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The Scholarly Sewist: A Chat with Reka Barton
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04/21/21 • 49 min
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Sewing and Sublimation (Part 2)
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06/26/24 • 16 min
In part 2 of Sewing and Sublimation, Lisa dives into her passion for crafting, spilling the beans on her sewing and sublimation adventures. She chats about how she jazzes up her kids' clothes and whips up cool fabric labels with sublimation. Lisa breaks down the pros and cons of sublimation printing, revealing its magic in her DIY projects. She gets a bit nostalgic, sharing how garment labels tie into her family history. Lisa also plays around with different fabrics like polyester and satin, showcasing her sublimation creations and how they've added a fun twist to her sewing game.
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Lisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory, and American slavery. She is the founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers on Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville, Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation.
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Historical Costuming with Shasta Schatz
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10/12/22 • 42 min
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Shasta Schatz
Shasta Schatz loves to create. Her favorite hobby is sewing, where she dabbles in yarn manipulation, painting, 3D printing, hot gluing, and duct taping. Her costuming inspiration is mainly from the 16th century drawing inspiration from her love of art museums.
Lisa Woolfork
Lisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English, specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory and American slavery. She is the convener and founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. #Charlottesville. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation.
Insights from this episode:
- Insights on historical costuming
- Differences between costuming and cosplay
- Shasta’s journey in costuming
- How art museums have inspired Shasta’s work
- How Shasta found a community in costuming
- The challenges she has experienced in making garments
Quotes from the show:
- “I do a lot of observing when I am costuming no matter where I am” -Shasta Schatz in “Stitch Please”
- “Every single garment that I make, every accessory, every headpiece, every beaded pin that I put in my hair, I can probably trace it back to art history or letter that was written to a person” -Shasta Schatz in “Stitch Please”
- “I absolutely give out information freely, always send me messages, I will tell everybody everything because nobody told me anything when I started out after college” -Shasta Schatz in “Stitch Please”
- “Nobody wants to sew upholstery fabric by hand, so you put that part in the machine, but you do the linen part by hand” -Shasta Schatz in “Stitch Please”
- “Incorporate a little bit of hand sewing into every single garment that you make” -Shasta Schatz in “Stitch Please”
- “Go out and grab a big three pattern that looks close to what you want coz it’s at least gonna give you an idea of what goes into it” -Shasta Schatz in “Stitch Please”
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Sew Modest with LaTerry Mohsin
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08/25/21 • 47 min
An explanatory note: This audio was recorded using a new online audio recording program. It was a mistake. Not only did my input sound terrible, the software failed to upload (or backup) LaTerry's audio. The only audio that the software managed to save was a combination of both of our voices, impossible for my limited skills to repair. All of this is to say that I apologize for the audio quality of this episode. It's a podcaster's nightmare. So I've tried to make it as audible as possible. As a bit of compensation for the poor audio, I am offering everyone access to the video of the interview. LaTerry looks wonderful! And you can see part of her amazing studio in the background. Thank you for your patience and for your support.
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Sew Modest Studio’s Lead Instructor and Founding Director, LaTerry Abdulnoor Yaseen Mohsin, is an internationally-trained Fashion and Jewelry Designer, having studied Fashion Design and Photography in London, England. After her undergraduate studies, she attained a degree in Business Management, Fashion Marketing & Merchandising with a minor in Public Speaking & Communications. She also has a master’s degree in Design and Technology.
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Marcia Spencer, KeechiiBStyle
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07/20/22 • 32 min
Host: Lisa Woolfork is an associate professor of African American Literature and Culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, the fiction of Black identity, trauma theory, and American slavery. She is the convener and founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black Lives Matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers on Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she became a founding member of Black Lives Matter Charlottesville. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the College Fellows Program to reshape the undergraduate general education curriculum.
Marcia Spencer
Marcia Spencer is a style & fashion lover, designer, entrepreneur, and stylist based in Raleigh, Carolina. Marcia loves to incorporate trends into the season and loves the 70s vibes. She has a background in fashion design and retailing and runs the Keechi B Style blog. She has designed and marketed a line of children’s clothing as well as luxury bags and is currently a blogger on the Mood Sewing Network.
Insights from this episode:
- How to pursue your passion and follow non-traditional careers
- What it means to have a fashion-driven selling philosophy
- How to transition from one business to another and still maintain the passion that you started with
- Details on the inspiration behind the fashion pieces that Marcia creates
- Strategies for getting inspiration from others and tailoring it to fit your style
Quotes from the show:
- “I never thought about it [sewing] as something I could do, make it a career” - Marcia Spencer in “Stitch Please”
- “Fashion has always been a part of me” - Marcia Spencer in “Stitch Please”
- “I am driven by fashion; I make clothes that I want to wear. Why make something that you are not going to feel fabulous in?” - Marcia Spencer in “Stitch Please”
- “Your selling is very fashion-forward and fashion-driven” - Lisa Woolfork, Episode #4
- “Fashion does push the envelope” - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
- “Everybody has their own style, and sometimes people haven’t defined their style yet” - Marcia Spencer in “Stitch Please”
- “You know how to sell; you can make it” - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
- “The selling process is both a skill and an art, and you’ve been able to use your sewing machine to bring those together” - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
- “I think the best way to go about it [fashion] is to look at it as inspiration, not as to copy it, but to be inspired by it” - Marcia Spencer in “Stitch Please”
- “One of the great things I like about buying a pattern is that we can buy the same pattern and it's not going to turn out the same” - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
- “What you wear speaks volumes” - Marcia Spencer in “Stitch Please”
- “I am very passionate about wearing the inside on the outside” - Marcia Spencer in “Stitch Please”
- “I like to be versatile when I go about my pieces... I like to get the most about my outfit ” - Marcia Spencer in “Stitch Please”
- “The biggest thing to get your stitch together is to look at inspiration from other Instagramers and other stitchers, and creators and get inspiration from them, but be yourself” - Marcia Spencer in “Stitch Please”
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Twitter: Lisa Woolfork
Marcia Spencer
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Instagram: Marcia Spencer
Blog: STYLE BLOG | Keechii B Style
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09/14/22 • 26 min
Black Girls Sew Projects by Hekima Hapa and Lesley Ware available here
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Hekima Hapa
Hekima Hapa is the founder of the nonprofit, community organization Black Girls Sew in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Not only is Hapa the founder, but she is a fashion designer and a business owner of Harriet’s by Hekima (HbyH), a Harriet’s Alter Ego company. Hapa is investing her over two decades of experience in fashion styling, fashion merchandising, sewing, and designing to teach courses for Black Girls Sew to leave the youth excited about education in sewing, design, and entrepreneurship. She has also co-authored the book Black Girls Sew with Lesley Ware.
Lesley Ware
Lesley Ware is an author, educator, entrepreneur, and personality who has written five books: Sew Fab: Sewing and Style for Young Fashionistas, My Fab Fashion Style File, How to Be a Fashion Designer, 101 Ways to Love Your Style and Black Girls Sew.
Lesley’s passion for inspiring youth began when she earned her degrees in Elementary Education and Public Administration and continued when she orchestrated national programs for institutions like the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Girl Scouts of the USA.
She has created fashion education programs for the Parsons School of Design, Metropolitan Museum of Art with the Costume Institute, Pioneer Works, Museum of the City of New York, New Visions, New York Times Student Journeys, and other institutions.
Insights from this episode:
- Insights into what led Lesley and Hekima to write their book
- How they chose the fashion icons to interview in their book
- How denim is connected to black ancestry
- Insights on how they bring in fashion and black cultural knowledge
- Lessons Hekima and Lesley learned while writing their book during the pandemic
- The lessons they hope people will learn from reading their book
Quotes from the show:
- “I talk to people all the time about how easy it is to upcycle denim and how easily and readily available it is, but it is not something easy to produce” -Hekima Hapa in “Stitch Please”
- “It is really important that we think about it [denim] historically: it being connected to cotton, and how our ancestors being here” -Hekima Hapa in “Stitch Please”
- “Every time that I get an opportunity to do anything, especially working on books, in my head I don’t know if I’m gonna be able to do this again, so I give it everything that I possibly can” -Lesley Ware in “Stitch Please”
- “The logistics of writing a book in the pandemic present challenges and opportunities” -Lesley Ware in “Stitch Please”
- “I think the book itself is like a love letter to Black girls, and that's something that I really love about it” -Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
- “To get your stitch together, you’ve got to write it down” -Lesley Ware in “Stitch Please”
- “Just keep trying even when it seems impossible, it doesn’t seem like it’s gonna happen: whether it’s stitching and you are making a garment, or it’s really like stitching in life” -Hekima Hapa in “Stitch Please”
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Hekima Hapa
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Sis, I See You (Part 1)
Stitch Please
06/10/20 • 47 min
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The recast photo for this episode is courtesy of Ryan Kelly who took it during a march for #GeorgeFloyd #BreonnaTaylor #Tony McDade #AhmaudArbery in Charlottesville, Virginia, May 30, 2020.
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Cosplay with Kia Sangria
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10/26/22 • 48 min
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Kia Sangria
Kia Sangria is passionate about cosplay, costume creation, being a sewist, and creating costumes for black people in play.
Lisa Woolfork
Lisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English, specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory and American slavery. She is the convener and founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. #Charlottesville. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation.
Insights from this episode:
- Kia meeting her husband through cosplay
- Kia’s cosplay-themed wedding
- Kia’s generosity and helping people in sewing and cosplay
- Getting recognition from brands
- Kia being a cosplay panel
- Insights into cos-fashion
- Collaborating with Zelouf fabrics
- Kia’s plans for Halloween
Quotes from the show:
- “For me personally, my husband represents one of the more positives aspects of cosplay which is not just someone in a costume, but actually someone becoming the character” —Kia Sangria in “Stitch Please”
- “That (sharing information generously) is pretty rare, not a lot of folks will go out of their way, they might tell you a few things, but it takes something, I think very generous to create an entire video to show somebody something” —Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
- “I don’t really do the things that I do for brand recognition, but it’s really nice that folks notice” —Kia Sangria in “Stitch Please”
- “I am a resource; that’s what I tell people, please don’t be afraid to ask me questions cause I am here to help you” —Kia Sangria in “Stitch Please”
- “Color is very big for me. As someone that likes to take different types of creative control over how I make costumes, having so many different shades of blue and green, and what have you, allows me to customize my looks” —Kia Sangria in “Stitch Please”
- “For the type of sewing that I do, which is sewing for cosplay, it’s a little bit different from sewing a blouse, or a shirt, or a pair of pants, or a dress. There is a lot of pieces that go into cosplay making. I am looking to be that resource” —Kia Sangria in “Stitch Please”
- “Sewing is hard, but I think that sometimes sewing on your own can also be difficult if you do not have that experience, and you do not know where to turn to” —Kia Sangria in “Stitch Please”
Resources Mentioned
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11/02/22 • 54 min
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Jen Hewett
Jen Hewett is a printmaker, surface designer, and textile artist. Depending on how you look at it, artist is either Jen’s second or fifth career. With a degree in English Literature from the University of California, Berkeley, she started her working life in education and educational nonprofits. She then briefly ran her own stationery business and took a few detours through business operations, human resources, and consulting before becoming a full-time working artist (again). She partly credits the success of her experience running her own creative business to her non-linear (but always interesting) career path.
Jen’s first book, Print, Pattern, Sew: Block Printing Basics + Simple Sewing Projects for an Inspired Wardrobe, was published by Roost Books in May 2018. Her second book, This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection, was published by Roost Books in November 2021. Her clients include Anthropologie, Cost Plus World Market, Moda Fabrics, Unilever, and Yelp. Her work has been featured in Better Homes and Gardens, Uppercase, and MSNBC.
Lisa Woolfork
Lisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English, specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory, and American slavery. She is the convener and founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers on Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. #Charlottesville. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation.
Insights from this episode:
- Who Jen Hewett is and what she does
- How Jen’s book came to be
- How Jen got into printmaking
- Jen’s print-making process
- How to believe in your work and voice
- Why Jen considers herself a textile artist
- The inspiration behind Jen’s book
- Creating representative work
- What to expect from Jen Hewett
Quotes from the show:
- “I design a lot of things for the sewing industry. So, I design primarily fabric and I have been doing that since 2018. I am on my third or fourth fabric collection at this point” —Jen Hewett in “Stitch Please”
- “I have done a lot of textile art and didn’t call myself a textile artist. I always say I am a printmaker first and everything flows from that, but I am owning it now, that I am a person who does and likes many things” —Jen Hewett in “Stitch Please”
- “With printmaking, you do one thing and you do it over and over again, unlike being a painter who does a one-of-a-kind one thing. A printmaker is already set up operationally, it makes sense to do the same thing over and over again” —Jen Hewett in “Stitch Please”
- “What’s the saying like ‘walk around with the confidence of a white man and you will get what you want’?” –Nicole Angeline in “Stitch Please”
- “The nice thing about the work that I do is that it is replicable. So it feels in many ways, low stakes. That I am constantly putting things out there, some will stick, some won’t” —Jen Hewett in “Stitch Please”
- “When I find books like this one, that are good and I like them, and I like to go back to them, because not every book you get that you are gonna go back to, but this one is nice and it's very digestible” —Ada Chen in “Stitch Please”
- “The overall consensus seems to be celebratory and gratitude, if I can put it in two words. Folks who are celebrating that this book exists and that women of color are having their voices centred and amplified, and talking to a variety of people. And then the gratitude which extends towards you for creating and pulling this together” —Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
- “I wanted it to be representative. Not necessarily everybody because that’s impossible, but to include people who are not included” —Jen Hewett in “Stitch Please”
- “In many ways, writing this book didn’t feel like a race because I had this really strong sense that the comm...
Atlanta Frocktails 2024 with Aaronica Cole
Stitch Please
04/03/24 • 27 min
In this episode, Lisa and Aaronica Cole discuss the upcoming Atlanta Frocktails event. They talk about the planning process, the decision to move the event to May, and the theme of the year: Secret Garden. This is Aaronica's first time hosting the event and she went all out! From amazing door prizes, to a fabulous caterer, you can expect to have ana amazing time in Atlanta! Lisa, and Aaronica also discuss other activities you can do during your time in Atlanta as well as the fabric shopping scene in the city. While Frocktails was typically a sewing event, Aaronica wants to emphasize that all makers are welcome! Crocheters, knitters, shoemakers, everyone is welcome to come show off their makes! Listen in to get the full scope of what the NEW Atlanta Frocktails is coming to be!
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Aaronica Cole
Aaronica Cole is a full-time sustainable lifestyle, parenting blogger and entrepreneur still based in the Atlanta area. She's also a mom, wife, and host of Atlanta Frocktails 2024.
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Lisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory, and American slavery. She is the founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers on Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville, Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation.
Instagram: Lisa Woolfork
Twitter: Lisa Woolfork
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Podcast Q&A
Why did you start this show?
I started STITCH PLEASE to create a platform tailored for Black women, girls, and femmes passionate about sewing. There was a gap to bridge: archiving the immense Black creativity in sewing and quilting while showcasing diverse talents – from students to seasoned artists. It's more than just featuring voices; it's about sharing expansive insights, exploring unique projects, and dropping handy tips. Ultimately, it's a celebration of the depth and diversity in our community's stitching stories.
What do you hope listeners gain from listening to your show?
We hope listeners appreciate the richness of Black creativity in sewing and quilting. We aim to meet the unique needs of Black women, girls, and femmes in this art form. Through archiving narratives and featuring diverse perspectives from students to artists, our episodes shine a spotlight on expansive Black experiences in sewing. By delving into specific projects, tips, and techniques, we hope to inspire, educate, and celebrate Black artistry in every stitch.
Which episode should someone start with?
Interested in sisterhood and solidarity? I See You, Sis. Interested in history and costuming? Shasta Schatz Interested in literature and design? E bond Glyphs Interested in cosplay and blerdery? VantaBlack and Kia Sangria Interested in modern quilting? Carole Lyles Shaw
Which have been your favourite episodes so far?
Sew Black at Quiltcon, a series of live recordings at the first Black women Stitch activation in 2023.
Which episode are you most proud of?
Episode 200.
What is your vision for your show?
Our vision for the show is to establish a vibrant nexus for Black creatives in sewing, quilting, and other needle arts. We're committed to chronicling the varied stitching experiences and expertise within the Black community. Moreover, we aspire to be an invaluable resource, offering ideas, patterns, products, and spotlighting businesses that prioritize and applaud Black women in the sewing and quilting domain.
What is your favourite other podcast that isn't yours?
Tea with Queen and J.
How did you come up with the name for your podcast?
Stitch Please is a play on a popular African American vernacular phrase. I heard it spoken among and between women when I was a girl. The lack of comma is deliberate. The lack of punctuation (required of standard English) is my way of claiming the multiple tones and meanings of the phrase when spoken among Black women, girls, and femmes.
Tell us a bit about yourself
I am a 6th generation sewing enthusiast: my grandmother was a seamstress and so was her grandmother. As a sewing podcaster, I draw on my roles as an interdisciplinary scholar, textile artist, and social justice advocate to facilitate engaging interviews and provide sewing and quilting tips.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Stitch Please have?
Stitch Please currently has 276 episodes available.
What topics does Stitch Please cover?
The podcast is about Leisure, Hobbies, Podcasts and Crafts.
What is the most popular episode on Stitch Please?
The episode title 'The Scholarly Sewist: A Chat with Reka Barton' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Stitch Please?
The average episode length on Stitch Please is 38 minutes.
How often are episodes of Stitch Please released?
Episodes of Stitch Please are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Stitch Please?
The first episode of Stitch Please was released on Aug 23, 2019.
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