Bag Girlies of Black Sewing Network

Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter!   Check out our merch here Join the Black Women Stitch PatreonAmazon StoreBlack Sewing NetworkBlack Sewing Network is a platform that celebrates and amplifies black voices in the sewing community. We host daily sewalongs on social media that encourage and motivate members of the sewing community to sew daily!Black Sewing NetworkWebsite: Black Sewing NetworkFacebook: Black Sewing NetworkInstagram: Black Sewing NetworkTiktok: Black Sewing NetworkLinkTree: Black Sewing NetworkEmail: blacksewingnetwork@gmail.comThe BSN Bag GirliesTiktok: Nikki DTiktok: LanaeTiktok: Tanisha Lisa WoolforkLisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory, and American slavery. She is the founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers on Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville, Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation. Insights from this episode:Why the Bag Girlies love bags and how they started their sewing journeysNikki’s gorgeous bag sets and details behind each bagWhat NCW stands for and its different sizes and styles, as well as, the reason behind its popularityDifferent materials that the Bag Ladies use in making their bagsThe balance between functionality and form in bag-makingThe creative process behind the Bag LadiesThe “Melesi Tote” sewing techniqueInsights about the “Could I Be Any Clearer?” stadium bagSew Motivee’s design modifications that are being done by TanishaNikki and Tanisha’s collaboration on designsDetails behind Lanae’s “Fiona Foldover” bagThe Bag Girlie’s different styles and how they’re all connected with a strong line of creativity and clean sewing.Insights about...