5 Decisions That Make or Break a Summer Garment
5/4/202637 min
Summer sewing comes with its own unique set of decisions—from choosing between breezy linen and performance fabrics to figuring out how much ease you actually want when it's hot outside. Sarai and Haley walk through five key decision points to consider before starting your next warm-weather project, helping you make intentional choices that lead to garments you'll actually reach for all season long.
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First 90 secondsSarai· Host0:00
[upbeat music] I'm Sarai.
Haley· Host0:05
And I'm Haley.
Sarai· Host0:06
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 more about summer sewing, specifically the decisions that can make or break your warm weather projects. So we're gonna walk through five key questions to ask yourself before you start your next summer project, so you end up with garments you'll actually want to wear when it's hot outside. All right. Haley, here's our icebreaker for today. Tell me about a summer garment you made that turned out to be a total win, so something that you reach for constantly, and what made it work so well.
Haley· Host0:47
I think that the one that comes to mind, which I f- I need to recreate because I'm a different size than when I did this, was that one summer I lived, I think I still lived in LA at the time, I decided that I wanted to make my perfect T-shirt and have a whole bunch of different drafted variations of it, like different neckline variations, sleeves. I wanted a couple dress lengths to pick from.
Sarai· Host1:16
Mm-hmm.
Haley· Host1:17
And so I self-drafted a T-shirt with all of, like, you know, all of the above, and it was so nice- [laughs] ... to have,