#54: Making Meaning with Claire-Louise Hardie / The Thrifty Stitcher

Today's episode is more in the summer of stitch series, this time with a very different kind of maker. Claire-Louise Hardie is a costumier and sewing teacher, expert in making clothes and understanding how clothes work and how they make us feel. This is a really fun conversation exploring very different things than this podcast usually covers and it was great to talk to Claire-Louise and share this with you. It's a great excuse for me to think about clothing construction, the importance of fabric in telling stories and all the nerdy details of working with museum objects, which I have really loved. I also love the way she ended this conversation by celebrating how sewing is such a varied activity and there are so many branches of it, united by this wonderful experience of making stuff. The Thrifty Stitcher Thrifty Stitcher Instagram Buy Claire-Louise's book Clone Your Clothes Join Ruth's email list Find out more about Maker Membership ruthsinger.com/membership Full details of the episode , including a transcript

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#54: Making Meaning with Claire-Louise Hardie / The Thrifty Stitcher is an episode from Making Meaning by Ruth Singer.

This episode is 51:36 long.

This episode was published on Aug 16, 2025.

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