I'm Sari and I'm Haley and this is Seamwork Radio.

Hi everyone, Haley and I are taking a break for the holidays and while we're gone,

we're resharing our Sewing by Design series from earlier this year.

The series was really popular and a lot of people have found it helpful for

building a framework around their sewing so they can get more out of it. Today's episode is the

first step in the process. It's all about laying your foundation. So I hope you enjoy hearing it,

whether it's for the first time or as a refresher on the whole concept, creating a sewing practice

that makes you happy. And by the way, as I've mentioned, the whole concept, creating a sewing practice that makes you happy.

And by the way, as I've mentioned, if you're looking for a gift for yourself or for a friend who

sews, we have gift certificates available right now on seamwork.com.

You can get a gift certificate for an unlimited membership with a 50% off discount right now on Seamwork.

And we also have gift certificates

available for in-depth learn-to-sow clothing for absolute beginner's course taught by Haley and

me. You can find all of these right now for the holidays on Seamwork.com. So enjoy the episode and

we'll be back after the series is over in January. Happy holidays. 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,

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