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 talking about how to answer the question, should I buy it or should I make it?

And we're going to cover six questions to ask yourself when you're deciding whether you want to take the time to sew something for yourself or simply buy a ready made version.

All right. Heading into our icebreaker for today. This one comes from Nancy. And Nancy says,

Just wondering if you ever lost a piece of your garment or the entire garment in your sewing room.

I do lots of bridal and prom dress alterations and one day I lost an entire dress. My studio is

large, but I had checked and rechecked every possible place I could have laid or hung the dress.

I was in a panic.

After sleeping on my complete loss of mind, I went downstairs to my studio and checked underneath my koala cabinet.

There lay my missing dress.

It was a slippery fabric and slid right underneath out of sight.

Mine recovered also.

I love that, Nancy. Nancy,

that sounds so stressful. I am stressed reading that. I would have been in new imagine like this year panic of like I lost someone's prom or wedding dress. I mean, what am I going to tell them?

Yeah, I get stressed when I lose anything.

So yesterday, I made it for Tata for dinner and I went to go cut it and serve it and I could

not find the pie server anywhere.

And I checked the dishwasher like three times.

I checked the drawer it's supposed to be in.

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