Clothes Making Mavens Podcast
1) Podcast 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 as a platform for black sewists if they wish to t...Show More
2) 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 talk to Leila and Jess of Muna and Broad about why ...Show More
3) 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 they once were. Has the art and craft of pattern dra...Show More
4) 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, but also her current life in Tokyo.
5) 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 we all have different ways of approaching our sewi...Show More
6) 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 you to slow down and enjoy, and the Mavens chat wi...Show More
7) 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 about more successful projects. We also hear from...Show More
8) 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 own closets. First, Barbara shares her enthusiasm f...Show More
9) 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 are a lot of ways to look at those piles of fabri...Show More
Podcast Ep033: Confessions of a Serial Stasher with Psychic Sewer Kathleen
1:03:19 | Jul 19th, 2019
10) 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, Oregon to hang out with 98 of their best sewing frien...Show More