The Asian Sewist Collective Podcast

About The Asian Sewist Collective Podcast

Welcome to The Asian Sewist Collective Podcast. The Asian Sewist Collective is a group of people of Asian descent who sew! We live in different cities around the world and represent different Asian cultures and ethnicities. In this podcast, we’ll be exploring the intersection of our identities and our shared sewing practice. Join us for guest interviews, deep dives on history and culture, and interesting discussions.

Publisher

Asian Sewist Collective

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Mar 2021

Latest episode

9 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 77 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Plus Size Patternmaking for Womenswear with Leila Kelleher (@leila_sews)

   In this episode, we discuss the new book, Plus Size Patternmaking for Womenswear with co-author and friend of the pod, Leila Kelleher (@leila_sews). We also share an update about the future of the pod and what to expect in your feeds. Buy the book (affiliate link): https://bookshop.org/a/24800/9781350360174 For show notes, resources and a full transcript of this episode: https://asiansewistcollective.com/episode-75-plus-size-patternmaking-for-womenswear-with-leila-kelleher If you find our podcast informative and enjoy listening, you can support us by making a one-time donation via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/asiansewistcollective

2. 

   22 Jan 2026

   Fabric Shopping in India with Nandita (@divinedita)

   In this episode, we're chatting with friend of the pod and season 1 guest, Nandita (@divinedita), about her travels to India and fabric shopping throughout three different states in India. Thank you to Oliso for sponsoring this episode. For show notes, resources and a full transcript of this episode: https://asiansewistcollective.com/episode-74-fabric-shopping-in-india-with-nandita-divinedita/ If you find our podcast informative and enjoy listening, you can support us by making a one-time donation via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/asiansewistcollective

3. 

   26 Nov 2025

   A Conversation with Yaya Han Part 2

   In part two of our chat with the amazing Yaya Han, we dive behind the scenes of being a business owner in the sewing space over these last two volatile years, the perils of social media, and what it's like to have your spouse as your business partner. Thank you to LDH Scissors for sponsoring this episode. For show notes, resources and a full transcript of this episode: https://asiansewistcollective.com/episode-73-a-conversation-with-yaya-han-part-2/ If you find our podcast informative and enjoy listening, you can support us by joining our monthly membership or making a one-time donation via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/asiansewistcollective

Inside a recent episode

Plus Size Patternmaking for Womenswear with Leila Kelleher (@leila_sews)

Published 9 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So we're publishing with Bloomsbury and who's a very big publisher they do a lot of fashion books and the whole thing the whole kind of impetus behind it is that a lot of times when people have requested companies either produce patterns or garments in larger sizes there's been a lot of basically excuses with people saying you know I don't know how to do that which you know that is a valid excuse I don't know how to do that but it's also been that they didn't learn it at school. So if they went to fashion school, people say, you know, I didn't learn that at school. And that is the case at most fashion schools that people are not explicitly taught plus size pattern making and it is different. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

51 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

23

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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