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 we're getting a little bit vulnerable in talking about our

recurring sewing mistakes. So you know the ones, the things that just seem to happen over and

over, no matter how long you've been sewing. So we'll cover the mistakes we've each made

repeatedly over the years, what finally helped us to overcome them, or at least recognize them

faster, and the lessons

we've taken away that have made us better sewists. All right, so our icebreaker for today,

tell me, Haley, about a sewing mistake that turned into something unexpectedly good. So maybe you

cut something wrong and you discovered a new design or fitting issue led you

to a technique you now use all the time, something like that.

What comes to mind for me is many years ago, I was making a dress.

It was like a blazer-style dress out of a velvet fabric.

And I, you know, velvet blazers are like nothing new, but I really chose the wrong type of velvet to create something structured.

Not only that, it was also my first time sewing with velvet fabric.

And I was like, yeah, silk velvet and something structured.

Such a good idea. And I think that what the unexpected good thing that came out of it is that it

really helped me to level up my sewing game. Because of that project, I had to

learn how to underline correctly. I had to step up my hand sewing game. I feel like before that point,

it was very slapdash. It was like a lot of technique.

It was just a very intuitive approach.

I like that intuitive.

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