Today’s podcast is about the 100 plus hearts project. In July last year, Ronda Hazell came on the podcast to discuss what she went through to diagnose her heart condition.

This diagnosis experience turned Ronda sewing efforts to create a quilt from now over 200 heart patches from around the world. These heart patches became a reality through the dedication and support of the Guardians of the Heart that you’ll hear from in this episode.

The Guardians of the Heart are Julie @the_seams_i_sew Suzy @sewing_in_spain Lindy @Stoxkpatterns Diane @StyleFalcon Helen @new_by_helen  Nicole @nikheartandlight

Ronda was also able to provide video from Dr Linda Worrall-Carter. Dr Worrall-Carter is the founder and CEO of Her Heart Australia.

Ronda to start off this conversation about the 100 hearts project and women’s heart health and is joined by the Guardians of the Heart and Dr Worrall-Carter.

You'll love the YouTube version that has all the heart patches with their stories.

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Stash Hub has quickly become one of the most used sewing apps our sewing community — and at the heart of it is Yvette, a sewist who transformed her own organisational challenges into a powerful digital tool.

Her husband Doug, designed Stash Hub to help Yvette manage her fabrics and patterns so she could be happier to keep sewing. Together they listen to the needs of sewing people to continue to improve Stash Hub all the time!
Stash Hub website (new and improved!): https://stashhubapp.com/
Stash Hub Insta: https://www.instagram.com/stash_hub/
Surrey Sews Insta: https://www.instagram.com/surreysews/
SewFruity26 details/Blossomsandwich
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYh49lmCplz/?img_index=1

This is the vertical storage reel: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4XEUbC3xWlo

Listeners of the podcast will get 1 month's free of their Stash Hub subscription. Use the code 'SOpod'

SewFruity26 is Yvette as well

This month (June) you might also know Yvette as the SewFruity sewing challenge leader. SewFruity is a month long sewing challenge that at the heart of it is all about fun.

SewFruity is the most colourful sewing challenge on Instagram and began 6 years ago by Yvette.

The easiest way to take part is to find a fabric that is 'fruity' and sew something new. Sew clothes, bags, whatever you want to sew using 'fruity' fabric.

SurreySews

Yvette with Melanie Keane help run SurreySews. Surrey Sews is also running SewFizzTeaCated on 17 October. Many online sewing people will be attending SewFizzTeaCated to meet in real life!

What’s Next for Stash Hub?

With Yvette and Doug working to improve Stash Hub through feedback from us all, Stash Hub continues to evolve with new features, improved usefulness, and worthwhile ways to support sewists in their day to day sewing lives.

Whether you’re a beginner building your first stash or an experienced maker with shelves of fabric, Stash Hub is one tool that helps you stay organised.

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Tracey Clement is a sewist, an artist and a writer. An academic writer based in Sydney Australia.

Tracey is an academic and in her spare time, she creates textiles to reflect what she's thinking and feeling. On Instagram you'll see the development of the Old Birds exhibit she sewed some time ago. Tracey is currently exhibiting them since she's updated them as part of a regional exhibit.

Tracey Clement's "Impossible Numbers" embroidery will be on show in Sydney in the exhibition Museum Object at Articulate Project Space in Leichhardt from 6-28 June 2026.

https://www.articulateprojectspace.org

Instagram @articulateprojectspace

Make sure you follow Tracey at @traceyaclement for art sewing and @tracey_tinker_tailor for garment sewing.

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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.

In Patchwork, a charming and evocative sewist's diary, Maddie Ballard explores the making (and sometimes remaking) of seventeen specific garments over a period of great change in her life—from a jacket lined with the embroidered Cantonese names of her female ancestors, to a dressing gown made as a gift for a dear friend, to an eco-friendly, zero-waste dress.

As the wardrobe grows, so too does Maddie. From her first off-kilter dresses and coats to perfectly fitting pants, readers follow along as she learns to navigate the world around her and how she sees herself in it—both as she is and as she hopes to be. Stitch by stitch, word by word, Maddie drafts her own patterns for ways of living. Throughout the diary, delightful illustrations bring Maddie’s creations to life on the page.

With a focus on the practical comfort and pleasure provided by sewing in a time of personal renewal, Patchwork: A Sewist’s Diary is a warmhearted celebration of the value of craft in the modern age.

This episode of Sew Organised Style podcast for SewOver50 was both video and audio produced by Maria Theoharous in her sewing room.

With permission of Maddie.

Sound by Kaneef on Youtube

Many thanks for the ongoing monthly support of the podcast’s Patreon contributors. Their paid Patreon membership enables me to create these video and audio podcasts for free.

You can find Sew Organised Style podcast, spelt with an s not a z, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts

And yes. If you live in Australia and decide to purchase your own Mimiquin custpm dressform, I’ll be your body scanner for Mimiquins UK.

Tag your makes using @sharesewover50 to be able to find your makes in chronological order on Instagram.

I look forward to joining you in your sewing room next time.
Stay safe everyone.

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This is not a medical episode — it’s an episode born from care. When Sheila’s daughter was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, sewing became one of the ways she could offer comfort and dignity during treatment.

In this episode, Sheila of SheilaLovesFabric on Instagram, talks about what she discovered: the garments that helped, the adjustments that mattered, the fabrics she used, and the things she would have loved to have known about earlier.

Sheila’s hope is that these insights will support others who are sewing for someone navigating cancer treatment, or that you might share this episode with someone who needs it.

Cancer data in Australia, Overview of cancer in Australia, 2025 - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Sewing suggestions to encourage gentle exercise include:

Wide brim hats

Oversize shirts

A totebag

A silk pillowcase

A cape or poncho

Wide brim hat or tubin

Loose tank shirt

Loose cardigan

Sweatshirt in double gauze fabric

Soft breathable natural fibres

This episode of Sew Organised Style podcast for SewOver50 was both video and audio produced by Maria Theoharous in her sewing room.

With permission of Sheila.

Sound by Kaneef on Youtube

Many thanks for the ongoing monthly support of the podcast’s Patreon contributors. Their paid Patreon membership enables me to create these video and audio podcasts for free.

You can subscribe to Sew Organised Style podcast, spelt with an s not a z, on all good podcast apps and on YouTube.

And yes. If you live in Australia and decide to purchase your own Mimiquin, I’ll be your body scanner for Mimiquins UK.

Make sure you go back and listen to our free Sewover50 episodes on Sew Organised Style podcast.

Tag your makes using @sharesewover50 to be able to find your makes in chronological order on Instagram

I look forward to joining you in your sewing room next time. Stay safe everyone.

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Ruth Collins is back on the podcast and she's so insightful.

Ruth Collins is a researcher and creative thinker. As a biological scientist Ruth is interested in the challenges and transition between two-dimensional materials and three-dimensional structures.

Today Ruth discusses the work that’s gone into her new book, Body-Neutral Fitting: Pants.

The similarities between biological structures and clothing design inspired a revolutionary body and gender-inclusive method for fitting pants, that you’ll learn about in this podcast and in Ruth’s book.

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Maria catches up with Gabby Brown, now an author. Gabby Brown wrote the technical articles for Sewcialists from 2020 and Gabby recorded 10 podcasts about fitting clothes with Maria in those early days.

Gabby and Leila Kelleher met through Sewcialists and this year sees them publishing their first pattern making reference for the fashion industry, design students and sewing people: Plus-Size Patternmaking for Womenswear.

Bloomsbury publishing and Blackbird Fabrics are some of the organisations that have provided amazing support for Plus Size Pattern Making for Womenswear.

In this episode Gabby and Maria discuss using this new reference for various CLO3D design options, fashion industry references and guides as well as teaching packs to support pattern makers to draft great designs for large bodies.

The terminology used is very respectful and inclusive including the body references designers will benefit from when they start to create garments for larger bodies than their current fashion fit models.

The amount of design schools that will really benefit from Plus-Size Patternmaking for Womenswear is huge so fingers crossed, this knowledge rich reference will be adopted in future curriculum.

Congratulations Gabby and Leila. Hoping to see more from you both soon.

SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism. Make sure you use #listenShareSewOver50 on the pictures when you post on Instagram.

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LilypaDesigns is run by Lily Fong—designer, pattern maker, and proud bra nerd with a master’s in education and over 30 years of sewing experience.

Her patterns are all about wearing comfy bras. LilypaDesigns

Once a middle school algebra teacher, Lily now helps people sew bras that actually fit—especially if you’ve got a full bust, a small band, or a body that’s never quite matched “standard” sizing.

Her patterns use a body-aware system built on real breast measurements—not just full bust minus underbust—and the unique shape of each person’s breast root. Think of it like grading a dress across bust, waist, and hip... only this time, it’s for your bra.

With choose-your-own-adventure-style instructions, inclusive sizing, and plenty of teaching along the way, LilypaDesigns helps sewists build skills, confidence, and bras that feel as good as they fit.

Lily’s work has been featured in Threads, Sew News, The Pattern Pages, Bra Sewing Bee, and several sewing podcasts. Through her patterns, blog, online courses, and community, she’s helped thousands of sewists find support in every sense of the wor

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Leesa Simpson is a lifelong maker, business builder and a creative soul with fabric running through her veins.

Her current obsession of quilted sneakers started in 2025. It was love at first stitch! Fabric, colour, comfort, and creativity all rolled into one.

Sneaker Stitch was born.

Sneaker Stitch Australia | Sew Your Own Sneakers Kits + Classes

Any orders placed with Leesa from March 3 to March 10, use the Free Shipping Offer - use the code FREESHIPSOS at checkout. She only ships within Australia at the moment. Sneaker Stitch Australia | Sew Your Own Sneakers Kits + Classes

For the past year, Leesa has poured everything into creating the ultimate DIY sneaker kits — complete with high-quality tools and step-by-step guides, all designed around Aussie products and sensibilities. Because if you know Leesa, she never does things by halves.

As Leesa says 'Let's make something amazing — one stitch at a time. Sew your own sneakers. Walk your own path.'

She created Sewing Adventures in Brisbane and this local sewing school ran for over 7 years and sadly closed in 2025.

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Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism.

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist.

Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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Ida Victoria is a Norwegian independent sewing‑pattern designer known for creating modern, easy‑to‑follow patterns for makers of all skill levels.

She's one of Norway's best designers and online retailers.

Based in Jessheim, Ida designs garments for children and adults, focusing on comfort, practicality and clean Scandinavian style.

Her patterns are available as both PDF and printed formats, with many translated into English for an international audience. Under IdaVictoria.no she also offers courses, sewing supplies and curated fabrics. She has built a strong creative community by sharing tutorials, inspiration and behind‑the‑scenes content, making her a well‑loved figure in Norway's growing sewing and DIY culture.

You can buy Ida Victoria's sewing patterns from several official sources:

1. Her official website She offers information and links to both English and Norwegian patterns on her site. idavictoria.com

2. Her Etsy shop (English PDF patterns) This is the main place to buy her digital patterns in English. Etsy UK shop: idavictoria Etsy global shop: idavictoria

3. Norwegian site for Norwegian-language patterns For paper and PDF patterns in Norwegian, visit: idavictoria.no/english

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. There are 3 new tiers to choose from to support SewOver50's only podcast.

Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism.

Our focus is the sewing talent each person shares on social media and providing recognition of their willingness to share their skills whether a beginner or experienced sewist.

Make sure you listen to your SewOver50 friends in our SewOver50 podcast archive.

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Irina McKenzie is today's podcast guest. Irina and Erin are the fab faces behind Fabcycle!

The account FABCYCLE (@fabcyclevan) developed as a Vancouver-based social enterprise focused on reducing textile waste by connecting apparel industry deadstock with makers, creators, and people who sew.

Founded in February 2019, this initiative evolved from a waste reduction mission into a community hub for sustainable fashion.

FABCYCLE is a collection service of textile waste that you can support both online and in person.

Fabcycle works directly with local apparel manufacturers like factories, fashion designers and schools to collect the scraps, off-cuts, deadstock and ends of rolls that are left during the apparel production process and reuse or recycle what they cannot use.

They are located in the Sun Wah Centre. Address: From Elevator to your LEFT Sun Wah Building / BC Artscape, 268 Keefer St 4th Floor, Vancouver, BC V6A 1X5, Canada

You'll find their app Sewjo wherever you download your mobile apps.

If you are able, consider supporting this podcast through our patreon account. There are 3 new tiers to choose from to support SewOver50's only podcast.

Every podcast is free and the archive is gradually being uploaded on to the podcast YouTube channel.

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SewOver50 intersects with all communities. SewOver50 where we are so over ageism.

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