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Used2Sew

Used2Sew

"Used2Sew" is an entertaining podcast about one of the most important inventions to impact American lives outside of the automobile: the sewing machine. Mother-daughter team TR and Aradia will be talking about sewing machines, sewing history, and sewing culture in the past and present. With comedic timing and far-ranging references, we will explore topics including (but not limited to) textiles, technology, transportation, industry, women, business, home sewing, social movements, politics, and the impacts of fast fashion. We will also talk a lot about vintage sewing machines with an emphasis on the Singer company, plus detours into the commercial and industrial textile world. There will also be personal Tales of Sales from when TR worked for Singer, and fun contests and calls to action. Stay threaded!

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Episodes

114 episodes

  1. Patterns (part 1) 1:07:21
  2. Paint and Stickers 40:54
  3. BONUS CROSSPOST: Coming of Age Anthology 1:06:44
  4. Letters and Halloween Costumes 52:01
  5. One Size Fits All (Sizes part 2) 52:56
  6. Sizes (part 1) 1:09:48
  7. Iron 55:24
  8. Thread 45:31
  9. Dolly Parton and more 57:24
  10. Magnesium Machines 36:45
  11. Rotoscillo to Free-Westinghouse 55:53
  12. Singer Rotaries 52:51
  13. Crumb Quilt (Little House on the TV pt2) 49:43
  14. Little House on the TV pt1 1:00:26
  15. The Arlington 46:00
  16. Lubrication 50:45
  17. Fabric Stores 43:53
  18. Boye Commodity Cabinet 55:10
  19. Beginner Workhorse 1:01:01
  20. Sewing Machines at War 55:45
  21. Industrial vs Domestic Sewing Machines 33:51
  22. Ready to Wear 55:03
  23. Betsy Ross 53:15
  24. Sewing Machine Therapy 43:49
  25. U2S Rewind: Fabricating Consumers pt2 58:52
  26. U2S Rewind: Fabricating Consumers pt1 48:54
  27. Fabricating Consumers pt3 1:03:35
  28. The Style-O-Matic 46:33
  29. Wheeler and Wilson 42:31
  30. Artemis and Childhood Sewing 34:22
  31. Siuslaw Pioneer Museum 38:09
  32. Patents and Chainsaws 59:29
  33. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire pt2 57:28
  34. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire pt1 1:10:50
  35. Fabricating Consumers pt2 58:52
  36. Will it Sew Leather? (and more) 1:02:52
  37. The Rise and Fall of Kilbowie 39:14
  38. Space Sewing 53:46
  39. Plane Sewing 52:04
  40. Shanks and Fasteners 46:56
  41. Precursor Machines 1:04:05
  42. White 43:58
  43. Morse 41:11
  44. Fabricating Consumers pt1 48:54
  45. Collecting Vintage Sewing Machines Wisely 42:54
  46. U2S Rewind: Boxing Day 22:30
  47. U2S Rewind: Christmas Eve Guy 30:24
  48. U2S Rewind: Planned Obsolescence 42:10
  49. U2S Rewind: Fast Fashion 37:58
  50. Season 2 Wrap-Up 31:17