Summer sewing: Linen struggles, hacking shorts and bold stripes #109
Summer has (almost) arrived in Sweden, and Malena and Johanna are ready to talk about warm-weather sewing. It starts with a linen pants therapy session where Johanna has some saggy struggles; luckily,...
26 Touko 1h
Coverstitch secrets: Beyond basic hems #108
The coverstitch machine can easily become an expensive hemming machine. So in this episode, Johanna and Malena talk about why it can do so much more than just finish the bottom of a t-shirt.Johanna is...
19 Touko 50min
Lack of confidence, purging patterns & creative differences : Q&A #107
Malena and Johanna open the mailbag again and answer your pressing sewing questions! Should you purge patterns that no longer fit? Who gets the final word when Malena and Johanna disagree on a techniq...
12 Touko 57min
From Sweden to Hawaii: How Sanna Myers built a pattern brand #106
What does it actually take to launch a sewing pattern brand and find an audience for your creations?In this episode, Johanna and Malena sit down with Sanna Myers from Paradise Patterns, a Swedish patt...
5 Touko 1h 5min
8 ways to sew knit necklines (none of them a neckband) #105
Everyone knows the neckband. It’s the default option for finishing knit tops. But surely there must be more ways? Perhaps even better ones? In this episode, Malena and Johanna step away from the most ...
28 Huhti 57min
Pre-launch spiral & trusting the (bridal) fabric flow #104
Johanna is launching a new sewing pattern after an 18-month hiatus and is a bundle of nerves. Has all the hard work of the past few months been for nothing?Malena steps in to talk her off the ledge, a...
21 Huhti 58min
Sleeves explained: Less guesswork, better fit #103
Johanna and Malena dig into a new arm of garment sewing, namely the sleeves. They talk through the different types, from set-in to raglan and why they behave so differently once you actually sew them....
14 Huhti 58min
T-shirt book update: Decisions, dilemmas and messy lines #102
Remember the t-shirt book Johanna and Malena said they were working on? Well, this is the update, and again, they need your input!Johanna and Malena share what’s happened since the last episode, what ...
7 Huhti 56min
