I'm Sari.

And I'm Haley.

And this is Seamwork Radio.

Welcome back to Seamwork Radio.

Today we're talking about how you can get more wear out of the things you sew.

We're going to cover the four main reasons you might not want to wear something you've made,

how to plan to make things you'll get more use out of,

and a quick exercise you can do at home to help you brainstorm ideas for future projects.

Okay, our icebreaker today.

This one comes from Deborah D.

And she asks, are there fabrics you absolutely love or would burn in massive bonfires if you could

and why? I thought I misread that at first. You love or would burn a massive bonfires.

What do you think, Haley? Okay. I'll start with the good. Fabric I love. I love wool. I love sewing with it. I love the way it presses. I love wearing it. It's probably one of my favorite fabrics to work with. And I don't get to work with it very often. And my loathe fabric is probably acrylic, Anything with like a high acrylic fiber content? It just like when I

touch it, it gives me the yuck. Yeah. It's just like something about it. I instantly feel sweaty.

Instantly. Yeah. Not good vibes for me.

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of acrylic.

Mostly with yarn for knitting is where I encounter acrylic a lot.

And it's not my favorite.

It does have like a kind of a plasticy feel to it.

Although, you know, there's some, sometimes acrylic blend yarns can be really

nice. Yeah. I guess what I'm thinking, like I have wool on the brain very clearly right now, but

when you're going through like the coating section and you're like feeling all of the like beautiful

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