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 how sewing teaches you to want less. So we're going to

cover our own relationships with consumption, how that's changed throughout our sewing journeys,

and then eight ways that you can lean on sewing to help you consume less. All right, our icebreaker

for today, Haley, what's the last item of clothing

or fabric that you bought? I have answers for both. The last item of clothing that I bought was a

brown quilted coat from Everlane. And I had just been like wanting something like that like a line kind of liner coat style that I could

layer underneath my rain jacket and frankly I didn't have the bandwidth to sew it for myself

in this particular moment in my life and I felt good buying it because what, I really like Everleigh. And I think

their business models, like, really great. And they're more, like, ethical than a lot of

fashion companies out there. And two, it's outerwear. So I know that I'm going to have it for, like,

the next 10 plus years. I mean, realistically, even longer than that, unless I destroy it somehow. So that's the

last item of clothing I bought. I did buy it on a really good Black Friday. I think there was a

discount on Black Friday. So that was quite a while ago. And then the last fabric that I bought was I

bought a remnant, a rather large remnant at a local

fabric store here in Portland called Bolt, which is one of my faves. And it's kind of a lilac colored

sweatshirt fleece. Ooh. I love lilac. I don't wear it very often. But the store staff is very lovely and was really

hyping me up on it and telling me how great I was going to look at it. And I love being complimented.

I bet lilac would look really good on you. I think it will look good. I think it's just more like

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