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. And today we're talking about how to connect

with other people within the sewing community.

And we're gonna cover why community matters so much,

the three pillars of a healthy community,

and a variety of ways that you can engage in the community

depending on your own personality.

All right, so our icebreaker for today, Haley,

what's the most fun sewing meetup that you've ever been to?

You know,

generally I have a lot of fun when I go to these like meetups and things like that.

So it's kind of hard to say.

I've always loved all of the Portland frocktails that I've gone to.

If your city doesn't have a frocktails or you're unfamiliar,

it's basically just,

it's basically just a big party where everybody sews something kind of like fun,

kind of frosting type thing for yourself.

And then you just like hang out and talk about sewing.

Sometimes there's like, you know, pattern swaps and other fun things.

But really the star of the show is just wearing something cool with a bunch of people who

have also made their stuff.

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