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 where to find confidence in your sewing

practice day to day. So we're going to cover five different moments you might experience

while you're sewing that can actually help you to build up your confidence and how you can

get the most from them so you can begin to really trust your sewing instincts. All right,

Haley, so I want to ask you, are there any projects

that you're currently having a hard time finishing? Always. The answer is always. The one that

stands out to me right now is I cut a Madu like a couple months ago. I'm actually probably like 80% done with it. I just have to

finish attaching and top stitching a couple of the facings, but the fabric is so annoying to work

with. And when I was cutting it, I was like, I should have, like, spray stabilized this before I

started working with it. And it's just annoying me so much that I straight up, like two days

ago, cut a second modu because I'm like, I really want this. But I'm kind of overworking with

that fabric. Is it really slippery? It's really like, it's not slippery. It's just like really

shifty. Which with all the casings and stuff and like top stitching is really annoying. So I was

like thinking to myself like, oh, I'm going to trick myself and to finish the other, finishing the other one.

Because I know I'll like it when I'm done. And then I'll be like, oh, I want another one.

I have this one that's almost done. So here is hoping that my playing tricks on myself works.

That's a really good reminder for me because I just bought this fabric for this dress that I'm making and

it's also really shifty. And then I bought a lining fabric yesterday and I know that's going to be

really, really shifty. And I thought, well, fabric yesterday, and I know that's going to be really, really

shifty.

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