10 Tips for Learning to Sew: A Conversation with Glory Allan
Seamwork Radio: Sewing and Creativity
Colette Media
4.9 • 763 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
If you've ever wanted to dive into the world of sewing but didn’t know where to start, you’re not alone. Glory Allan, a self-taught sewing enthusiast and popular creator on YouTube and TikTok, knows exactly how it feels to be a beginner. In our recent conversation, he shared invaluable insights and practical tips for anyone embarking on their sewing journey.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Sari and I'm Haley and this is Seamwork Radio. |
| 0:09.8 | Welcome back to Seamwork Radio where we share practical ideas for building a creative process so you can sew with intention and joy. |
| 0:18.1 | Today I have a really special guest with me. It's Gloria Allen, and you might recognize |
| 0:23.1 | him the most from his super popular YouTube channel or TikTok videos. He creates really approachable |
| 0:28.7 | sewing tutorials, has a bunch of really great sewing projects, and puts together DIY kits |
| 0:33.1 | for his projects. He also has a lot of free patterns you'll definitely want to check out. |
| 0:37.3 | He's here to share |
| 0:38.1 | 10 expert tips for anyone who's interested in teaching themselves how to sew. Even if you already |
| 0:43.1 | know how to sew, all of these tips apply to any new self-taught hobby, and you can even apply |
| 0:48.1 | them to learning new sewing skills. But if you are new to sewing, you're really going to love these |
| 0:52.6 | ideas. All right, thanks for talking with me today. you're really going to love these ideas. |
| 0:56.1 | All right, thanks for talking with me today. |
| 0:57.4 | I'm so glad to have you on. |
| 0:58.1 | It's so exciting. |
| 0:59.8 | I'm excited to be here. |
| 1:00.8 | Thank you for inviting me. |
| 1:01.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.8 | I was just saying before we started hitting, before we hit record, that our whole team is such a big fan of your channel. |
| 1:14.9 | We all watch it. Awesome. So tell me a bit about how you got started making sewing content on YouTube and on TikTok. Well, I started about, it feels like a long time now, |
| 1:22.6 | in 2019, but that was when I released, sorry, 2020 was when I released my first YouTube video. |
| 1:28.3 | And it kind of started. |
| 1:29.8 | So I've been sewing for about six years prior to that, but casually, and it was all self-taught, |
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