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.

So have you ever noticed that the days you feel best in your clothes are usually the days

you didn't have to think too hard about getting dressed? I think there's something to that.

So today we're talking about the idea of a summer outfit uniform, not wearing literally the same

thing every day, but finding a repeatable formula that works for your body, your life, and your climate. We'll get into

why outfit formulas actually free up your creativity instead of limiting it, how to find the

formula that's already hiding in your closet, and how to use your summer sewing to build it out

intentionally. Whether you're planning your summer wardrobe right now or you're just tired

of standing in front of your closet feeling stuck, this one's for you. All right, Haley, here's our icebreaker question for today.

Tell me about a time you looked at your closet and realized you'd been sewing basically the same

thing over and over without meaning to. Like, suddenly you noticed that you had a type.

Yeah, I think back on a time maybe a little over a decade ago where I went through the space where I was sewing like everything and two silhouettes. I was either sewing a shift dress or like a very like fitted bodice, gathered skirt silhouette. And for me it was like fine. I liked those things. It was fine until it

wasn't fine, right? I found that after a time, I just felt completely burnt out on those

styles. It wasn't that I didn't ever want to wear them again, but I just felt so bored.

I feel like this was an example of a time that I leaned into a uniform

unintentionally in too hard of a way.

So it taught me like a little bit about the balance of that, right?

Yeah.

It was so nice to have those tried and trues.

Mm-hmm.

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