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. Today we're talking about our five favorite summer fabrics. So we're going to

cover what makes these five fabrics ideal for the season, plus give you tons of ideas about what to

make with each of them. All right, let's start with our icebreaker for today. Haley, this one came

from Helen M. And Helen asks, what is a favorite thing that someone else has sewn for you?

Well, I have to be honest, Helen. People don't really sew for me.

I have very rarely received hand-sown gifts in the past. When I had my daughter, she was gifted a couple quilts, but they're not

really mine. They're hers, but I do really cherish them. I have a few, one from the team at Colette

slash seamwork. And it's really cute. And then one that my auntie made her. And those are treasured pieces

for sure. Other than than that like things that people

have sewn for me are maybe more things I've gotten at like naked lady parties that happen

to be sewn they weren't sewn specifically for me or a sample that I've taken from work

because we're getting getting rid of it for one reason or another. Again, not sewn specifically for me. I have a couple of those too. I think for me, so when I first

decided that I wanted to learn how to sew and I was 16, I wanted to make my prom dress, but I did

not have the skills to do it. So my grandmother ended up making my prom dress and then taught me how to sew.

So that's probably my favorite thing that somebody else has made for me.

It was exactly what I wanted, and it was cute.

It's not what I would choose today, but I loved it at the time.

So that's probably the thing, just because of the story behind it and what it led to,

and that that was my inspiration for wanting to learn how to sew in the first place, that it

means a lot to me. The other thing that came to mind was my mom's friend, Lisa, made us when

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