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Seamwork Radio: Sewing and Creativity

What We've Learned From a Year of Pandemic Making

Seamwork Radio: Sewing and Creativity

Colette Media

Fashion & Beauty, Leisure, Crafts, Arts

4.9830 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The last year and a half have been transformative for many of us. In this episode, we explore how the pandemic shaped our thoughts about making, and the lessons we've learned about the importance of craft in our lives.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Sari.

0:05.0

And I'm Haley.

0:07.0

And this is Seamwork Radio.

0:09.0

Hi everyone, welcome back to Seamwork Radio.

0:14.0

So today we're going to be talking about what we learned in the last year of making during this pandemic.

0:21.7

Now the pandemic is kind of starting to hopefully wind down a bit, and we're coming out of it.

0:28.4

It's been over a year, and there have just been so many lessons learned.

0:32.8

So we are going to talk about that today.

0:36.0

So, yeah, Haley, I think you have the icebreaker for makers today to start us off.

0:41.6

I do. So the icebreaker today is what skill did you learn during the last year?

0:49.5

I was thinking about this. And I had a lot of hobbies before the pandemic started. So I know a lot of people

0:56.8

got into new hobbies during this pandemic, which, you know, it's been amazing for that. I think

1:02.3

people have discovered a lot of new ways to create. I feel like I already had too many hobbies.

1:12.1

So, but one thing that I... I feel like I already had too many hobbies before this.

1:20.1

So, but one thing that I, I'm really proud of that I learned during this year is how to cut my own hair.

1:23.6

Because out of necessity, you know, the, the salons were all closed during, you know, the first part of the pandemic.

1:31.5

And for a long time, I wouldn't be comfortable going to one.

1:34.9

And my hair was getting really, really shaggy.

1:38.0

And so I took an online class from a stylist that I really like who kind of cuts in the style that I like

1:44.5

and does a lot with wavy hair, which is what I have. I have like wavy hair. And I learned how

1:49.8

to cut my hair, not just cut my hair, but cut it with a razor, which I've always read is really,

1:53.9

really hard to do. And it's really easy to kind of fry the ends of your hair that way. So I kind of

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