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Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably

Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably

a podcast about sewing and sustainability

Zoe Edwards

245 episodesEN-UK

Show overview

Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 245 episodes. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-UK-language Leisure show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 35 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Zoe Edwards.

Episodes
245
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

- Do you love sewing, AND are passionate about fighting the climate and ecological crises? - Are you wondering if your sewing could be made more sustainable? - Do you want to enjoy your creative passion in a way that really reflects your values? Join Zoe Edwards, a sewing nerd and creator of Me-Made-May, on her journey to explore how to sew (and live!) more sustainably. In this podcast we discover ways to sew with sustainability in mind, by flexing our creativity and resourcefulness in new and exciting ways. Check Your Thread’s goal is to show that sewing more sustainably can be fun and fulfilling, (HOLD the side order of guilt, eco-snobbery and FOMO.) Topics covered include: -Mending and garment repair -Upcycling and refashioning -Natural fabric dyeing -Fibre and fabric selection -Slow stitching -Zero Waste sewing patterns -The social and political dimensions of sewing -Craft as activism Find out more... checkyourthread.com

Latest Episodes

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#245: The State of Sewing – Knit + Stitch Show 2026

Oct 19, 202650 min

#244: Holding and Working to Your Values with Tatjana Harttung

Oct 12, 202659 min

Episode 243: Sew The Precious

Oct 6, 202637 min

#242: Quiet Care from Loose Ends – Kat Camfield with Masey Kaplan

Sep 28, 20260 min

#241: Teatowel Treasures and a Charity Shop Crawl with Ros Williams

Sep 21, 202649 min

#240: Haptic & Hue – Stories Through a Textile Lens with Jo Andrews

Sep 14, 20261 min

#239: Replay – Explaining Deadstock Fabric with The New Craft House

Sep 7, 202646 min

#238: Replay – 5 Ways to Update Unworn Me-Mades

Aug 31, 202624 min

#237: Replay – Activism in Real Life with Beedy Parker

Aug 24, 202654 min

#236: Replay – Sewing When Your Wardrobe is Full

Aug 17, 202621 min

#235: Make Quilts Political Again Kat Camfield with Lorraine Woodruff-Long

Jul 27, 20261h 16m

#234: Making Sewing Accessible for All Genders with Tony Rea

Jul 20, 202656 min

233: No Stupid Sewing Questions with Julia Hincks

Jul 13, 202650 min

#232: Magic and Movement for Makers – Kat Camfield with Justice McNeil

Jul 6, 20260

#231: A Business Based on Scraps – Kat Camfield with Justice McNeil

Jun 29, 202625 min

#230: How to Teach Repair Skills with Jeanna & Mary

Jun 22, 20261h 2m

#229: Further Fabric Confessions with Lise Bauer

Jun 15, 202646 min

#228: Crafting with Neurodivergence with Kim Witten

Jun 8, 202649 min

#227: Threading Change – Kat Camfield with Sophia Yang

May 26, 202659 min

#226: Sashiko, The Untold Story with Atsushi Futatsuya

May 19, 202657 min
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