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Mental wellness advocate and author Olivia Dieterich has released an uplifting book, Random Acts of Crochet Kindness (published by Search Press), that has one purpose: to create something special and then leave it out in the world for someone else to find. 

Her Heart Australia was able to provide Ronda Hazell with a cardiologist for her current heart diagnosis.

Maria Theoharous and Dr. Radhika Arunkumar discuss prioritising health, specifically women's health and focusing on key questions about heart attack.

They share a checklist reviewed by health professionals and highlight differences in symptoms of a heart attack between women and men.
Her Heart Australia resources can be found a...

Yasmin Andrews, Community Programs Manager develops and runs the community programs at Reverse Garbage.

Reverse Garbage is celebrating 50 years of operations and Yaz discusses the breadth of programs provided to the community.

Did you know there are 7 types of plastic?

There's so much Yaz discusses that you'll want to get involved with the community programs.

At Reverse Garbage, they offer a fantastic range of Creative Reuse and Su...

Kirsten Junor, CEO of Reverse Garbage in Marrickville is making sure everyone celebrates 50 years of operating to give a second life to industrial and home 'waste'.

Reverse Garbage rescues between 4 to 6 tonnes of material each month.

Reducing landfill, providing a safe space for social impact, giving people low cost items, providing education. These are just some of the ways Reverse Garbage has been contributing to the community.

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Jeanna Wigger and Mary V Morton are the authors of Stitch it, Don’t Ditch It.

Mary direct messaged Jeanna when Mary heard Jeanna on Check Your Thread podcast. They teamed up and wrote this really helpful book abo...

Ronda Hazell's story started in June 2024 when an echocardiogram showed she had a dilated ascending aorta (a dilation is a bulge where the diameter of the aorta gets bigger when it is more than 1.5 times normal size it is called an aneurysm).

This is a life-threatening medical condition because larger aneurysms can rupture or dissect. Aortic dise...

Christine is Sewing and the City.

Her current life in Valencia Spain allows Christine to reuse existing linens with great embroidery for making garments.

She was introduced to SewOver50 by Suzy because of their connection in Spain.

This year Christine is using her fashion training to run Fit Clinics and she constantly creates new sewing patterns when she's not getting inspiration from others in the sewing and fashion community.

Chr...

Lou and Lynn organise Coastal Sewcial.

They met through a local sewcial called Sew-Toon. Tamlyn who runs Sew-Toon helped Lou and Lynn borrow some equipment when they first started Coastal Sewcial.

Coastal Sewcial is run onsite at a charity and the bonus for the sewists is there is an onsite cafe there as well. The location is by the sea hence the 'coastal' part of their group's name.

If you're thinking about setting up a sewing sew...

Claire-Louise Hardie shares her clothes cloning experience in her latest book - Clone Your Clothes. Claire-Louise is a career costumer.

All the images Claire-Louise refers to are on the podcast website and on the YouTube version of this podcast.

Creating clothes for productions means she is constantly ensuring costumes are created for productions in multiples and to last the production run. This means she constantly created clothes...

Sew Like Dotty returns this week with ideas about starting your own sewing group.

I’m thrilled to welcome back Alison Martin, the heart and hands behind Sew Like Dotty, for the second episode in our series!

Alison is a beloved figure in the sewing world – a SewOverIt Pattern Insider, YouTuber, and the creator of the inspiring A Gift to November Challenge.

In this episode, Alison dives deeper into her journey, shares fresh ideas for...

Welcome to Part 1 of our inspiring conversation with Alison Martin, the creative force behind Sew Like Dotty and the Sew Virtual community. 🌸

In this episode with Melanie Keane, she gives us an insightful chat about how running the sewing groups for refugees has impacted her personally.

In the 18 months after beginning sewing Melanie was asked 'Do I know anyone who can sew...? 2 weeks later she arrived at the refugee centre with 2 old sewing machines and some donated fabric. 

4 months later Melanie had 3 volunteers working with her, 8 fairly decent sewing machines and 15...

Melanie Keane’s sewing journey is very community driven.

This is a two-part series and Melanie began sewing 9 years ago through quilting.

In 2020 Melanie and her family sewed over 100 pairs of scrubs for frontline workers, transforming sewing into a meaningful family activity. This experience deepened her connection to the craft and led her to explore garment and bag ma...

Micah Clasper-Torch is a Los Angeles-based artist, designer, and educator helping to lead the modern revival of punch needle rug hooking. With a background in fashion design from The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and the Politecnico di Milano in Italy, Micah blends fine art, heritage craft, and wearable design to create one-of-a-kind textile pieces that range from coats and accessories...

Kelsey founded Sew Pittsburg with the vision of creating a sewing community in the Pittsburgh area. As the Instagram account quickly gained traction, Sarah stepped in to help foster the group’s growing sense of community. https://www.instagram.com/sewpgh/

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