Sew What?
Sew What? is a weekly podcast that celebrates historic needlework and those who stitched it. Isabella Rosner, your local needlework expert, explores all types of needlecraft (including embroidery, knitting, weaving, nålbinding, quilting, lacemaking, and everything in between) from around the world and across continents and interviews leading textile artists, scholars, and curators. After three successful seasons with a total of 62 episodes, Sew What? is releasing standalone episodes. The historic needlework goodness never stops! Listen here or on your favourite podcast app and look out for new episodes dropping on Thursdays at 12pm BST.
Dress, Textiles, and Needlework of the Irish Poor: An Interview with Dr Eliza McKee – Sew What?
In this episode Isabella interviews Dr Eliza McKee, Irish dress and social historian. The two talk about the dress, textiles, and needlework of the Irish poor. You can find Eliza on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/irishdresshistorian/. Images and sources are available at @sewwhatpodcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. The podcast has a website, sewwhatpodcast.com.
- Dress, Textiles, and Needlework of the Irish Poor: An Interview with Dr Eliza McKee
- John Craske, Fisherman Turned Embroiderer: An Interview with Lisa Little and Lesley Lougher
- The History and Use of Tatting: An Interview with Dr Brenda Rewhorn
- Charlotte Brontë's Life Through Clothes: An Interview with Dr Eleanor Houghton
- Sew What? Goes to India, Part 1: Chanakya International and Chanakya School of Craft
- Sew What? Goes to India, Part 2: Shrujan and Shrujan LLDC
- Art X Fashion: An Interview with Dr Elizabeth Way
- Collecting Samplers: An Interview with Alexandra Peters
- Textile Conservation and Marie Antoinette Style: An Interview with Hannah Sutherland
- Chinese Textiles in 18th-Century Britain: An Interview with Shilei Zeng
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