Jeanette Hayes or netty.hayes.sews on Instagram is New Zealand sewist and she started sewing again 4 years ago. She's a SewOver50 follower and she's also recently made her Instagram account public. Jeanette is inspired by her fellow sewists and she felt comfortable making her account public.

She has collaborated with Chalk & Notch, Friday Pattern Company, True Bias, Minerva in the UK and Fabric Godmother. Jeanette uses The Fold Line for her sewing pattern research. Jeanette is SewOver50 sewist that pattern companies have loved including her in their social media.

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