I'm Sari and I'm Haley, and this is Seamwork Radio.

Welcome back to Seamwork Radio where we share practical ideas for building a creative process so you can sew with intention and joy.

Today we're talking about something that's really close to my heart,

which is how to keep stress out of your sewing room. So we're going to cover five practical

strategies that can transform your sewing from a source of frustration into the peaceful,

creative sanctuary it's meant to be, plus some bonus tips that will help you stay energized and

motivated for all your future projects. All right. Our icebreaker for today, Haley, what kind of

projects really get you in the zone where you completely lose track of time? There's two types of

projects that come to mind. One is making a pretty dress because I just love making pretty dresses.

It's my favorite thing to sew.

So I get like really in the zone when I'm making those.

And the other thing is things that are very like repetitive.

So if I'm like making a quilt or I'm lots of times like more home deck or craft

or like craftsy kind of things can be more like that and I can get kind of like in the zone

where you're just doing the same thing over and over again. You get kind of like a hooked on it.

Yeah. So I think those are my two. What about you? I think definitely for me, repetitive things for

sure. I was going to say quilting as well. I definitely lose track of time when I'm quilting.

This is very soothing. It's like a lot of, it's repetitive, but it's not so tedious that you feel like bored with it.

Yeah.

I can see why people get really, really into quilting.

I'm kind of a quilt dabbler.

I've made a few quilts, but I'm not, like, great at quilting yet.

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