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A Podcast for the Sewing, Fashion and Textile Obsessed
A current exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum explores how Georgia O'Keeffe used her wardrobe and photographs taken of her to help craft her p...
Rosie Martin, the force behind DIYcouture , discusses her new book No Patterns Needed , a collection of patternless sewing designs based on...
Jessica Rosenkrantz, co-founder of Nervous System , a generative design studio, discusses her work creating 3D-printed clothing. Nervous Sys...
Sewing blogger and upholsterer Sonja Gingerich (of Ginger Makes ) recently started an online fabric shop, Hell Gate Fabrics , specializing i...
Filmmaker Vicki Vasilopoulos discusses her documentary, Men of the Cloth , which follows three Italian master tailors in the U.S. and Italy....
A current exhibit at the Museum at FIT explores the connection between haute couture and the folk stories of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christ...
Artist and teacher Rebecca Ringquist pulls embroidery out of its classic confines, using her needle and floss to tell modern stories in clot...
How do you come to know someone if all you have is the evidence of their clothes? This is the mystery author Jessamyn Hatcher is trying to s...
A new exhibit at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores how high fashion influenced bereavement rituals during the...
History, home ec, and fashion converge in this episode, an interview with historian Linda Przybyszewski (Professor Pski to her students), au...
Sometimes home is the best place for great ideas to thrive. Fifteen years ago, Natalie Chanin discovered just this when she moved her nascen...
Textile designer Heather Ross is best known for her whimsical fabric designs and illustrations for children's books, but her art springs fro...
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, a traveling exhibit, currently at the New York Historical Society, explores h...
For someone who sews, the workrooms of haute couture houses are probably just as (if not more!) interesting than what we ultimately see on t...
Whether you're a fashion history buff, or just really like to play dress up, the world of historical costuming offers a unique perspective o...
Need advice on sewing for special occasions? Susan Khalje , the renowned couture sewing teacher (and Thread Cult’s first repeat guest!), has...
Nora Abousteit helped found BurdaStyle.com and then founded Kollabor a.com , a beautiful and fashion-forward site that lets sewers, knitters...
Liesl Gibson creates super chic, modern sewing patterns for both kids and women. This episode Liesl and Christine talk about her design proc...
Maura Grace Ambrose, Austin-based artist and founder of Folk Fibers , makes beautiful, timeless hand-dyed and hand-stitched quilts. In this...
Often called the mother of modern quilting, Denyse Schmidt marries the best of the handmade and modern design. This episode, Christine chats...
Folk art and fine art meet this week in a facinating interview with weaver and textile designer Catharine Ellis, creator of the woven shibor...
There's no fabric more luxurious to wear, or tricky to sew, than silk. This episode, Christine gets the scoop on working with this delicate...
Summer has officially arrived! When it heats up, few fabrics are more refreshing to wear than linen. This episode, Christine and Linda Lee,...
From the timeless silhouettes created by Madeleine Vionnet and Madame Grès to the futuristic designs of Issey Miyake, there's nothing quite...
The sewing industry has seen a boom in independent pattern companies over the past few years, and Colette Patterns has been at the forefront...
Jeans are probably one of the toughest garments to sew and get right (you know, so they don't look homemade). This episode, Christine catche...
Producing clothing and other sewn goods locally and sustainaly is no easy task, particularly in our global age. Yet there are still dreamers...
If you love beautiful fabrics, don't miss this episode! Christine takes Thread Cult on the road to interview Bethanne Knudson, co-founder of...
If you sew, or aspire to sew, you surely have questions about that most important piece of hardware—the sewing machine. Perhaps you're in th...
Have you ever daydreamed of ditching your 9 to 5, stretching your creative muscles, and sewing fulltime? Nayantara Banerjee—a.k.a. The Willi...
This episode, Christine catches up with Kate Sekules, founder of Refashioner, a new website that acts as a curated consignment shop for pre-...
By now, most people recognize the environmental and health benefits of eating natural, organic, and sustainably-raised food. But what about...
Making perfect-fitting clothes is one of the toughest sewing skills to master. In this episode, couture designer and sewing expert Kenneth D...
Textile designer Lotta Jansdotter is the epitome of Scandinavian cool, even when she's designing in her Brooklyn studio. Christine catches u...
The New York Times has called her the artisanal dyer of the fashion world, but Audrey Louise Reynolds , a Brooklyn-based natural dye and col...
Small crafts have become big business, with the likes of West Elm and Anthropologie trolling booths at the Renegade Craft Fair for the next...
Christine chats with renowned couture sewing expert Susan Khalje about sewing women’s dreams (wedding dresses!), fabric shopping in Paris, a...
Since the industrial revolution, fashion has been inextricably linked with technology. From the invention of the sewing machine to the zippe...
This episode, Christine chats with Stephen Fraser, co-founder of the digital fabric printing company Spoonflower , which has allowed crafter...
In this season of gift giving, Christine teams up with Oona, of Oonaballoona.com , to try and answer an elusive question: Why is it so hard...
We all want to grow our own these days. Christine, of daughterfish.com, chats with Isa Rodrigues, from the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn,...
Christine of daughterfish.com chats with Jamie Lau, of BurdaStyle.com, about the new book Sewing Vintage Modern , updating vintage looks, an...