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 how to sew holiday clothing that you'll actually want to wear

beyond December.

We'll cover five smart strategies for creating festive pieces that transition beautifully into

your everyday wardrobe, specific pattern ideas that work perfectly for this approach,

and how to think differently about special occasion sewing so

every garment you make becomes a wardrobe workhorse. All right, so let's start with our icebreaker

for today. Haley, tell me about a time when you made something special for an event, but then

we're surprised by how much you ended up wearing it afterwards. Okay.

So this isn't like the core garment, but I feel like it's in the spirit. I made this sheer dress for a party that I was going to.

And I realized when I tried it on afterwards that I didn't really have like a slip that quite

worked for it. So then I had to make a slip to match. And I still wear this slip all the time.

It's one of my favorite slips. I made it from a stretch charmeuse. And it's like the perfect like pinky champagne tone that

matches my skin tone really well. I love it. I know it's not like the core special event garment,

but it is like a serious workhorse for me. Oh, that sounds cool. Well, that's, I think that counts.

It counts, right? What about you? Well, the one that came to mind for me, I made this for several years ago for one of our holiday parties. And it was a black mini dress in like, it was like a jacquard fabric, black mini dress. I think it had some sparkle to it a little bit. And it was our

Kennedy pattern. Oh yes. I remember this. A little mini dress. And then it has ties on the back

at the neckline. And I added these really cute faux fur pom-poms to the ends of the ties. And it was

very, very cute, very wintry. And then I afterwards, I removed

the pom-poms and it became very wearable for, maybe not every day, but for, you know,

going out to dinner and stuff like that. Cute. And you could wear it with tights and it didn't

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