On this week's episode, I had the pleasure of talking with San Francisco based artist Sonya Philip. Sonya is not only an artist and maker but she’s also a clothing and pattern designer. After creating 4 items of clothing in 2012 she challenged herself to create 100 new items of clothing in a year. She went on to carry that project, which is now known as 100 acts of Sewing into 2013, and has since created her own pattern line under the same name, and is currently working on and developing a capsule wardrobe. I was especially interested to talk to Sonya about her project and her experience around 100 Acts of Sewing for 3 main reasons: 1. the act of teaching oneself a new skill that changes your life, 2. the problem of over-consumming in our society, and 3. the creative side of sewing. We cover a lot of these topics but we also discuss much more from building wardrobe consciously by supporting small businesses that make their items in the US to the importance of understanding the labor behind our clothing. Whether you are interested in sewing, conspicuous consumption, and supporting handmade and made in the USA - I think you’ll get a lot of this podcast.