A Week in the Life of a Sewing Teacher

About this episode

Janet Szabo discusses her preparation for teaching sewing classes and the challenges of finding accurate information in the digital age.

Send us feedback about this episode! I'm getting ready for Sew Expo in Puyallup, Washington. Join me for a chat as I talk about how I prepare for my classes, particularly ones I haven't taught before. I'll discuss the difficulties of hunting down accurate information in this age of the Internet and AI and how that can be a huge disadvantage to newbie sewists. There might be a short rant about interfacing. If you've ever been frustrated by inaccurate or conflicting sewing information, you will...

People in this episode

Host: Janet Szabo

Topics covered

• sewing education
• class preparation
• information accuracy
• newbie sewists
• interfacing

Keywords

• sewing teacher
• Sew Expo
• class preparation
• sewing information
• interfacing
• newbie sewists

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Puyallup, Washington

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