From Doubt to 2000 Students - with Andi Barney

About this episode

Andi Barney discusses her unique business in teaching sewing machine maintenance and the evolving interests of the sewing community.

Episode 066 It was great having Andi Barney on the pod to talk about turning her passion for vintage machines into one of the most unique businesses in our industry, that of teaching people sewing machine maintenance. Not only does she teach people how to take care of their own, but she now runs a program to train people as machine techs - something we’ll always need as long as we’re sewing! Our conversation also got into the changing needs of the sewing public. While there are many of us taught to sew either in school or by our grandmothers - and in formal ways to make clothes, quilts, and other household items, Andi is seeing a huge trend of younger sewists interested in defeating fast fashion through making their own quality clothing, and lots of recycling and upcycling what we already have to keep it going longer. Show Notes Website - https://www.andibarney.com/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@SewingDocAcademy Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/asbarney Ted Lasso - ‎Watch Ted Lasso - Show - Apple TV+‎Apple TV+https://tv.apple.com › show › ted-lasso Vintage Elna Grasshopper - https://elnagrasshopper.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/an-introduction-to-a-grasshopper-part-1/ Janome…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Hunter

Guest: Andi Barney

Topics covered

• sewing machine maintenance
• upcycling
• fast fashion
• teaching
• vintage machines
• sewing community

Keywords

• sewing
• machine maintenance
• upcycling
• vintage machines
• fast fashion
• sewing education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sewing Doc Academy, Innova, Necchi, Portland Modern Quilt Guild

Products: Vintage Elna Grasshopper, Janome Jem Gold

Books & works: Ted Lasso

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