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

ways that sewing impacts our lives.

Hey, everybody, welcome to episode number 35. So today we're going to talk about a fun technique for planning out your sewing. We're going to cover what the rule of three outfits is. And Haley's going to share how she's used it to plan some projects in a really simple and accessible way. So last week, we were talking a lot

about prioritization and prioritizing your projects. And Haley, you posted this method in the community

a while ago. So I wanted to talk about it a little bit today because I thought it might help people

maybe when they're stuck on planning with a technique they could use. So this whole technique was

inspired by an article that we had in Seymourke magazine by Michelle Calistra Brown. And we'll link to

that in the show notes. But the article's called pinpoint your style while minimizing your

stash. And here's a quote from the article, and that's kind of what inspired this whole thing.

She said, whatever you're making, write down three outfits you can construct with that piece.

Three outfits. That's it. If you do this exercise for every single piece you make over time,

you'll end up with a circular wardrobe of clothes that all complement each other. That's such a

cool idea. Yeah, I was really inspired when I

read this article, and that's what kind of like inspired me to implement this planning process

in my own wardrobe. Yeah, it's such a simple way, I think, to go about it. It just seems

really practical and lightweight, I guess. Yeah. Tell me a little bit

about how you used it specifically, Haley. Yeah. So what inspired, I read this article and I, at that

moment in time, I was like daydreaming about a pink pair of pants that I really wanted to add to my wardrobe. And so

I just was like, you know what? I'm just going to draw out three outfits that I could wear

with these like dream pink pants that I had in my head. So I like got out the like my body model

crokey that I use. I drew my dream pink pants and then just

started kind of iterating different outfit combinations that I could create using these pants kind of as like

...