EPISODE 57 :: Sonya Philip of 100 Acts of Sewing
The Close Knit podcast aims to hold space for conversation about the ways we use fiber to process life and world events
Sonya Philip is an artist, designer and teacher. In 2012, she started a project called 100 Acts of Sewing, making dresses while documenting the process. Since then Sonya has made it her mission to convince people to sew their own clothes. When not covered in bits of thread, she can be found fermenting, knitting or baking things. Sonya lives in San Francisco with her family.
It was such a pleasure to catch up with Sonya - albeit virtually, though we live fairly close to each other. I've long admired Sonya's simple, practical, and playful approach to clothes-making and her pattern blocks have been the gentle gateway for me to approach clothing making with ease and joy. I loved chatting with Sonya about her practice and how its shifted and morphed this year, and everything she has coming up this year and next (if you follow her you may have seen her book announcement!). We our all about Sonya's year, her background and her approach to making things.
