I'm Siri 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. So Haley's out on parental leave with her new baby right now. So I'm

going to be flying solo today, giving you some practical tips and tricks. And we've also got a

whole bunch of interviews lined up with some pretty incredible guests from the world of sewing

that you will not want to miss. So stay tuned all summer for that and we'll welcome Haley back in the

fall. All right, today we're talking about how you can

sew from your fabric stash. And we're going to cover five tips that'll help you to use what you have

buy less and clear space in your sewing room by sewing with fabric you already have and love.

All right. So most of us have fabric stashes that just seem to get

bigger and bigger. I know that I do. And if you've seen videos of my sewing shed on YouTube,

you've kind of seen how I organize mine. I have this cutting table. It's a koala cabinet, which I absolutely love, and it has

drawers in it. So it's a cutting table with drawers underneath. And my fabric is stored in those drawers

and all the drawers are labeled by the type of fabric it is. So it's a really nice system. But I actually

ran out of room in those drawers, and I have this big basket that I got at any antique stores, giant basket.

And I've had to use that as my overflow basket.

And I'm looking at it right now, and it's actually, it's stacked very high.

I'm out of room in that basket as well.

And yesterday I was just in the office and we were

filming some videos and I've got even more fabric there that's just stored at work because,

and I have fabric stored in my garage, just thinking about this. I have a lot of fabric. So I think

sewing from our stash is something that we can all probably

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