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 your wardrobe workhorses, those special pieces

you reach for again and again, and what they can reveal about your personal style. So we'll cover

how to identify your most worn pieces, why tracking what you actually wear matters more than

what you think you should wear and how to translate these

insights into sewing projects you'll love for years to come.

All right.

Our icebreaker for today, Haley, is what was your favorite thing to wear, your favorite garment

to wear when you were a kid?

This really depends on the era of childhood we're talking about.

But the first thing that came to mind was when I was 10-ish, maybe 11, Spice Girls were really

popular.

Yeah.

And there was this skirt.

It was a mini skirt and a sweater, a cardigan that went with it from Old Navy.

And my mom didn't buy me a lot of new clothes.

I got a lot of hand-me-downs.

And she also was like, she has very, like, new clothes. I got a lot of hand-me-downs. And she also was like, she has very, like,

basic, classic taste, I should say, jeans and t-shirt, mom. So I was never allowed to get,

like, really fun things usually. And so this was a red and navy argyle skirt. And the argyle on the skirt was like a

smaller scale. And then the sweater was a red fitted cardigan and it had like a large scale

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