Turned Embroiderer: An Interview with Lisa Little and Lesley Lougher

3

The History and Use of Tatting: An Interview with Dr Brenda Rewhorn

4

Charlotte Brontë's Life Through Clothes: An Interview with Dr Eleanor Houghton

5

Sew What? Goes to India, Part 2: Shrujan and Shrujan LLDC

6

Sew What? Goes to India, Part 1: Chanakya International and Chanakya School of Craft

7

Art X Fashion: An Interview with Dr Elizabeth Way

8

Collecting Samplers: An Interview with Alexandra Peters

9

Textile Conservation and Marie Antoinette Style: An Interview with Hannah Sutherland

10

Chinese Textiles in 18th-Century Britain: An Interview with Shilei Zeng

11

The History of Punch Needle: An Interview with Micah Clasper-Torch

12

The Embroidery of Lorina Bulwer: An Interview with Ruth Battersby

13

The Late, Great Major A.T. Casdagli: An Interview with Alexis Penny Casdagli

14

Sew What? Meets Haptic & Hue: An Interview with Jo Andrews

15

Holiday Special!: Gathered at Gressenhall

16

Plantation Goods: An Interview with Dr Seth Rockman

17

Samplers by Free, Freed, and Enslaved Schoolgirls: An Interview with Sarah Brokenborough

18

Stitching in Prison: An Interview with Fine Cell Work

19

The History and Power of Mending: An Interview with Kate Sekules

20

Cambodian Textiles: An Interview with Dr Magali Berthon

21

The History of Crochet: An Interview with Eleanor Gilchrist

22

Women in Stitches: An Interview with Marcia Goldenstein

23

Naval Embroidery: An Interview with Maya Wassell Smith

24

Men at (Needle)work: An Interview with Jamie Chalmers

25

The Modern Venus: An Interview with Dr Lis Gernerd

26

Fashion City: An Interview with Dr Lucie Whitmore and Dr Bethan Bide

27

Elizabeth Hall and Friends: An Interview with Rebecca Scott

28

Stitching, Bright and Bold: An Interview with Danielle Clough

29

Weaving and Unweaving: An Interview with Raisa Kabir

30

Women's Work: An Interview with Ferren Gipson

31

Threads of Power: An Interview with Michele Majer and Emma Cormack

32

The Early Years of the RSN: An Interview with Dr Lynn Hulse

33

Hmong Embroidery: Paj Ntaub and Story Cloths

34

Mary Linwood's Art of Stitchery: An Interview with Dr Heidi Strobel

35

The World of Erica Wilson, Part 2: An Interview with Dr Anne Hilker and Vanessa Diserio

36

The World of Erica Wilson, Part 1: An Interview with Edith Bouriez

37

All About Egyptian Textiles: An Interview with Seif El Rashidi

38

RSN at the Fashion and Textile Museum: An Interview with Dennis Nothdruft

39

New London Needlework Reexamined: An Interview with Lynne Zacek Bassett

40

Stitching A Better World: An Interview with Stephanie Valencia of the Social Justice Sewing Academy

41

Flax and Finger Weaving: Māori Woven Textiles

42

Resilient Stitching, Then and Now: An Interview with Claire Wellesley-Smith

43

Battle, Ritual, and Community: Asafo Flags of the Fante People

44

Embroidery and the Body: An Interview with Rowan Riley

45

Japanese Mending and Stitching: Sashiko and Boro

46

Stitching Girls and Cup Noodles: An Interview with Jessica Tang

47

Sew What? Holiday Special: Familial Needlework

48

Curating Needlework at Regional Museums: An Interview with Claire McRee

49

Protecting Needlework from Pests: An Interview with Joel Voron

50

Historic Rugs and Carpets: An Interview with Elisabeth Parker

51

Molas of the Kuna: A Central and South American Indigenous Textile Tradition

52

Historic Embroidery in Mexico: An Interview with Mayela Flores

53

Geography and Needlework in the American South: An Interview with Emily Wells

54

That's All, Folk: Eastern European Folk Dress Traditions

55

The British Textile Biennial and Beyond: An Interview with Amber Butchart

56

Sew What? Season 3 Trailer

57

Conserving Historic Needlework: An Interview with Gretchen Guidess and Jackie Peterson-Grace

58

Embroidering Portraits: An Interview with Cayce Zavaglia

59

The Needlework of Historic Boyz II Men

60

Paper Pieced Quilts and Crafting During COVID: An Interview with Naomi Clarke

61

Alternative Embroideries: Tambour Work and Punch Needle

62

Australian Schoolgirl Needlework: An Interview with Cat Gay

63

Stitching Among Friends: Early Quaker Needlework

64

Jewish Fashion Making and Stitching in 20th-Century London: An Interview with Dr Bethan Bide and Dr Lucie Whitmore

65

Quilting and Exhibiting Black Life: An Interview with Bisa Butler and Dr Erica Warren

66

Curating Needlework: An Interview with Amelia Peck and Melinda Watt

67

The Embroideries and Lace of the Wiener Werkstätte

68

Early Medieval Embroidery: An Interview with Dr Alexandra Makin

69

Travelling and Unravelling Indian Embroidery Techniques

70

May Morris and Arts and Crafts Embroidery: An Interview with Thomas Cooper

71

Embroidering Adversity in Charity and Orphan School Needlework

72

Navajo Weaving: An Interview with Dr Kathy M'Closkey

73

The Long, Looping History of Nalbinding

74

Making Historic Needlework Now: An Interview With Ruth Singer

75

Gee's Bend Quilts and Quilters: An Interview with Caster Pettway and Mary Margaret Pettway

76

Sew What? Season 2: The Tiny Needleworked Treasures of 17th-Century Schoolgirls

77

A Holiday Treat! The History of Fair Isle Knitwear

78

Marking Time: A Conversation with Dr Edward Town

79

The Hauntedness of Victorian Hairwork: An Interview with Avery Curran

80

"Pick up your knitting whenever you’re sitting": Knitting for Victory in WWI and WWII

81

Queering Needlework: An Interview with Daniel Fountain

82

The Art of Craft: Needlework in the Art and Craft Debate

83

School Subjects Through Stitch: History, Math, and Geography Samplers

84

A Collage of Ideas: An Interview with Dr Freya Gowrley

85

To Bead or Not to Bead: Historic Beadwork of England and the Americas

86

Fashion in 18th-Century Colonial Spanish America: An Interview with Laura Beltrán-Rubio

87

Stitching While Imprisoned, Part 2

88

Stitching While Imprisoned, Part 1

89

Making and Consuming in the 18th Century: An Interview with Dr Serena Dyer

90

Needlecraft and Wellbeing: An Interview with Dr Alison Mayne

91

Opening the Doors to 17th-Century Embroidered Cabinets and Caskets

92

Black Love, Black Family: An Interview With Kelli Coles

93

Unstitching Colonialism: South Indian Missionary School Samplers

94

For the Love of Lace: An Interview with Elena Kanagy-Loux

95

Authors Who Stitched, Part 2: The Brontë Sisters!

96

Authors Who Stitched, Part 1: Jane Austen!

97

The Power of Cloth: An Interview with Rose Sinclair

98

An Interview with the Royal School of Needlework

99

Around the World in Central American Samplers

100

Hopping Into Early Modern Frog Pouches

101

Text and Protest

102

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