I'm Sari and I'm Haley.

And this is Seamwork Radio.

Hello and welcome back to Seamwork Radio.

Today we are talking about the idea of semi-minimalism.

So we're going to cover which ideas from the minimalist movement really

resonate with us and which don't, and how the aesthetic of minimalism often gets confused with

the ideas behind it. We'll also talk about how we think about our stuff, our money, and our

time, and how you can adapt some semi-minimalist practices into your sewing.

So I want to start us off with one of our icebreakers for makers today.

Haley, how much clothing do you own?

Is it a lot or a little or in between?

I think, I would say kind of like a moderate amount. I'm I think I'm in

the in between. I think most people who see my closet are shocked maybe that I don't have more

clothes just because of being like, you know, sewing, being my core hobby and being like in the fashion world. But I have

kind of a moderate amount, but honestly, like I could seriously do with probably like 25% of what is in

my actual closet. That's probably the percentage that I actually wear regularly. What about you?

I feel like I have a lot of clothes. And I don't know if that's objectively true. Maybe it's because

I seem to have mentioned this in every episode, but because I've just moved, I'm very aware of how much

I have and how much gets used. And I do use quite a bit of my wardrobe,

but when you have a fair amount of clothing, you can't wear all of it all the time. So I feel

like there are definitely things that I wear a lot more often than other things. And so I feel like

it's a lot. And I definitely like you feel like I could do with less and probably not even

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