I'm Sari.

And I'm Haley.

And this is Seamwork Radio.

Welcome back to Seamwork Radio, everybody.

So last week we talked about why learning to sew is hard but rewarding.

We were talking about our sewing by design framework. And today we're going to

talk about that first step in that framework, which is laying your foundation. And today we're

going to talk about why sewing is so hard. We're going into a little bit more detail about that

and some of the things that we've heard from all of you and especially from our beginners

out there. And we're also going to talk about what we think are the eight key skills that you need,

the kind of component skills that you need for your foundation as you continue your sewing journey,

especially if you are a beginner. So with that, we're going to dive into

our icebreaker for today, which I'm really excited about. This one is fun. The question today is,

what beginner project, no matter how ugly, still makes you smile because you're so proud of it.

So Haley, start us off. What is it? Okay. So for me, this is pretty easy,

but it's kind of like a tail within a tail. So I apologize in advance. Okay. So at the end,

I think it was my first semester of design school. All of our lessons and work culminated. And we needed to draft a

button-up shirt pattern. And then we needed to sew it up in a plaid fabric matching all of the

plaid. I was like, okay, I was living in L.A. but I hadn't been downtown to the garment district yet.

I didn't have a car at the time.

And so I'm like, okay, I'm going to go make this, like, journey to do this.

And so I go downtown.

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