Fashion, Disability, and Co-Design A human-centered design approach is authored by Grace Jun. This practical resource enables people with various skills to collaborate to create clothes to increase social inclusion for all people with specific needs.
Aug 10
31 min
M Elaine Mackay brings 19th‑century pattern drafting into the modern maker’s world—clear, clever, and beautifully practical.
Elaine provides a fresh take on historical dressmaking as author of Bloomsbury’s 19th Century Patterns for the Modern Body.
M Elaine Mackay guides us to transform 19th‑century patterns for today’s bodies.
Jul 27
42 min
Today’s podcast is about the 100 plus hearts project. In July 2025, Ronda Hazell came on the podcast to discuss what she went through to diagnose her heart condition. She's joined by Julie, Suzy, Lindy, Diane, Helen, Nicole and Dr Linda Worrall-Carter to keep the conversation going about women's heart health.
Jul 13
22 min
Yvette is on the podcast! She's know as Stash Hub co-founder, as BlossomSandwich and she's a part of SurreySews. Oh. She also runs the SewFruity sewing challenge.
Jun 22
33 min
Tracey is a sewist; an academic and a writer. She's a Sydney local and is thrilled to talk about how textiles reflects her emotions and thinking.
Jun 8
23 min
Maddie Ballard (she/her) is a writer of mixed Chinese heritage from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her debut essay collection was published as Bound: A Memoir of Making and Remaking (The Emma Press, 2024) in the UK and Patchwork: A Sewist’s Diary (Tin House, 2025) in the US. She co-edits Starling, a literary journal for emerging New Zealand writers, and writes a sporadic Substack. She currently lives in Melbourne.
May 18
20 min
Sheila shares how she was able to sew for her daughter over the 2 years of cancer treatments.
May 4
29 min
Ruth Collins is Ithacamaven on Instagram. Ruth never expected to become a pants-fitting guru but you'll find her enquiring mind has benefitted the sewing community to sew pants successfully.
Apr 20
29 min
Gabby Brown is co-author with Leila Kelleher of Plus Size Patternmaking for Womenswear. Now in its second print run after publishing in March 2026.
Apr 6
31 min
Lily Fong is the best resource for bra making.
This is a long episode because of the bra making knowledge Lily of Lilypadesigns shares with us. Her knowledge is invaluable.
Mar 16
57 min
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