Judith and Sandy discuss the background of the research released today on the SewOver50 account.

Judith Staley with a team of 4 SewOver50 followers conducted research of pattern companies from 1 January to 31 December 2022 to identify the visibility of older sewists. This research helps to show if the SewOver50 account and the community has made a difference since 2018.

This episode is about the research that was conducted. The full version is episode 387.

On the SewOver50 account, there are 2 posts that cover the results of this research. Comments are available on the first post so all comments can be made on 1 post. You don't need to feel you have to duplicate your views about this research over 2 posts.

The team who participated in this study with Judith were Judy Henwood, Kris Doyle, Sarah Allen and Camilla Lindberg

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