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Mentions

Kristal Branton; Black Girls Sewcial Club

The Yarn Mission

Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild

Civic Innovation Fellowship

New City Arts SOUP

Sew Creative Lounge

DC Frocktails

Later this month, check out 

SewMuchAerial

Jabellafleur

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Toys Mentioned in the episode

Cabbage Patch Doll

Easy Bake Oven

Baby Alive

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You can find LInda Nance here:

Gotta Be Handmade website

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Special thanks today to OLISO for giving us irons! We talk about the TG1600pro and the MiniProject Iron. You can find links to them in the Gift Guide below

Special thanks to Allysia Holland IG: @hrhally who will be teaching at the 2020 Craftcation Conference https://dearhandmadelife.com/craftcation-conference/

Links for Gift Giving Guide

We divided the guide into FOUR categories: Beginner, Intermediate-Advance, Upgrade YOU, and Sewist-to-Sewist

The links below are for Amazon. When you buy from these links, Black Women Stitch gets a bit of money :)

Beginner

Seam Ripper, ergonomic

Thread Snips

Pins

Sewing Clips

Bodkin

Buttonhole knife

Point turner

Point turner WITH seam gauge

Press cloth

Retractable Magnet

the MiniProject Iron.

Guterman Thread Box (26 spools)

Intermediate-Advanced

Fasturn Tube Turning Set

Pattern Weights Or Bianca's Custom Made https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThanksImadeThem

Seam Roll

Tailor’s Ham

Clapper

Clover Curved Ruler set

Upgrade You

TG1600pro

Zirkel

Felt Pressing Mat

Scissors

Sewist-to-Sewist Gift Ideas

Fast Fit by Sandra Betzina

Fitting and Pattern Alterations (this is used in design schools, hence the $ but it's excellent)

Pants for Real People

Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Sewing 1976 edition -- This is a rare gem of a book. If you find one at an estate or yard sale, snap it up! Otherwise, it is here. :)

Supplies for a GIFT KIT include...

Appleton Dress – a favorite Black Women Stitch dress

PDF Plotting—Save your sanity! NEVER tape a PDF pattern again. Buy the A0 format and print it with PDF Plotting.

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Alethia's Social Pages

website: https://www.alethiahudsondesigns.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/356147378053601/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SewMuchTalent
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sewmuchtalent/

Also mentioned in the podcast:

That's Sew Monica: http://www.thatssewmonica.com/

Erica Bunker: http://www.ericabunker.com/

Patricej715: https://www.instagram.com/patricej715/?hl=en

Beaute' J'adore: https://beautejadore.com/

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Support the following businesses during this shopping season:

Carole-Lyles Shaw

Thanks, I Made Them

TA-OSH by designs by TAOSH

House of Mami Wata

Waxprints Laces and More

Finer Fabrics By Queenora

Fabric for the Culture

Cultured Expressions

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We also encourage our listeners to check out DC Frocktails, an event organized by DC native and Black Women Stitch sew sister Naomi P Johnson. Tickets are limited. They go on sale Sunday, December 1st.

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Designs by TAOSH Contact Information

Etsy shop to purchase illusion fabrics

Website

Also mentioned in the podcast

RIT Dye color formulas

The Sax Dinner Theater in Washington DC

Lisa's affinity for/as a "regular black girl" as Tressie McMillan Cottom describes in her award-winning book THICK (Hey, Friend, Hey!)

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Special thanks to Melvinia Smith of Designer Fresh Custom Tailoring for sharing the story of her fantastic vintage Simplicity B888 iron. You can find her Instagram page here.

Melvinia's amazing Iron is no longer available for purchase but you might get lucky and find one at an estate sale or on eBay.

Irons used/mentioned in podcast. If you buy from these links, I get a tiny bit of coin.

My teeny tiny craft iron

My ride-or-die sidekick iron

My gravity feed iron

My new Oliso iron

My dearly departed Rowenta Steam Generator

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How to find Chioma (Chi9ja)

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Website

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Cosplayers mentioned in podcast

www.facebook.com/brichibicosplays/

Chocolate Covered Cosplay

https://twitter.com/tranquilashes

https://twitter.com/thatjayjustice?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

- Community Groups

https://www.facebook.com/groups/230325643710157/?ref=br_rs

https://blackcosplayersofficial.tumblr.com/

- # tags #BlackCosplayerhere

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ikrd/black-cosplayers-are-letting-people-know-they-do-exist-with

#28daysofblackcosplays

https://blacknerdproblems.com/tag/28-days-of-black-cosplay/

- Extras not discussed but something to browse

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/panvnm/meet-the-black-anime-cosplayers-blowing-up-on-instagram-1

About The NYC Village Halloween Parade (which is TOMORROW!)

http://halloween-nyc.com/

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