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 more intention and joy.

And today we're talking about practical things that you can do to use sewing as an

opportunity to slow down and de-stress. And we're going to cover five tips that will help you

ditch your productivity-focused mindset, even if it's just for a little while. So you can really

just relax and enjoy your sewing time. So we have an icebreaker today from Blanca. And Blanca asked this

question. Thinking back to when you were building your skills as a beginner, when did you feel

like you made the leap to leveling up as a not beginner sewist? What skills, techniques, or

sewing rights of passage let you know you leveled up?

All right, Haley, what do you think? What were your level up moments?

This is a hard question because it feels like a long time ago. But I think kind of the signal to me that I

had moved out of the beginner stage was I wasn't constantly

referring to my notes and having to look up in a book every time I like came to a technique.

Even if it was something I did before, I think when I had that confidence to be like,

oh yeah, a dart, sew the dart. I know how to I think when I had that confidence to be like, oh, yeah,

a dart, sew the dart.

I know how to do that.

I can sew a dart.

That's when I didn't feel like a beginner anymore.

So it was less about, I mean, it was partially about the skills, but it was kind of this mindset

of having the confidence and the skills that I had practiced over and over again. So I feel

like that's when I felt like I wasn't a beginner. As far as like skills or techniques, I feel like

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