Sew What?

A podcast all about historic needlework and those who stitched it, hosted by your local historic needlework expert, Isabella Rosner.

Holiday Special!: Gathered at Gressenhall

Plantation Goods: An Interview with Dr Seth Rockman

Samplers by Free, Freed, and Enslaved Schoolgirls: An Interview with Sarah Brokenborough

Stitching in Prison: An Interview with Fine Cell Work

The History and Power of Mending: An Interview with Kate Sekules

Cambodian Textiles: An Interview with Dr Magali Berthon

The History of Crochet: An Interview with Eleanor Gilchrist

Women in Stitches: An Interview with Marcia Goldenstein

Naval Embroidery: An Interview with Maya Wassell Smith

Men at (Needle)work: An Interview with Jamie Chalmers

The Modern Venus: An Interview with Dr Lis Gernerd

Fashion City: An Interview with Dr Lucie Whitmore and Dr Bethan Bide

Elizabeth Hall and Friends: An Interview with Rebecca Scott

Stitching, Bright and Bold: An Interview with Danielle Clough

Weaving and Unweaving: An Interview with Raisa Kabir

Women's Work: An Interview with Ferren Gipson

Threads of Power: An Interview with Michele Majer and Emma Cormack

The Early Years of the RSN: An Interview with Dr Lynn Hulse

Hmong Embroidery: Paj Ntaub and Story Cloths

Mary Linwood's Art of Stitchery: An Interview with Dr Heidi Strobel

The World of Erica Wilson, Part 2: An Interview with Dr Anne Hilker and Vanessa Diserio

The World of Erica Wilson, Part 1: An Interview with Edith Bouriez

All About Egyptian Textiles: An Interview with Seif El Rashidi

RSN at the Fashion and Textile Museum: An Interview with Dennis Nothdruft

New London Needlework Reexamined: An Interview with Lynne Zacek Bassett

Stitching A Better World: An Interview with Stephanie Valencia of the Social Justice Sewing Academy

Flax and Finger Weaving: Māori Woven Textiles

Resilient Stitching, Then and Now: An Interview with Claire Wellesley-Smith

Battle, Ritual, and Community: Asafo Flags of the Fante People

Embroidery and the Body: An Interview with Rowan Riley

Japanese Mending and Stitching: Sashiko and Boro

Stitching Girls and Cup Noodles: An Interview with Jessica Tang

Sew What? Holiday Special: Familial Needlework

Curating Needlework at Regional Museums: An Interview with Claire McRee

Protecting Needlework from Pests: An Interview with Joel Voron

Historic Rugs and Carpets: An Interview with Elisabeth Parker

Molas of the Kuna: A Central and South American Indigenous Textile Tradition

Historic Embroidery in Mexico: An Interview with Mayela Flores

Geography and Needlework in the American South: An Interview with Emily Wells

That's All, Folk: Eastern European Folk Dress Traditions

The British Textile Biennial and Beyond: An Interview with Amber Butchart

Sew What? Season 3 Trailer

Conserving Historic Needlework: An Interview with Gretchen Guidess and Jackie Peterson-Grace

Embroidering Portraits: An Interview with Cayce Zavaglia

The Needlework of Historic Boyz II Men

Paper Pieced Quilts and Crafting During COVID: An Interview with Naomi Clarke

Alternative Embroideries: Tambour Work and Punch Needle

Australian Schoolgirl Needlework: An Interview with Cat Gay

Stitching Among Friends: Early Quaker Needlework

Jewish Fashion Making and Stitching in 20th-Century London: An Interview with Dr Bethan Bide and Dr Lucie Whitmore

Quilting and Exhibiting Black Life: An Interview with Bisa Butler and Dr Erica Warren

Curating Needlework: An Interview with Amelia Peck and Melinda Watt

The Embroideries and Lace of the Wiener Werkstätte

Early Medieval Embroidery: An Interview with Dr Alexandra Makin

Travelling and Unravelling Indian Embroidery Techniques

May Morris and Arts and Crafts Embroidery: An Interview with Thomas Cooper

Embroidering Adversity in Charity and Orphan School Needlework

Navajo Weaving: An Interview with Dr Kathy M'Closkey

The Long, Looping History of Nalbinding

Making Historic Needlework Now: An Interview With Ruth Singer

Gee's Bend Quilts and Quilters: An Interview with Caster Pettway and Mary Margaret Pettway

Sew What? Season 2: The Tiny Needleworked Treasures of 17th-Century Schoolgirls

A Holiday Treat! The History of Fair Isle Knitwear

Marking Time: A Conversation with Dr Edward Town

The Hauntedness of Victorian Hairwork: An Interview with Avery Curran

"Pick up your knitting whenever you’re sitting": Knitting for Victory in WWI and WWII

Queering Needlework: An Interview with Daniel Fountain

The Art of Craft: Needlework in the Art and Craft Debate

School Subjects Through Stitch: History, Math, and Geography Samplers

A Collage of Ideas: An Interview with Dr Freya Gowrley

To Bead or Not to Bead: Historic Beadwork of England and the Americas

Fashion in 18th-Century Colonial Spanish America: An Interview with Laura Beltrán-Rubio

Stitching While Imprisoned, Part 2

Stitching While Imprisoned, Part 1

Making and Consuming in the 18th Century: An Interview with Dr Serena Dyer

Needlecraft and Wellbeing: An Interview with Dr Alison Mayne

Opening the Doors to 17th-Century Embroidered Cabinets and Caskets

Black Love, Black Family: An Interview With Kelli Coles

Unstitching Colonialism: South Indian Missionary School Samplers

For the Love of Lace: An Interview with Elena Kanagy-Loux

Authors Who Stitched, Part 2: The Brontë Sisters!

Authors Who Stitched, Part 1: Jane Austen!

The Power of Cloth: An Interview with Rose Sinclair

An Interview with the Royal School of Needlework

Around the World in Central American Samplers

Hopping Into Early Modern Frog Pouches

Text and Protest

Welcome to "Sew What?"!