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 adding pizzazz to your favorite patterns.

We'll cover 10 creative ways to customize patterns you already love, simple techniques that make a

big impact, and how to make even basic garments feel uniquely yours. So whether you have go-to

patterns you've sewn multiple times,

or you're looking to make simple basics more special, these ideas are going to help you create

garments that truly reflect your personal style. All right, let's start with a relevant icebreaker

for today, Hilly. What's a pattern you've sewn multiple times and how did you change it up?

There's so many seamwork patterns that I've sewn a lot. But they tend to be like basics.

And I change them by just doing different fabrics. I think that one that I've made often that I always make a little bit different is it's an old oldie, it's a seamwork, or it's a

collette pattern. It's the laurel dress. And I have made that so many different ways.

Different sleeve variations, neckline variations, adding ruffles, using eyelet.

Like, I've done a lot with that dress over the years.

I love something that has like a really basic but classic shape for these kind of like shifting type garments because I feel like it's just just the perfect blank canvas.

Yeah. Yeah. I like that too. And there are several semark patterns that I've made many times. I'm wearing one right now, which is the ash dress.

That's a good one. Three times, a very simple slip dress, and I love slip dresses. And again,

yeah, I just vary the fabric for the most part. I've made it in all three of my versions are in Rayon

Shally. But because Rayon Shally comes in so many cool prints, they're all prints.

And I just, I love this dress. I think it's such a great one to play with. Even though I've

basically just made the basic version, I think it would look really great if you shortened it or

lengthened it. There's just so many things you could do. I think the next time I make it,

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