About this podcast
Casual conversations over coffee with award-winning author and sewing instructor Deborah Moebes, based on her blog, Whipstitch. Deborah shares insights about the connections sewing provides each of us: our relationships, our history, our homes, our community, our hearts, our minds. Engage with ideas that will enrich your sewing, make it more rewarding, and enjoy some time visiting together.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 30 episodes
- Episode Thirty: The 2026 Murder Mystery Quilt · 46 min · Episode 30Host Deborah Moebes shares details and design insight into the 2026 Murder Mystery Quilt: Murder in the Alps! Learn more: https://whip-stitch.com/mmq-2026…
- 10 Reasons To Join A Sewing Membership Community: Episode Twenty-Nine · 57 min · Episode 29Host Deborah Moebes discusses ten reasons why a sewing membership is a good choice for you. Improve your technical skills, get inspired, master tricky sewing methods, and improve…
- Episode Twenty-Eight: The 2025 Murder Mystery Quilt, Murder At Machu Picchu · 38 min · Episode 28Join host Deborah Moebes as she shares details about the 2025 Murder Mystery Quilt project! Sew the quilt to solve the crime by taking part in Murder At Machu Picchu with the…
- Episode Twenty-Seven: Your 9 Most Important Sewing Tools · 54 min · Episode 27Host Deborah Moebes shares a list of the nine most important sewing tools you can have in your sewing kit--the perfect collection for anyone new to sewing or looking to improve…
- Episode Twenty-Six: How Are Your Sewing Goals Coming Along? · 48 min · Episode 26Host Deborah Moebes reviews her 2024 sewing goals, including how she set them and what she's hoping to achieve this year. Join the conversation and think through your sewing…
- Episode Twenty-Five: For The Love Of Bias Tape · 52 min · Episode 25Host Deborah Moebes guides you through THREE chapters covering everything you want and need to know about bias tape. Chapter One: What Is It, and Why? Chapter Two: What to make…
- Episode Twenty-Four: What's A Sewing Tournament? · 28 min · Episode 24Have you ever heard of a SEWING tournament? You've heard of a basketball tournament, and a bowling tournament, but a SEWING tournament? The League of Dressmakers, Whipstitch's…
- Episode Twenty-Three: How To Defeat Sewing Perfectionism · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 23Host Deborah Moebes shares the story of sewing a men's sport coat from a Vogue sewing pattern, only to have it fail miserably--and what that reveals about her own (accidental)…
- Episode Twenty-Two: Murder In Greece! The 2024 Murder Mystery Quilt--with BONUSES · 34 min · Episode 22This year is the NINTH year of the Murder Mystery Quilt, and we're headed to GREECE! Hear Deborah Moebes share the colors and design of the quilt, the mystery we'll be solving…
- Episode Twenty-one: The Seamstresses of Manzanar · 28 min · Episode 21In this episode, Deborah shares a visit to Manzanar, an American internment camp for citizens of Japanese ancestry during World War II. The ways in which sewing formed community…
- Episode Twenty: Sewing Machine Maintenance For Beginners · 38 min · Episode 20Deborah discusses the near-death of her beloved sewing machine, her relationship with her local sewing machine repair shop, and how to maintain our sewing machines so that we…
- Episode Nineteen: How To Choose A Sewing Machine · 45 min · Episode 19Deborah shares FOUR questions that will help you narrow down your sewing machine options, whether you're buying a first sewing machine or buying a replacement sewing machine…
- Episode Eighteen: How To Get (Back) Into Sewing · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 18Deborah talks about how to get UNSTUCK when you don't know how to get started sewing--whether sewing is brand-new to you, or whether you're feeling stalled out and need new…
- Episode Seventeen: The Murder Mystery Quilt 2023--Murder Of The Viking · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 17Listen as Deborah Moebes shares the history of the Murder Mystery Quilt, her subscription clue where quilters join Clue Crews to read an original detective story while sewing a…
- Episode Sixteen: How to Hit Holiday Sewing Deadlines, and a Project of Doom Quilt Update · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 16Almost exactly one year ago, Deborah set a goal to sew FIVE quilts as a Christmas gift for 2022. But they aren't any old quilt--they're the Project Of Doom, a notoriously…
- Episode Fifteen: How To Shop For Fabric When Sewing · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 1Follow the process of shopping for fabric for your sewing project--even when you don’t have a pattern!
- Episode Fourteen: TheLeague of Dressmakers and Me Made May · 42 min · Episode 14Deborah Moebes shares the history and structure of her subscription club, The League of Dressmakers, and how that relates to the annual online showcase of handmade clothing…
- Episode Thirteen: How To Design A Sewing Project Kids Will Really Use · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 13Deborah Moebes talks through the thought & design process behind the Junior Ranger backpacks she sewed for her three children as a way to display the embroidered patches they've…
- Episode Twelve: How To Store Wool Yarn & Fabric · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 12Deborah Moebes discusses how learning to knit changed how she stores her textiles; how pantry moths taught her how to prevent infestations; and where to get the goodies to keep…
- Episode Eleven: What Iron Should You Choose For Sewing & Quilting? · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 11Host Deborah Moebes details her thought process for selecting the best iron for sewing & quilting, comparing past steam generator irons (like Rowenta or Black & Decker) vs the…
