I'm Sari Mittnick, and this is Seamwork Radio, where we tell stories about the surprising

ways that sewing impacts our lives.

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 how you can teach someone else in your life how to sew.

And this topic was inspired by our new course, which is called Learn to Sew clothing for absolute beginners.

And Haley and I teach this course. We've been working on

it a lot. So we've been thinking a lot about what's the best way to teach someone else how to sew

and we wanted to share that with you today. So this is going to be helpful to you if you're a

beginner yourself, if you're more experienced and you might want to share those skills with other

people, or even if you're learning a totally different skill or hobby and you want some practical

tips to help keep you motivated. So we're going to cover how to choose their first project,

how to help them choose fabric for the first time, and how to support them as they continue their

sewing journey. So we're going to start off with our icebreaker for today, and that comes

from Megan. And Megan asks, what did you study in school? Is your career in sewing slash clothing

what you envisioned for yourself when you were in high school slash college? If not,

what steps led you down this path? All right, Haley, you can start us off. I, in fact, did study. I studied

fashion design in college. It was a really comprehensive program. I did a lot of pattern making and

sewing, so it wasn't just all mood boards and sketching and that kind of thing. I have my BFA in fashion design. And I had the

intention of having career and ready to wear. And I did. That is where I started my career,

but I really did not like it. And while I had my first job in the industry post school, I took an interview at a small fabric store,

and I just fell in love. That was the first time I saw a Colette pattern. And I was,

and if you're not familiar with Colette, that is the predecessor of seamwork. And I just fell in love.

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