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 six fabric shopping rules that everyone should know, and we're

going to cover how to avoid making expensive impulse decisions while you're shopping, how to avoid

buying fabric you won't actually want to wear, and how to tell what a fabric will look like on

your body and not just on the bolt. So these tips are going to be really helpful whether you're buying

online or if you're buying in a store. And at the end, we're also going to share away for you to

get discounts on fabric. So stick around until then. All right. So getting into our icebreaker for today,

Haley, this one comes from seamwork member, Anne. And Anne writes, what advice did you initially dismiss that you now subscribe to?

That is a great icebreaker.

I think that I shrugged off a lot of good advice, honestly, when I first started sewing,

because I was just like in a hurry.

And the advice I shrugged off

pertains to that I had this pattern making and sewing instructor named Anna and she was like

the stern Russian woman but like very like maternal and loving. I have very fond memories of her.

Anyway, she told me, she's like, you're always in a rush. You need to stop worrying about sewing fast or even sewing good and just something along the lines of like and just try to enjoy sewing because if you

enjoy it, then the rest will come easily. And I was like, easy for you to say, you don't have

eight hours of sewing homework to do every day. It kind of like blew it off. But now I have really

come to appreciate that advice. And it is something that I definitely live by when it comes to

sewing. That's such great advice. It's such, I mean, it's true in so many aspects of life, not just sewing, that if you enjoy

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