I'm Sari.

And I'm Haley.

And this is Seamwork Radio.

Welcome back to Seamwork Radio.

Today we're going to be talking to Alexis Bailey.

And Alexis is a designer and owner behind fiber and cloth,

an online shop providing hand sewing and

embroidery kits and tools for the mindful maker you can find her work and shop at

fiber and cloth.com that's fiber without an e and her own site at hello alexus bailey.com

hi Alexis thank you so much for joining us today we're so so happy to have you. Hi, thanks for having me. So we always start off with an icebreaker. And today, our icebreaker came from somebody in our community. Her username is Twist. And she asked, would you please share with us the kindest thing someone has done for you inside your sewing practice?

Perhaps a way that a teacher explained something or the way someone responded to an item you made for them or a tool or a piece of fabric that someone shared with you.

Wow, that's such a interesting question.

Do you want to start, Haley?

Do you have something in mind?

Yeah, I think I do, actually.

I think that the kindest thing that someone did for me,

I think it was the way that my career path really took this 180 change when I discovered the home sewing industry and left ready to wear.

And it was the shop owner that I worked for for several years.

Sherry Me, she owned So-A., which is since closed.

But she really just, like, took me underneath her wing and introduced me to this really, like,

amazing community, introduced me to Sari.

Really, my whole life changed when I realized that there was this amazing world.

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