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Love to Sew Podcast

Episode 57: Indie Sewing with Allie Olson

Love to Sew Podcast

Helen Wilkinson

Leisure, Hobbies, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Allie Olson shares the story behind Indiesew, her online marketplace for indie patterns and garment fabrics. We discuss the current state of the indie pattern market and the value of sharing your sewing projects online. We also talk about her personal style journey and how her perspective on body image has recently shifted.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, we want to tell you about a podcast we think you will really enjoy.

0:03.9

It's called Dressed, The History of Fashion.

0:06.1

Fashion is about more than pretty clothes. What we wear matters and each episode of

0:10.1

dressed explores the cultural, social, and political importance of clothing.

0:13.7

Hosted by fashion historians April Callahan and Cassidy Zachary, the Duos-Gower primary source

0:19.5

material to bring you stories straight from the glossy pages of fashion history.

0:24.0

From the inimitable Hubert de Givenshi to Leah Gottlieb, the pioneering founder of the luxury swimmer

0:29.4

brand Gautex, dressed explores fashions movers and shakers from the most famous to the relatively unknown.

0:36.0

Recent episodes include a two-part history of the swimsuit, one of the most controversial garments of all time.

0:41.0

While another explored the history of hair work, the fashion for wearing jewelry made from human hair.

0:46.4

One of our favorite episodes is the body, fashion and physique, an exploration of the fashionable body and how it shifts over time. We all love making our

0:54.4

own clothes and this podcast helps us learn more about the history behind the

0:58.0

garments. Each week's episode is accompanied by images posted daily to their Instagram at dressed

1:04.4

underscore podcast episodes are released weekly on Tuesdays just like us

1:09.6

listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. We know you're going to love dressed, so go check it out. And now, onto the show. Dada da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da. Hello and we love to sew. This is a podcast for makers where we talk about

1:39.6

sewing a handmade wardrobe and bring you interviews with inspiring creatives and small business

1:44.1

owners in our community.

1:45.8

Today we are chatting with Ali Olson, the co-founder of IndiSow and the designer behind

1:50.9

Ali Olson patterns.

1:52.8

She started Indie So as a way to gather all her favorite independent designers in one online marketplace,

1:58.4

and four years later, she's still going strong.

2:01.3

Ali chats with us about her business, the value of sharing

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