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 is another community mailbag episode. So we're going to be sharing

stories from sew us who have been sewing for more than 20 years. And they told us how sewing

has influenced their lives. So I'm really excited to share these stories. We've got some good

ones today. And I think we're going to learn a lot. So to get us started, the icebreaker for today, what is your fondest sewing memory,

Haley?

This is hard because I have a lot of, like, good sewing memories.

I also just, like, I sew a lot.

So hopefully there's good memories there.

I think that, of course, my favorite sewing

memories are usually when I get to sew with other people. I have a lot of, like, really fond

memories, sewing wedding dresses with my friend, Rachel, when we would do that together.

We just would like have so much fun and we would always,

like, stay up all night. And she's, like, really into caffeinated beverages. And she always

had, like, a mountain dew in hand. And just, like, so many, like, funny, goofy memories and, and like late night runs for snacks and very like wee hours of the morning breaks to go to the diner to get food and just like really fun times.

Those are some of my favorite sewing memories.

What about you?

I think I have a lot of them too. I think one of the things

that is a fond memory for me is when I was first learning to sew and some of the things that I made

back then because kind of like you're saying, I used to stay up like to all hours of the night

to finish. And I was so excited about it. And I was learning so much back then and making

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