Whipstitch
Casual conversations over coffee with award-winning author and sewing instructor Deborah Moebes, based on her blog, Whipstitch. Deborah shares insights about the connections sewing provides each of us: our relationships, our history, our homes, our community, our hearts, our minds. Engage with ideas that will enrich your sewing, make it more rewarding, and enjoy some time visiting together.
- Update frequency
- every 50 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 29
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Episode Nine: The Queen’s Quilt & Hawaiian Sewing Culture
In 1895, to save her kingdom from being torn apart, Queen Lili’uokalani signed over her authority to the US government. Subsequent to that event, she was imprisoned in her own bedroom in her palace–…
Episode Eight: Three Questions That Will Revolutionize Your Sewing
Deborah Moebes shares three questions we can ask ourselves about our sewing that will challenge us, direct our focus, and help us celebrate our wins at the sewing machine.
Episode Seven: Your Thread Has A Shelf Life
Vintage thread spools are THE most darling, those tiny wooden hearts with lovely colors wound around them--BUT! That thread may not be stable or strong enough for your modern-day sewing projects. Le…
Episode Six: Learning Vulnerability & How to See Sewing as Art at the Craft Swap
Hear Deborah Moebes tell the story of how she learned to view her children's "art"--and her own--not as "art" but as Art by sharing it at the Atlanta Craft Swap. What we make with our hands is valua…
Episode Five: Ann Lowe, A Great Woman of Sewing
The story of Ann Lowe, whose designs are housed in the Smithsonian Museum of American History and created the wedding gown in which Jackie Kennedy was married, and who died nearly destitute and large…
Episode Four: Three Most Common Sewing Machine Mistakes
Ever had a giant bird's nest of thread under your sewing with no idea how it got there? How about a weird noise coming from the machine with every stitch? Deborah reviews the top three most common …
Episode Three: The Story of Sandra
Host Deborah Moebes shares the story of Sandra, whose sewing machines and legacy inspired Whipstitch from the beginning. One of the most popular posts on the Whipstitch blog, this story reminds us a…
Episode Two: Rosa Parks, A Great Woman of Sewing
One of my very favorite series on the Whipstitch blog is the Great Women In Sewing series, where we highlight the work and influence of a woman who changed the world with her needle, or simply change…
Episode One: Nine Ways To Instantly Improve Your Sewing
I've discovered some simple ways of making dramatic improvement in your sewing. This twenty-minute episode shares those, along with some stories that follow my path to uncovering these techniques.
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