Clothes Making Mavens
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Clothes Making Mavens
Clothes Making Mavens is a sewing podcast about handmade fashion. Helena and Lori discuss their favourite pastime--sewing clothes--and talk to other people who are also passionate about sewing. For information and episodes, visit ClothesMakingMavens.com.
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41 EpisodenPodcast Ep041: Sewing Phases
The podcast begins with our statement against anti-black racism. We talk about how the sewing community has a racism problem, and we offer our podcast...
Podcast Ep040: Leila and Jess of Muna & Broad
Muna and Broad is a new indie pattern company that specializes in making patterns in sizes that start where most other patterns end their sizing. We t...
Podcast Ep039: What's Happened to the Big 4 Pattern Companies?
Our Font of All Sewing Knowledge Barbara laments that the Big Four sewing pattern companies (Vogue, Butterick, McCalls, and Simplicity) aren't what th...
Podcast Ep038: Sewing in Japan with Emilia Bergoglio
Helena and Lori chat sewing with Emilia Bergoglio, whose minimalist style and sustainable approach are informed by not only Emilia's Italian heritage,...
Podcast Ep037: A Mavens Extravaganza!
We decided to start the year with some fun by getting ALL FOUR Clothes Making Mavens together to talk about our plans for the new year. We found that...
Podcast Ep036: Montoya Mayo
In this episode, Lori invites you to join in the #SlowFashion2020 challenge, our Joy Correspondent Hila recommends some great sewing-themed books for...
Podcast Ep035: sewing, micromastery, and life
After a filling each other in on a few life updates, we get down to what we've sewn lately. Helena had some fails to share and then we move on to talk...
Podcast Ep034: Sewing for a Good Cause
Sometimes we like to use our sewing superpowers for good. In this episode, we share ideas for how our passion for sewing can help more than just our o...
Podcast Ep033: Confessions of a Serial Stasher with Psychic Sewer Kathleen
After the impromptu pledge of no more fabric buying live on last month's episode, both Lori and Helena have taken another look at their stashes. There...
Podcast Ep032: Sewing, Stashing and Traveling
Pull up a sewing machine and grab a cuppa and get your sewing chat on! Lori & Helena catch up on what they've been sewing, their trip to Portland, Ore...
Podcast Ep031: Sewing, Body Image, and Mental Health
As both a sewist and a full time psychologist, Charlie from This Blog is not for You" gave us an inside look into just how our hobby benefits our ment...
Podcast Ep030: What Shannon wants pattern companies to know about their fat, queer customers
An interview with the talented Shannon from the With A Rare Device blog! Not only does she contribute to the sewing community with her stunning garmen...
Podcast Ep029: What we loved, hated, and learned in 2018
Lori and Helena charged through 2018 with high hopes and big dreams, but didn't quite make their goal of not purchasing clothes for the entire year. B...
Podcast Ep028: Alex of Sewrendipity on the Great British Sewing Bee and Sustainable Sewing
Alex of Sewrendipity is our guest. We love her style and you're going to love her energy! She tells us what it was like to be a contestant on the Grea...
Podcast Ep027: Advice to our younger sewing selves with Cennetta Burwell of The Mahogany Stylist
Whether you've been sewing for 2 years or 20 years, you don't know what you don't know until later. This episode we talked to Cennetta Burwell of The...
Podcast Ep026: A Ready-to-Wear-Fast Confession and Q&A with Barbara Emodi
Helena, Lori and Barbara sat down to empty out what has been swirling around our sewing brains recently. We've all been doing a lot of sewing and we h...
Podcast Ep025: Emily Hallman Designs in Color
One thing that we love about Emily Hallman is that she knows her style! Her blog and especially her Instagram feed is a party for the eyes as she orga...
Podcast Ep024: An Interview with Marcy Harriell of Oonaballoona
In this interview with the fabulous Marcy Harriell of the Oonaballoona blog, Lori and Helena got the scoop on Marcy's exciting new project, where she...
Podcast Ep023: Sewing Community IRL
In this episode, we reached out to hear some different perspectives on the question of "What do in-person sewing community meet-ups contribute to your...
Podcast Ep022: Sustainable Sewing with Kate Ng
Lori chats with Kate Ng of TimetoSew.uk about sustainability. What does sustainability mean when it comes to sewing? What practices can we adopt and w...
Podcast Ep021: Passing the Mic to You
We are passing the mic again to hear listener's stories. Prompted by our monthly questions, Michelle, Andie and Pauline allow us into their sewing roo...
Podcast Ep020: Sew with the Flow
When we sew garments, we're sewing to fit our bodies. But women's bodies change often -- at least once a month. So we're Sewing with the Flow on this...
Podcast Ep019: Fast Fashion Fasting
Helena and Lori discuss their recent adventures in Mood and LA fashion district when they finally met for the first time! They also discuss some of th...
Podcast Ep018: Pick a Challenge or a Sewalong!
We thought, while the new year is still fresh, that we would highlight some of fun Challenges and Sewalongs in case you wanted to jump in with us! We...
Podcast Episode017: Let's hear from you!
We asked you to get in touch and let us know what you get up to when you're not sewing, why you love to sew, and what's on your sewing table right now...
Podcast Ep016: Barbara Emodi from Sewing on the Edge
Lori and Helena talked holiday sewing with the hilarious and enthusiastic Barbara from Sewing on the Edge. We discuss sewing gifts and also Barbara's...
Podcast Ep015: Friends Talk Sewing, and so should you!
Inquiring minds want to know! What do you do when you're not sewing? What's on your sewing table right now? These questions and more will be answered...
Podcast Ep014: Deepika from Pattern Review
An interview with PatternReview.com's fearless leader, Deepika Prakash, about the resources you may not be familiar with on the community-driven site....
Podcast Ep013: A Tour of Sharadha's Closet Full of Handmades
Sharadha of SweetShard.com has made herself a million-dollar wardrobe on a dime-store budget. Having spent way too many hours fawning over Sharadha's...
Podcast Ep012: The Literary Sewalong with Melanie from Following the Thread
Lori and Helena invited Melanie from Following the Thread to chat about her idea for a Literary Sewing Circle. We will be reading a book and sewing a...
Podcast Ep011: Athletic Wear with Dawn from Two On Two Off
Clothes Making Mavens is a sewing podcast about handmade fashion. In this Sew Small Talk episode, hosts Helena and Lori chat with guest Dawn of Two On...
Podcast Ep010: Michelle Morris of That Black Chic
Lori had a chat with one of the most daring and innovative sewing bloggers out there; Michelle from www.ThatBlackChic.com. She designs, sews and photo...
Podcast Ep009: Sewjo
Here is another Sew Small Talk between Helena and Lori – but neither has been sewing much! Does your sewing output sometimes slump? They wanted to ove...
Podcast Ep008 Madame Tifaine
Lori chats with Tif of MadameTifaine.wordpress.com about her year-long ready-to-wear fast, why she did it, and what she learned along the way.
Podcast Ep007: Sewing Contests & Sewalongs
Helena and Lori chat about sewing contests and sewalongs; listeners give us their take on what makes something look handmade and whether that's a good...
Podcast Ep006: Gillian of Crafting a Rainbow
Clothes Making Mavens is a sewing podcast about handmade fashion. In this episode, Lori interviews Gillian of Crafting a Rainbow (http://craftingarain...
Podcast Ep005: Inspiration Overload
It seems that neither Helena nor Lori suffer from being uninspired - they both say the world provides more inspiration than they can handle! In this e...
Podcast Ep004 : Lori of Girls in the Garden
Clothes Making Mavens is a sewing podcast about handmade fashion. Helena interviews the prolific sewing blogger Lori VanManaan, who sews beautiful gar...
Podcast Ep003: Fabric Zeal
Fabric Zeal - What do sewists talk about when they get together? Fabric! Helena and Lori find so much inspiration in fabric and they bet you do, too....
Podcast Ep002: Lauren of Lladybird
Clothes Making Mavens is a sewing podcast about handmade fashion. In Episode 2, Helena interviews one of the online sewing community's most popular bl...