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The Outside Story: Reading Pattern Envelopes28 Aug 202400:28:35

This week on Stitch Please, get ready to unravel the mystery of commercial patterns! In this episode, Lisa breaks down everything you need to know about those pattern envelopes and guide sheets that can feel a bit like deciphering a secret code. From understanding sizes and fabric choices to nailing down those all-important finished garment measurements, Lisa’s got you covered. Plus, she shares why those little line drawings are your new best friend when it comes to visualizing your next sewing project. Tune in and get your stitch together!

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Dr. 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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Raleigh Frocktails HOO-DEE-HOO!21 Aug 202400:33:50

This week on *Stitch Please,* Lisa is joined by Salina, Toni, and Shon—the dynamic trio behind the upcoming Raleigh Frocktails! They dish on how the Atlanta Frocktails sparked their idea and how they pulled off planning the Raleigh event in just 4 months (with a little HOO-DEE-HOO action, of course). Tune in to hear how mood boards are fueling the buzz and pushing everyone to step out of their comfort zones!

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Dr. 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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ReStitch: Juneteenth with Jasika Nicole19 Jun 202401:14:32

In this lively "Restitch" episode of the Stitch Please podcast, Lisa chats with Jasika Nicole about breaking creative boundaries in showbiz. They dive into Hollywood's limits, championing diversity, and the empowering art of setting boundaries, even in the online sewing community. Jasika shares her journey, from handling unwanted advice to ditching cop roles, urging everyone to carve out their own creative space with joy and authenticity.

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Jasika Nicole IG: @jasikaistrycurious

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Dr. 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

Ready to tap in to the visuals of Stitch Please? Then join our Patreon! For only $5 a month you can get all of the video versions of the pod. PLUS more goodies at higher patron levels. We couldn't do any of this without your support. Thank you!

The Black Women Stitch 2024 Wall Calendar is available NOW! Do not miss out on your chance to and get your stitch together with a year of artistic inspiration!

Historical Costuming with Shasta Schatz12 Oct 202200:42:08

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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”

Resources mentioned:


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Twitter: Lisa Woolfork

Shasta Schatz

Instagram: Shasta 

Facebook: Green Linen Shirt 

Twitter: ScifiCheerGirl 

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Vintage Sewing with Sewrena05 Oct 202200:34:17

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Serena

Serena sews and collects vintage patterns and sewing machines. She enjoys creating vintage content from the 1940s-1950s for Instagram and YouTube to help encourage diversity in the vintage world and share her passion for vintage style. She enjoys dressing up and creating her vintage reality. 

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 Serena’s style as a form of costuming
  • How Serena describes her style and practice
  • Her journey in transforming her wardrobe
  • Serena’s journey into vintage clothing
  • Serena’s favorite vintage decade
  • Insights into Serena’s black vintage inspiration

Quotes from the show:

  • “I felt comfortable with myself like as a person, I’ve always been into vintage” -Serena in “Stitch Please”
  • “I don’t think I have a favorite, I chose my style in seasons” -Serena in “Stitch Please”
  • “I love that your creative genius is not gonna be encumbered by the historical demand of the time” -Lisa in “Stitch Please”
  • “I think the word authentic is a word that gets absolutely beaten to death, it gets overused. There are some folks that will have you think that authenticity is a thing that you do, rather than who you are” -Lisa in “Stitch Please”
  • “First, I am a creator. I like to dress in the past, but I like to leave room for creativity” -Serena in “Stitch Please”
  • “I think 100 percent historical accuracy is not realistic” -Serena in “Stitch Please”
  • “I try not to be too inspired by people that I can’t talk to and relate to, and usually that not gonna be celebrities. I try and find inspiration in everyday things and people” -Serena in “Stitch Please”
  • “I try and find inspiration from all types of people in all walks of life because I don’t want to live in this tunnel of monotony” -Serena in “Stitch Please”
  • “Never believe you are ever done learning” -Serena in “Stitch Please”
  • “Don’t underestimate the power of just trying because you really don’t know if you are capable until you actually try” -Serena in “Stitch Please”

Stay Connected:

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Instagram: Lisa Woolfork

Twitter: Lisa Woolfork

Serena

Instagram: Sewrena

YouTube: SewRena 

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It's A Fat Quarter Episode! 4th Quarter Kick Off28 Sep 202200:18:02

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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 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.

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Stitching Stories for Young Readers: Author Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich21 Sep 202200:53:30

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Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich is a crafter, a blogger, a sewist, and the author of several children’s books, including Operation Sisterhood, It Doesn’t Take A Genius, 8th Grade Superzero, Two Naomis, Saving Earth: Climate Change and the Fight For Our Future, as well as the picture book Someday Is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-Ins, and Mae Makes A Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat and History Maker. Her most recent release is The Sun Does Shine: An Innocent Man, A Wrongful Conviction, and the Long Path to Justice with Anthony Ray Hinton and Lara Love Hardin. She is the editor of the We Need Diverse Books anthology The Hero Next Door, and has contributed to several collections.

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:

  • Olugbemisola’s start of her sewing journey
  • Olugbemisola’s childhood and growing up with black dolls
  • How Olugbemisola is bringing dignity to black folks through her books and amplifying their voices
  • Insights on affirming black women and how they can claim their space in the world
  • The power of black creativity
  • The connection between writing and sewing
  • The process of narrating an audiobook

Quotes from the show:

  • “When you make something yourself and put that creative energy into something, it makes it even more special” -Olugbemisola in “Stitch Please”
  • “Dignity is not something you give, dignity is something you affirm. Everybody is born with dignity, everybody has it, but not everybody gets to have it affirmed” -Lisa Woolfork  in “Stitch Please”
  • “I think a lot of times the focus is on the struggle and the striving and not enough on just the beauty, creativity and the art” -Olugbemisola in “Stitch Please”
  • “You have a relationship with every book or every story that you read, and it’s a very personal relationship” -Olugbemisola in “Stitch Please”
  • “We are a people, and a people does not throw their geniuses away” -Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “Telling your own story and telling the story of your people and having those stories was just so important to me from a very young age” -Olugbemisola in “Stitch Please”
  • “Be generous with yourself, be kind to yourself, do not feel that your process has to reflect anybody else’s ” -Olugbemisola in “Stitch Please”

Resources Mentioned:

In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens

Stay Connected:

Lisa Woolfork

Instagram: Lisa Woolfork

Twitter: Lisa Woolfork

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Website: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich 

Instagram: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich 

Twitter: Olugbemisola 

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Black Girls Sew: The Book! a chat with Hekima Hapa and Leslie Ware14 Sep 202200:26:03

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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”

Stay Connected:

Lisa Woolfork

Instagram: Lisa Woolfork

Twitter: Lisa Woolfork

Hekima Hapa

Instagram: Hekima Hapa 

Twitter: Hekima Hapa 

Facebook: Hekima Hapa

Lesley Ware

LinkedIn: Lesley Ware 

Instagram: Lesley Ware 

Twitter: Lesley Ware 

This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

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Represent! with Bianca Springer07 Sep 202200:42:05

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Bianca Springer was born and raised in The Bahamas, now lives in Pearland, Texas, with her husband and two children. She learned to sew as a child, but says motherhood cultivated her passion for the craft. Representation matters and Bianca always tries to honor that through her writings. Recently she wrote REPRESENT! an embroidery book that looks like you! It celebrates diversity with more than 50 embroidery motifs of people in a wide array of skin colors, body shapes, and natural hairstyles. No need for painstaking design alterations—you can simply jump right in and start stitching. These inclusive embroidery projects represent every kind of beauty; see yourself and your loved ones in these designs. Expand your embroidery and sewing skills while increasing your appreciation of others! Celebrate beautiful YOU!

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

  • What does the word “represent” means to Bianca
  • Why does Bianca feel a strong urge to represent the black community in an unapologetic way
  • Bianca’s trajectory writing down her designs and patterns on blogs and  magazines
  • How was Bianca’s process to write her book
  • How Bianca’s character has been put to test in the industry
  • Bianca’s thoughts on community building
  • Bianca’s  “Represent!” book and its frames
  • What would Bianca say to a person that is looking to “get their stitch together”

Quotes from the Show: 

  • "[About  the meaning of represent] It means authentically showing off as your true self or allowing people into your space so they can do that as well" - Bianca Springer in “Stitch Please”
  • "This is me stepping into a space, I am not whispering, I am not easing in, I am not trying to stand back and wait for you to acknowledge me, I feel like in my craft life and in the craft spaces I have been in as an introvert, I had been happy to do that" - Bianca Springer in “Stitch Please”
  • "We are the ones we have been waiting for" - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • "As someone who is trying to encourage others into craft, I want people to understand perfection is not the goal so if your work is less than perfect framing it elevates it. I’m highlighting the imperfection" - Bianca Springer in “Stitch Please”
  • "I say this book [Represent!] is for everyone, not about everyone" - Bianca Springer in “Stitch Please”
  • "Try something different and ask themselves two questions beyond their resistance, whatever thing is stopping you from advancing, ask yourself why and then why not and once you begin to explore that, you’re gonna get some stitches together" - Bianca Springer in “Stitch Please”

Stay Connected:

Lisa Woolfork

Instagram: Lisa Woolfork

Twitter: Lisa Woolfork

Bianca Springer

Website: https://thanksimadethem.com

Blog: https://thanksimadethem.blogspot.com/

Instagram: Bianca Springer

Book: Represent! Embroidery - C&T Publishing

Pinterest: Bianca Springer

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Dollmaking with Seams Like Tracy31 Aug 202200:33:36

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Tracy Perry is a self-taught artist with 30+ years of experience in sewing and art to create unique dolls using fabric or clay. She's been creating and selling dolls since 2008. Tracy was the owner and operator of ImaginePerryDolls and TerranDollmaker.  Tracy endeavors to make dolls that show the many colors and uniqueness. She strongly believes that everyone should have access to a doll that looks like them or inspires them. Her dolls have appeared in an issue of Art Dolls Quarterly.  And she has a sincere fan base that includes Virginia-based doll clubs, and collectors from around the United States.

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. Actually, she is active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the College Fellows Program to reshape the undergraduate general education curriculum.

Insights from this episode:

  • How Tracy got started in doll making
  • Insights into the different types of dolls
  • Differences between soft sculpture and cloth dolls
  • Tracy’s button-jointed doll experience and the lessons she learned
  • Tracy’s favorite tools in doll making
  • Tracy’s process in doll making and choosing the personality, shape, outfit, and character

Quotes from the show:

  • “Plushies can be a novelty, they can represent lots of different things: they can be abstract, they can be representational” -Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “Don’t overcommit if you are a solopreneur” -Tracy Perry in “Stitch Please”
  • “You love dolls, you love doll making, and that love was very much tested and it stood its test but you also got to learn lessons about boundaries, about protecting the peace of your creative life” -Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “My number one tool is my hemostat” -Tracy Perry in “Stitch Please”
  • “If you have something that is working for you, don’t change” -Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “One of the things I love about your dolls is how they look like you” -Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “I just try to do what I like, I was just bending myself backward trynna say ‘people don’t like this, people don’t like that,’ then I would find out that people did like it” -Tracy Perry in “Stitch Please”
  • “I think too often when women, especially Black women, wanna do something that’s self-directive, self-determined, self-reflective, it’s seen as selfish, which is absolutely false” -Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “The work that comes from your hands should reflect the deepest essence of who you are, as well as from the inside and outside” -Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”

Stay Connected:

Lisa Woolfork

Instagram: Lisa Woolfork

Twitter: Lisa Woolfork

Tracy Perry

Website: Seams Like Tracy

Instagram: TR Perry

YouTube: Seams Like Tracy

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Studio Tissue 8 with Chris Cooper24 Aug 202200:32:01

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.

Guest: Chris Cooper is the owner of Studio Tissue8 and is a Master Seamstress with over 30 years of professional experience specializing in bridal/wedding gowns. Having started sewing for dolls, Chris has transcended all her fears and become a master seamstress and shares her gift of sewing through her store, Studio Tissue8, which offers various services, including its signature Valet Service for Alterations.

Insights from this episode:

  • Insights into Chris’ work
  • How Chris is sharing her gift of sewing with other people
  • Chris’ journey into sewing
  • How she came up with the name Studio Tissue8
  • Her journey running Studio Tissue8
  • Chris’ commitment to sharing her gift of sewing
  • How sewing allows her to think and process her problems 
  • Chris’ fear of getting started on her journey and how she overcame it

Quotes from the show:

  • “I distinctly remember thinking that it was a gift [sewing] because it was never hard for me, it kinda just came to me” - Chris Cooper in “Stitch Please”
  • “It was gifted to you so you wanna offer that and amplify that so that other people can have the benefit from it, but also know how to do it themselves as well” - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “There is something about that fabric in my hand, and the sound of the sewing machine that just puts me at total ease” - Chris Cooper in “Stitch Please”
  • “I don’t think ‘I can’t do’ it’s just that I have never done it before” - Chris Cooper in “Stitch Please”
  • “Something that I tend to think about fear is that sometimes your victory is on the other side of fear” - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “You’re never gonna do anything that you wanna do unless you get yourself out of this fear thing” - Chris Cooper in “Stitch Please”
  • “Fear is what pushes you, fear is what makes you do things that are out of your comfort zone. If you don’t have fear, then maybe something is not right” - Chris Cooper in “Stitch Please”
  • “When I have fear, it sometimes helps me to get the additional information and to find possibility models” - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”

Stay Connected:

Lisa Woolfork

Instagram: Lisa Woolfork

Twitter: Lisa Woolfork

Chris Cooper

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Black Material Geographies17 Aug 202200:38:22

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. Actually, she is active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the College Fellows Program to reshape the undergraduate general education curriculum.

Teju Adisa Farrar

Teju is an environmental equity consultant, speaker, and creator/host of the Black Material Geographies podcast. She centers on climate, racial, and distributive justice by sharing ideas on regenerative practices and co-collaborative design. Teju uses a social geographies perspective encouraging us to think about space, place, and identity. Teju’s lens includes sustainable fiber and fashion systems, urban ecologies, nature, history, activism, and art. She supports people, collectives, and organizations who are mapping / making alternative futures.

Insights from this episode: 

  • How to reclaim the traditions that are valuable art and are valuable to us
  • How do we look at geography in relation to humans who identify as Black across the planet
  • Strategies to help people get economic independence and freedom so that they have to borrow from people and be forever indebted
  • Details on how to alleviate people from poverty and give them a platform for economic freedom
  • Why it is important to learn where the different textiles come from
  • How understanding the importance of making things for ourselves or where they come from can shift how we consume things

Quotes from the show:

  • “We need to know how to make things with our hands because that’s how we can support ourselves and live outside systems that don't support us, that don’t value us and in many cases are violent to us and oppress us” - Teju Adisa Farrar in “Stitch Please”
  • “I don't ever underestimate the joy and creativity that is involved in Black folks getting dressed, and especially Black women” - Teju Adisa Farrar in “Stitch Please”
  • “Black joy is our birthright. We live within systems of oppression that convince us constantly to devalue the things that we do, that are not connected to capitalism and patriarchy” - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “Freedom isn't a secret; it is a practice” - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “When you get dressed, and you look the way you wanna look, and you wear the colors you wanna wear and texture, and the style, you feel good” - Teju Adisa Farrar in “Stitch Please”
  • “What you wear is like your armor” - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “Nature is constantly guiding us and resisting us and our efforts, and we can learn a lot about how the natural world operates” - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “Sustainability is how do we keep things in circulation for as long as possible” - Teju Adisa Farrar in “Stitch Please”
  • “Sustainability is if we cannot use it in the way we have been using it, can we use it in a different way and can we find a way to make it work, can we find someone who knows how to use it in a different way” - Teju Adisa Farrar in “Stitch Please”
  • “It just the human thing to do, to give people agency, dignity, leisure pleasure” - Teju Adisa Farrar in “Stitch Please”
  • “Making is one of the most important pleasures of human life” - Teju Adisa Farrar in “Stitch Please”

Resources Mentioned: 

Black Material Geographies Podcast

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Facebook: Teju Adisa-Farrar 

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Breaking the Rules with Textile Artist Angela Franklin10 Aug 202200:29:22

EMERGENCY SUPPORT REQUEST: Sew Hope Community Sewing Room, a Black woman led nonprofit sewing studio was recently damaged by severe flooding: 16 inches of water saturated the newly opened venue. Please donate to the Go Fund Me or directly to the project.  CashApp$SewHopeSTL If financial support is not possible, Sew Hope is accepting donations of machines and fabric. 

About the episode:

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 is active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the College Fellows Program to reshape the undergraduate general education curriculum.

Angela Franklin

With a BA in Art from Xavier University in Cincinnati and her MFA from Bradley University, Angela Franklin-Faye has exhibited her works both throughout the US and internationally.

She has lived abroad since 1997 and, since 2007, has divided her time between Senegal and the United Arab Emirates. This international experience has resulted in a body of work that has encouraged her to chronicle the experiences of people from the diaspora worldwide. 

Her works are presently featured in the national exhibition of Contemporary African Art for the 13th DAK’Art Biennale, along with the Dialogue in Black and White Exhibition at the Charleston City Gallery.  In addition, Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, The Art Hub-Abu Dhabi, The Renwick Gallery - Smithsonian Institution, Ohio Craft Museum, and Musee Boribana - Dakar are just a few spaces that featured her work. Works by Franklin-Faye are in the corporate collections of Atlanta Life Insurance Company, The NationsBank, Arco Chemical, and Household Finance. 

In 2013, she earned a second Master's Degree in Online Education and Leadership Management and credits this with having an even greater impact on her artwork. She is the owner of Chez Alpha Books - a bookstore and academic resource center in Dakar, Senegal.

Insights from this episode:

  • Angela’s beginning of her sewing journey
  • Angela’s adaptability to the fashion and fabric world
  • How she has been able to thrive as an artist based on her geography
  • Insights into her study of art at Xavier University
  • Insights into slavery and black history in regards to Ohio/Kentucky border
  • Insights into the stained glass initiative

Quotes from the show:

  • “I made a rule that if I am going to be here, let me find a fabric that is found here, let me not rely on African fabric in the Pacific Island, or if I am in the Middle East, let me rely on the fabric that I find there” -Angela Franklin in “Stitch Please”
  • “It’s really incredible because what that [adaptability] allows you to do is to both grow as an artist and to be connected to the community in which you are living” -Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “I used to enamel a lot, do a lot of couple enameling and glass fusing, and my whole passion right now is to go back to it” -Angela Franklin in “Stitch Please”
  • “When I do this series of work, I said to everyone that it’s not about the trauma of slavery, it’s about the contributions that they made, economically because they would build the prairie” -Angela Franklin in “Stitch Please”
  • “Slavery is not black people's shame. Black people should not be ashamed of having been enslaved. The shame is in white people. The shame is in those folks who could compromise so much of their own beliefs to enact the greatest crime against humanity” -Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • “The stain glass initiative seeks to acknowledge and perpetuate the diversity of experience and reflection that is needed to envision a better common good” -Angela Franklin in “Stitch Please”

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Sewing Serenity: Quilters Unite for a Tropical Retreat at Sea12 Jun 202400:38:45

This week’s Stitch Please podcast is a can't-miss episode for any quilter. Lisa chats with quilting superstars Gyleen X. Fitzgerald, Latifah Saafir, and Geraldine Wilkins, about the incredible Tropical Quilting Retreat at Sea. Dive into the details of the upcoming retreat, with workshops, fabric fun, port stops, and more. They dish out tips and highlight why this event is a must for quilters looking for a unique, inspiring experience. If you're a quilter, this episode is for you.

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Dr. 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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Fabric Intake Process03 Aug 202200:21:34

Lisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English specializing in 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. Actually, she is active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the College Fellows Program to reshape the undergraduate general education curriculum.

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Sewing Road Trip: A Visit to Cultured Expressions27 Jul 202200:17:09

Cultured Expressions on the Stitch Please podcast: episode 52 and episode 78.

 Find Lisa Shepard Stewart on social media

Website:  www.CulturedExpressions.com

Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/CulturedExpressions/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/culturedexpressions/

YouTube:  www.youtube.com/CEFabricVideos/Videos

Blog: www.culturedexpressions.wordpress.com

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Marcia Spencer, KeechiiBStyle20 Jul 202200:32:22

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”

Stay Connected:

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Twitter: Lisa Woolfork

Marcia Spencer

Website: Marcia Spencer

Instagram: Marcia Spencer

Blog: STYLE BLOG | Keechii B Style

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Fabric Alchemy with Mahdiyyah Muhammad13 Jul 202200:36:45
 

Mahdiyyah Muhammad is a self-taught Artist, Fashion Designer, and Instructor who began designing at a very young age, breathing new life into discarded clothing. 

She draws inspiration from her practice of fabric alchemy; with an ability to take recycled, bio-based materials and turn them into one of one works of wearable art that boost healing properties. Taken from her research of naturally occurring materials and the effects they have on the body, each design is created with intentional fabric carrying high vibrational frequency like linen, cotton, wool, and organic cotton. Knowing the body in its optimal health has a vibrational frequency of 100, and fabrics like linen and wool contain an extremely high frequency of 5,000, she carefully selects her materials with this in mind. Mahdiyyah speaks more about this in her educational fabric workshops.

With a passion for sharing her knowledge about fabric textile origins, healing qualities, and sewing education, she offers sewing classes, educational healing fabric workshops, and project-based sessions. Her upbringing in East Orange, NJ rooted her values in the importance of community, and creating opportunities for others who may not easily be afforded them. Other initiatives include mentorship opportunities for youth, and collaborations with various community organizations to provide sewing and healing fabric workshops for their members.

Insights from this Episode

  • How Mahdiyyah would characterize her sewing story
  • How Mahdiyyah built her creativity
  • At what point in her life Mahdiyyah decided she wanted to make design her only career
  • How Mahdiyyah made all her pieces without a sewing machine
  • Why doing her own outfits was a special moment for Mahdiyyah in order to build her confidence
  • How Mahdiyyah founded her own business
  • Why "repurposing textile" is fundamental forMahdiyyah’s business
  • How did Mahdiyyah pair fashion with teaching and community building
  • How Mahdiyyah’s experience with an artist in Barbados influenced her purpose with fashion
  • What challenges did Mahdiyyah face in her collection of natural materials
  • How Mahdiyyah’s childhood influenced her desire to help under-resourced communities through fashion
  • What is fabric alchemy
  • How does vibration in fabrics works
  • What Mahdiyyah would say to help someone to "get their stitch together"

Stay Connected:

Lisa Woolfork

Instagram: Lisa Woolfork

Twitter: Lisa Woolfork

Mahdiyyah Muhammad

Website: https://www.mahdiyyah.co/

LinkedIn: Mahdiyyah Muhammad 

Instagram: Fabric Alchemist

Facebook: Mahdiyya Mbugua

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Cinnamon Annie with Step Stitches06 Jul 202200:28:16

Lisa Woolfork 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. Actually, she is active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the College Fellows Program to reshape the undergraduate general education curriculum.

Stephanie Dean is a vintage-style handmade doll with a modern twist, she wears beautifully colored dresses that are fashioned to appeal to today’s modern child. She has always loved dolls, and her mother, an elementary school teacher, went to great lengths to find African American dolls for her because her mother felt it was important for Stephanie’s self-image to have a positive reflection of herself during playtime. Actually, she is the founder of Cinnamon Annie Dolls where she always seeks to make her dolls representative of her and the black race taking into account the nostalgia of the classic dolls her customers remember from their childhood as well as the modern styling that a contemporary little girl would like. Stephanie has lived in Georgia all her life, she is a keepsake doll and believes that dolls can be everything that you want them to be, the dolls can be played with, used for decoration or collected. Stephanie is married to Tony and is the mother of two young adults, Joseph and Danielle.

Insights from this Episode

  • Stephanie’s childhood and her relationship with dolls
  • Why Stephanie’s mother wanted her to have black dolls
  • Why dolls are important for a child's imagination
  • How times have changed for black representation in media
  • How Stephanie got involved in AfroBlack Women
  • How Stephanie got the opportunity to expose her dolls in the Time Square
  • How her company started to grow
  • How the last quarter of 2021 was life-changing for Stephanie
  • What would Stephanie say to a person that is looking to “get their stitch together”

Quotes from the Show: 

  • "A doll can become a friend, you know they’re always there, the doll can become anything that the child wants it to become…it can become a playmate, it can become a tool for learning" - Stephanie Dean in “Stitch Please”
  • "I think we have better success, a  more sustainable success when we work in a community than when we are individually scrabbling against each other…there is abundance, there is enough" - Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”
  • "Get back to basics and do some things and improve productivity" - Stephanie Dean in “Stitch Please”
  • "Follow your enthusiasm…learn about it, love on it, do the best as you can because if you decide to turn this into a business you are going to have to be enthusiastic about it because it's a lot of work" - Stephanie Dean in “Stitch Please”

Stay Connected:

Lisa Woolfork

Instagram: Lisa Woolfork

Twitter: Lisa Woolfork

Stephanie Dean

Website: https://www.stepstitches.com/

Instagram: Stephanie Dean

Facebook: StepStitches 

Pinterest: Stephanie Dean

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Stitching Abolition with Dr. Sharbreon Plummer29 Jun 202200:35:11

Dr. Plummer's website

Stitch x Stitch conference

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Stitch Please Live Show!22 Jun 202200:25:46

Deborah's gorgeous is shop, Our Fabric Stash, located within Seattle's Pike Place Market.

This show was supported by Afros and Audio, (instagram, facebook) and by Bernina

Bernina ambassadors and past Stitch Please guests include Aaronica Cole and The Corny Rainbow, Nefertiti Griggs

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Scraplanta with Jonelle Dawkins15 Jun 202200:47:18

Jonelle Dawkins

Momo con. 

Blurred con 

closet cosplay.

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Blue Cup Shop with Laquana Drayton08 Jun 202200:41:09

Laquana's Blue Cup Shop is on Etsy,  Instagram

That Black Chic

Laquana mentions a  sewing class, Skirt Skills and follow-up classes with Brooks Ann Camper .

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Neci Love Harmon, What's She Creating?01 Jun 202200:28:20

Find out more about Neci Love Harmon

TikTok

Instagram

You Tube

Website

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Sewing and Sublimation (Part 1)05 Jun 202400:34:53

In this fun-filled episode of the Stitch Please podcast, Lisa dives into the nitty gritty world of sewing and sublimation printing. She shares her passion for this vibrant technique, exploring its history, necessary materials, and step-by-step process. Lisa also chats about her personal projects, revealing the pros and cons of sublimation printing. It's a versatile and exciting way to customize garments and fabrics, bringing sewing projects to life with brilliant colors and lasting durability. So grab some snacks for part one of this SEW-tastic episode!

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Dr. 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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Mondes Threads: She Will Hem Your Pants!25 May 202200:44:28

Resources Mentioned:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mondes_threads/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mondesthreads

Website: https://mondechisenga.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkL2FJlQ6U3NmPPtc10Z9hg

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Dru Christine Designs18 May 202200:33:42

Dru Christine's website is druchristine.com.

Dru is also on Facebook and Instagram @druchristine

BlackWomenStitch Instagram, homepage, Patreon

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DC Frocktails 202211 May 202200:30:10

Learn more about DC Frocktails on the website and Instagram page. 

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Black Fae Day! with Jasmine LaFleur and Kia Sangria04 May 202200:44:48
May 14th Is Black Fae Day. Learn more about this delightfully Black festive holiday from its founder and principal organizer Jasmine LeFleur and Kia Sangria, a 2022 ambassador. Both are visionary joy practitioners within the Black Fae community, a platform and annual event that increases the positive visibility of Black people in mainstream fantasy. These women are joining the Stitch Please podcast to share their journey with cosplay, what influenced them to get involved in making costumes, and how they turned their creative passion into an annual event for other Black cosplayers. This opened up the conversation as we talked about the perceived barrier of entry to cosplay, how a few stitches allow cosplayers to be whoever they want, and why the spirit of cosplay and spreading black joy through Black fantasy and fairytales are so powerful.We also touched on how they provide a community that welcomes and supports Black people in their quest to be their most authentic selves. They also spoke on the play and wonder that adults indulge in through cosplay and the importance of leading by example so kids know they can be and do whatever they want.This episode is an absolutely beautiful story of creativity and community and how the energy and love that goes into making costumes can be a part of a larger pattern. Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon Check out our Amazon Store Stay Connected: YouTube: Black Women Stitch Instagram: Black Women Stitch Facebook: Stitch Please Podcast
Aja Barber, Consumed: The Need for Collective Change27 Apr 202200:54:12

Aja Barber’s website, instagram, facebook

Aja Barber’s book, Consumed: The Need for Collective Change

Aja intentionally has only one sponsor, Vestiaire Collective and provides special access to her  Patreon supporters.

Aja mentions Fashion Revolution, the world’s largest fashion activism movement

What should everyone watch? Aja says “The Story of Stuff!” 

BlackWomenStitch Instagram,  homepage, Patreon

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Don't Trash It, Sew it!!: Sustainable Creativity with Shams el-Din Rogers20 Apr 202200:55:19

Find Shams el-Din Rogers' on Instagram

Shams mentions reading Vicki Robin,

Shams volunteers at Creative Reuse Toronto.

Lisa and Sham mention Aja Barber and her book Consumed 

Aja is on the podcast next week!

Lisa mentions a poem by Francis Ellen Watkins Harper

Lisa also mentions Fannie Lou Hamer's 1971 speech "Nobody's free until everybody's free."

Shams mentions Shaun King's vertically-integrated, Black t-shirt company, A Real One

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The Corny Rainbow, Nefertiti Griggs13 Apr 202200:49:21

Follow Nefertiti Griggs on  socials!
@thecornyrainbow and @nefertitihaidera (photography page) on IG 

Meaningful sewing events:  Find out more about these on her website!

Pretty Girls Sew Rippin Aint Easy challenge

Rare Oscar De La Renta vintage Vogue pattern (met President Obama and Michelle)

Beyonce 2016 Grammy bridal gown

Her 2019 vow renewal gown

Black Magic Collab with Spoonflower and J.Clapp

Articles:

Featured on the cover of  Sewn magazine's 2021 October issue 

10 Black Sewists you should follow- Spoonflower

Creating Black Magic - Spoonflower

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Sew Sweet Monogramming06 Apr 202200:41:04

Alexis Galloway on Instagram

Sew Sweet Academy website, Alexis' Etsy Shop

It's Sew Sweet to Learn Facebook group

My Pretty Perfect Planner by Alexis


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Family Ties and Fabric Lines: Sarah Bond and e bond30 Mar 202200:42:27

e bond’s webpage

Stitch Please Episode 113 "e bond's GLYPHS: A Fabric Collection of Black Women Writers"

Stitch Please Episode 93 "Threads Across Time" with Sarah Bond

Lisa's teaching partner mentioned Tobiah Mundt interviewed in Episode 44: Tuft Love: Felt(ing) Emotions with Tobiah Mundt

e bond’s Glyph fabric collection from Free Spirit fabrics

Sarah, e and Lisa discuss Lucille Clifton's poem, "Reply" as well as My Monticello by Jocelyn Johnson

 One of e bond's newest artists books is in a show RIGHT NOW. Details below:
Adaptation: Artist Books for a Changing Environment, Bauer Wurster Hall
at University of California, Berkeley

Check out e bond's online Creativebug classes:
Words Inform Images: 31 Prompts Using Writing as Inspiration for Art
Unconventional Book Structures

Personal Map Making - A Daily Mixed Media Practice

Upcoming for Sarah Bond at Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center:

Play with Color and Greyscale with Sarah Bond - Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center

All the Elements: Designing Quilts with Foundation Piecing with Sarah Bond

AND upcoming for Sarah Bond at the Madeline Island School of the Arts: Piecing Perspectives–Medallion Madness!

Y'all, ask your LQS (local quilt shop) to carry GLYPHS or find it at online retailers including Victoria Findlay Wolfe

Here are the garments Lisa plans to sew with GLYPHS: Zadie jumpsuit, Adrienne Blouse, Valerie Dress

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Curating and Celebrating the Culture with Dr. Diana Baird N'Diaye23 Mar 202200:53:14

Dr. Diana Baird N'Diaye

Instagram @dndaiaye

gorgeous website: https://ndiayedesign.myportfolio.com/

Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited or HARYOU

Mamie Phipps Clark  and Kenneth Clark

Cyril deGrasse Tyson led anti-poverty programs inside and outside of government

Zelda Wynn Valdes, American fashion designer and costumer

Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer, choreographer and founder of ballet companies

Gladys Knight

Eartha Kitt, American singer, actress, comedian, dancer and activist

Diahann Carroll, American actress, singer, model, activist

Mae West, American stage and film actress, playwright, screenwriter, and singer

John Whittington Franklin, historian

The Will To Adorn, African American Dress and the Aesthetics of Identity and at the Museum of the African Diaspora

The Crown Act

The DuSable Museum of African American History

Institute of Texan Cultures

Madaha Kinsey-Lamb, Mind Builders Creative Arts Center

Crafts of African Fashion

Camila Bryce-Laporte,  "Black In The Land of the Piscataway"

Kibibi Ajanku

Michael Twitty, Tastemaker

James Beard Award

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24 Hours in LA's Fashion District29 May 202400:31:11

Take a trip with Black Women Stitch as Lisa whisks listeners away on a 24-hour adventure through LA's Fashion District. From fabric shopping sprees and meeting Josie from LA Finch Fabric to diving into the colorful fabric scene, she shares it all. Lisa dishes out travel tips for anyone who likes to buy pieces while they're traveling. Plus, which fashion district is better, LA or NY? There's so much to talk about, but don't worry this episode is much shorter than a commute in LA traffic!

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Dr. 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

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Art Through the Lens of Cultural Curiosity with Kianga Jinaki16 Mar 202200:47:53
Social Justice Sewing Academy: Remembrance Quilt Project Book09 Mar 202200:27:54

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Black Quilting, Black Folklore with Dr. Patricia Turner02 Mar 202200:47:15
A House Called Hue23 Feb 202200:43:03

A House Called Hue, Destiny Brewton 

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Stitching with Steel: A Chat with Kristine Mays16 Feb 202200:42:26

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Eldridge Cleaver, writer and political activist

''Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.'' -James Baldwin

Lisa shared her exploration of “Forecrafting:” using one’s limited resources to craft something that will save and preserve your future- whether you’re there to see it or not. inspired by Joshebed, biblical Moses’ mother, and fueled by Sally Hemmings, an enslaved Black girl (she gave birth to her first child by Thomas Jefferson at 14) and woman (half-sister to Jefferson's wife) who "negotiated extraordinary privileges" with  Jefferson  for the eventual freedom of her children by him.  

Cecile Lewis, teacher, natural dyer, quilter, and artist

Lisa mentions Kristine’s show “The Black Woman is God: Divine Revolution”

Kristine’s upcoming installation can be experienced at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, during the Orchid Daze February 12-April 10, 2022

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e bond's Glyphs: A Fabric Collection of Black Women Writers09 Feb 202200:41:04

e bond’s webpage

e bond’s Creativebug classes  

e bond’s Glyph fabric collection from Free Spirit fabrics

Writers mentioned from Glyph fabric collect: Nella Larsen, Phillis Wheatley, Maya Angelou, Octavia Butler, Lorraine Hansberry, Lucille Clifton

The Slowdown podcast

Tracy K Smith former host of The Slowdown podcast and author of Declaration

Ada Limón, poet and current host of The Slowdown podcast

Black authors Lisa mentions teaching:  Zora Neale Hurston, Dorothy West, Ann Petry, Tayari Jones, Gwyndolyn Brooks (Maud Martha), Kevin Quashie (The Sovereignty of Quiet: Beyond Resistance in Black Culture)

June Jordan on Philis Wheatley

In the Wake: On Blackness and Being by Christina Sharpe

Hortense Spillers

Claude McKay

Countee Cullen

Langston Hughes

Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral, There Is Confusion, by Jessie Redmon Fauset

Aracelis Girmay

Zadie Smith

e bond’s cousin, Sarah Bond’s conversation “Threads Across Time” on Stitch Please in July 2021

Zadie Smith

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Sewing with Sheets: Comforter Coat, part 102 Feb 202200:24:32

Vikisews Patterns

Marimekko

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Stitching in the Spirit with Rev. Dr. Renita Weems26 Jan 202201:01:43
2022 Word of the Year19 Jan 202200:12:22

Thank you SEW much to Cyndi, Tishea, and Sonja for sharing your Word of the Year and comforter coat question. 

Gather by Octavia Raheem

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Bonus Episode: Updates, CONTEST12 Jan 202200:13:11

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Question: How much 1.5 inch (3.8cm) bias binding will Lisa get from a piece of fabric sized 22" by 36" (55.88cm by 91.44cm)?

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On Pins and Needles22 May 202400:34:53

This week on the podcast Lisa dives into the fascinating history and handy uses of sewing pins and needles. From ancient origins to modern-day must-haves. Discover the best pins and needles for your projects, get tips on selecting the right ones, and hear about her favorite brands. Whether you're a sewing newbie or a seasoned stitcher, this episode is packed with fun facts and practical advice just in time TO GET YOUR STICH TOGETHER!

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https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/fashion-history-sewing-needles/

https://www.madehow.com/Volume-7/Straight-Pin.html

https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/behavior/making-clothing/bone-awls

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Dr. 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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Make Nine or Nah? 2022 Sewing Plans05 Jan 202200:27:00

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Stitching Holiday Traditions with Kamali Obiagu29 Dec 202100:14:12

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Kwanzaa greeting "Habari Gani"  and the 7 principles of Kwanzaa

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Stitching Holiday Traditions with Martha Mcintosh22 Dec 202100:16:36

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Garifuna Settlement Day

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