Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor
Host Stephanie Socha, a residential interior designer and maker presents a creative lifestyle podcast for those who love to sew, quilt, knit, decorate and make things for the home. This podcast is for the maker who loves to dabble in many types of hobbies, mainly sewing and quilting, but also knitting, paper crafts (Cricut) gardening and interior decorating. There are a mix of guest interviews and solo episodes where I present an informative topic and/or educational "how to" on specific maker techniques. Join my Patreon to get a bonus episode every month, year round (even during show hiatus).
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On this episode I give a full recap of the Sew Sweetness Retreat I attended the last weekend of September. There was a guest instructor from Blue Calla Patterns, Celine Alleart, and we made a bag from her pattern, The Boronia Bowler Bag. Sara Lawson was also an instructor, and we made the cute crossbody/messenger style bag from her pattern called the Satellite Bag.
Also, I review...
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I recorded this episode on-site in Sarah Clevenger's sewing room! We had the best time talking about sewing, machines, fabrics and pattern making. Sarah gives a couple of sewing hacks/tips, and she talks about some of her niche sewing interests like costume and renaissance style sewing, and how she loves sewing coats.
If you have any hesitation on sewing your own clothing, ...
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I am trying something new with my "mini-sodes", mini-size episodes on the weeks in-between the regular bi-weekly episodes. These mini-sodes will be about the most recent updates with me, projects I'm working on, seasonal things and any thing else I think of between main episodes.
If I don't have any new updates, then there will not be a mini-sode - so, I can f...
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We have two weeks to go before Thanksgiving...do you have your tablescape planned out yet? Create a beautifully decorated table with your own handmade table linens or make last minute semi-diy linens with embellished ready made linens. I share workroom tips on standard dimensions of table cloths, placemats, table runners and napkins. In addition to linens, there are more layers of greens ...
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Another mini-sode this week - yay! Just a little chit chat, I have a new podcast email info@makeanddecorate.com in addition to my main email stephaniesochadesign@gmail.com
I review rotary cutters from Clover, Olfa, Fiskars, Gingher and Tula Pink.
What am I watching on YouTube? I talk about three channels that I subscribe to and watch on YouTube.
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This is truly a special episode, I cannot tell you what a joy it is for me to have Stephanie Kendron from http://modernsewciety.com/ ; The Modern Sewciety Podcast on the show today! Aside from Pat Sloane, Modern Sewciety is one of the first sewing related podcasts I subscribed to, and I have been a loyal listener ever since.
We all love her podcast and...
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There is a lot of great information packed into this mini-sode. Get tips and a link to a great video from Sew Sweetness' Ask Sara YouTube video, to learn how to reduce not only holiday stress, but anxiety and stress in your daily life. Sara's guest is Dr. Stephanie Palmer (she is the creator of the Quilter's Planner).
I talk about a new winter craft I started last we...
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My guest today is Irene Staal, owner and pattern designer of Sugaridoo. I had so much fun chatting with Irene, and learning more about her patterns in Amigurumi crochet stuffed animals, and foundation paper pieced quilts. Irene is in the Netherlands, and I discovered her YouTube channel early this year, called Sugaridoo. Irene is a great teacher and her videos are so beautiful and are mad...
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There is sew much going on here in Make and Decorate-land! Since I removed several handmade gift items off of my to do list, I have been able to breathe and enjoy this holiday season so much better this year!
On this mini-sode episode, I recap the previous Sugaridoo episode with some sources of craft shows with crochet, knitting, yarn and possible amigurumi for you to find in 2019...
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Ooops! If you downloaded earlier than noon cst 12-20-18, you got my "directors cut" long version of episode 16...sorry about that. This is the edited episode 16 with a new segment on making vanilla extract! So be sure that you have episode 16 that is 52:40 minutes long.
It is the last episode of 2018! Do you find at the end of every year, you are marveling at how it went...
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Happy New Year Everybody!!!
On the first segment of this episode, I chat about what I did, what I made and what I watched on Netflix during the holidays. Check my show notes for links.
Segment 2:
Meet Jessica Pierce, owner of 5 out of 4 Patterns. Jessica is an amazing person, and we had such a great time chatting about her, and her family and her awesome business, 5 out of 4 Pa...
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Welcome back to part 2 of my conversation with the amazing Jessica Pierce, owner and creator of 5 out of 4 Patterns. Have you checked out her website, downloaded and made any of her patterns? Let me know.
Also, in the first segment of this podcast I talk about my current WIP's, and recent installation of motorized roman shades.
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In the first segment, I update on the goings on here, and a mini-review on my new iPhone XR. I share my research on the notable differences from the iPhone XS.
My podcast guest this week is Sara Lawson, from Sew Sweetness Patterns!!!! Sara is a bag pattern designer and has two weekly live facebook and youtube video shows, AND she is a fellow Chicagoan woot woot! We chat about it ...
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Happy February!! Here we go - this new year has taken off at breakneck speed. In this minisode, I talk about current projects in my studio, and happy to report that the king size butterfly quilt is now at the longarm quilter - yay!
I have some new to me quilting notions to share with you: Clearly Perfect Angles, mini wonder clips, Olfa endurance blades, Clover marble glass head ...
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