Finding Unexpected Connections Through Sewing
Seamwork Radio: Sewing and Creativity
Colette Media
4.9 • 830 Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we'll hear stories about how sewing connects us. We asked you the question, when has sewing helped you form unexpected connections?
Adrienne finds a sense of connection through the online community but also with previous generations of sewers and makers in her own family.
Megan finds a sewing pattern in her grandmother's sewing stash with a special note.
We also talk about building our own communities. Carmela Zabala, one of the founders of Sew Tampa Bay, shares some tips for cultivating your very own sewing meet-up.
Don't forget to share your stories with us! Next month (October 2020), we're looking for stories about sharing handmade gifts. You can share your story at http://www.seamwork.com/go/answer.
- Building a Local Sewing Community
- Sewing Heals: An interview with Tabitha Sewer
- Sewing Heals T-shirt
- Smart Closet
- Read the latest issue of Seamwork
Check out the latest patterns the Milo cardigan and the Sawyer skirt.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Sari Mittnick, and this is Seamwork Radio, where we tell stories about the surprising |
| 0:09.0 | ways that sewing impacts our lives. |
| 0:19.6 | Hi everybody, and welcome to the September mini episode of Seamwork Radio. I'm Sari and I'm the founder |
| 0:25.5 | at Seamwork. And I'm Haley. I'm the pattern designer here at Seamwork. So we're here to share |
| 0:31.5 | stories about sewing with you. So sewing your own clothing can really change your perspective in some |
| 0:36.9 | pretty surprising ways. |
| 0:38.3 | We talk to makers like you about how the practice of sewing has helped them to slow down, |
| 0:43.3 | get to know their bodies, discover who they are, and really just connect to the people around them. |
| 0:48.3 | So we believe that what you make is important. |
| 0:51.3 | To tune in to hear from a community of people who care about sewing |
| 0:54.4 | and creating just like you do. So this month, we're talking all about connections. Do you ever feel |
| 1:00.8 | like you don't have any sewing friends, really? You're definitely not alone in that. We hear from |
| 1:06.0 | seam workers all the time who don't live near a fabric store, and they really envy local sewing |
| 1:10.5 | meetups because they just envy local sewing meetups |
| 1:10.9 | because they just long for sewing friends. So this month, we're discussing the connections we |
| 1:15.9 | form when we sew and because we're actually really all a lot more connected than you might |
| 1:20.2 | think. We have these practices and these processes in common. We get inspired. We stumble. We |
| 1:26.7 | seam rip. So if you're listening here with us right now, |
| 1:30.3 | you're also part of a worldwide creative community. And you're really not in it alone. |
| 1:35.1 | This leads us to our question of the month. So each month, we turn to you, our amazing community |
| 1:42.3 | of creative people, and ask a question. This month, we wanted to know |
| 1:48.1 | about an unexpected connection that you made through sewing. Sarie, was there a time that you made |
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