 Hey guys, welcome to our new sewing channel called inside the hem. I'm Abby Amber I'm Lindsay and We created this channel cuz we all met together through sewing And we all really love sewing so we want to share with you how much we love sewing and Lots of things that we've made and tips and tricks. We found out along the way So we wanted to start with just a way for you guys to get to know us our personalities So we've all thought of some secret questions And we put them inside this little basket And we're just gonna take them out and share and see how it goes exactly who's first me. You can use it. Okay. I'll go first Hopefully I get one of my own questions because I know the answer All right, it says What was your biggest sewing fail and what did you learn from it? This is one of mine Oh Yeah, I heard that too Really? I think well that's my favorite Is it? No it's not. Is it? We wrote the same thing. I even though what did you learn? The same way, yes. That's hilarious. Okay, anyways This is the sewing thing. Oh god, this is so tough cuz there's been so many Yeah There's actually kind of been a lot especially in the beginning I remember and you guys might remember this from when we were taking sewing class together There was this skirt that I saw on Pinterest and it was a pleated skirt and in the center pleat on the inside It was an alternate fabric and I thought how hard could that be and so I took it to sewing class and asked the instructors And how to make it do it. Yes, this is easy. We can do it in no time. No, that thing was a Nightmare. Look at the yellow. Look at that. No, it was green and white chevron and then pink and white in the center But it was because I was trying to do the pleats and Interline it There was the the main fabric and then the interline fabric and all of the pleating So in the pleats there were sometimes like eight fabrics six or eight fabrics together Anyways, so imagine that going through your machine. Oh, yeah, it was awful in the way it sat. It was so heavy It didn't sit upright Anyways, I think that probably what I learned from that was just that not all ideas are good ideas and You should just abandon ship early instead of continuing to try and force something to work That's just not supposed to work. Yeah, but yeah, that was I think now, you know, what's a good idea and what now I could probably name that skirt. I should I should try that would be fires. This is what was your first sewing project My first son project. I think the first one When I got interested in sewing again besides like when I did little stuff when I was a kid was a tank top and I traced a tank top that I had from the store and Decided I was gonna use that as a pattern. I only had some random fabric I hadn't even been like shopping yet I had some random fabric and I put it together. I didn't know how to do darts though And so it has no darts. So it's really tight in the chest. It doesn't fit. Well, um, but I was really I wanted to try and do everything so it has French seams And it was first sewing project So yeah, yeah, and bias down neck and arm holes. I want to see that first tank top It's funny. We should do that. We'll do an episode where we're all gonna bring in our first project I think I still have it. It didn't go to Goodwill yet. I might be a goodwill. I'm trying to remember I still have mine, but yeah, I do still have mine. I just saw it the other day because I cleaned out my closet But yeah, I'll bring the oldest thing that I have but yeah, I have no qualms about Donating that project. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, cute. Very good. Very cute. Your turn Do you like to sew for others or just for yourself and why? I Like to sew for my mom. She really I it just feels good because she's like she likes it She's excited about it. She makes me feel good about it. Um, I like to sew cute little kids clothes I find that fun. I like picking out all the fabric. Um, I do not like sewing for anybody else But that for myself I Have sometimes at work people ask me if I can have both pants. I just I'm sorry I really had my own pants. I'm not gonna have your pants. So that would be it mom me cute little kid In that order. Yes, cute. Well me I didn't say Piper the dog. Wow. She just gets both That does count I'm not even kidding. I'm not even kidding. This is my version of the last question. I already answered There's like a gazillion questions in there I can talk about another fail if you want there's there's a lot Okay, this is another one of my questions, but if you could only sew one garment for the rest of your life What would it be and why I wrote that same question? Did you ask them? Did you do? It's similar Definitely. We're not so different after all I guess So I would probably Gosh, this is tough. I'm torn between yoga pants for obvious reasons and Dresses I feel like we live in Charleston, South Carolina And it's ridiculously hot here in the summer very humid, too And you really just can't wear anything but dresses in the summer Well, really probably six months out of the year. Would you say you wear a dress every day? Yeah brutal So, you know, you need a lot of variety. I feel like I kind of do wear dresses every day of my life, but So, yeah, I think dresses are the most fun to also because it's already an outfit, you know You don't have to worry about matching. I think a lot of times When we make our own clothes the fabrics are so unique like when you go in a store. They have very Planned out fabric selections where they have coordinates. They have things that match But when you go in a fabric store, it's not like that So you might make a top and then all you can wear it is with with his jeans So I think that's why I like dresses too because it's like a whole complete outfit and don't have to think about it anymore But also the other pants What is your favorite type of fabric and why Didn't you only have four questions and we've already That's funny. No, we've gone through all three Okay, I think there would be a difference between my favorite type of fabric just sew versus my favorite type to wear or to buy Like favorite fabric to buy would be like a gorgeous printed silk Not a chiffon, but like a charmous or a crate. Yeah So then my favorite type to sew with would be a knit because I can just run it through my serger really quick and have a top in an afternoon or Also love sewing with denim now kind of addicting and it It doesn't shift around So What's your favorite part of the sewing process thought it's easy for me I have a fabric obsession. I love fabric. I've been looking at fabric. I love buying fabric I Have a lot of fabric, but I guess For me, that's also a problem too that I love fabric so much Just because I buy something that I love and I have the hardest time committing to sewing it I'm just afraid I'm gonna pick the wrong project. It's not gonna live up to all my expectations. So Love All right Not a repeat See What is one goal for your sewing this year? Oh Well, I Did make a sewing goal and it was to Either like learn a new technique or like watch a new craft C class or something but try and Absorb something new and different. I think a lot of times it's easy for us to Especially after doing it for so long to say that we can sew anything but I think learning different ways to sew things or Maybe realizing that you know, you could sew something better than than what you already do So, you know cross is a great resource for that. They have tons of videos Even just a whole like a whole series of classes about how to do different hymns or how to do different Seen finishes. So little things like that are probably what what my Sewing goal will be for this year like every month. Maybe take a new class That's pretty ambitious. Yeah, I got three of them. I've never been Yeah, and maybe also I do in my planner every week is so sad in my planner every week. I put in Finish a work in progress and so something new. I swear to God I've sewn something new every week and I haven't touched a work in progress I think because you stop them for a reason. Yeah And something better comes along. Yeah. Yeah, what kind of day do you prefer to sew in a small chunks of time or a marathon Sewing sessions, that's hard to say Marathon sewing sessions marathon sewing sessions. That is tough Okay, um, I'm definitely the night owl I like to stay up, especially if I have like a Friday night or a Saturday night when I don't have anything going on I like to stay up until like 2 a.m. Or so Sewing because then I can just keep going and I like it when it's dark and it and that the Marathon session like I feel like if I only have a small chunk of time I don't really get enough done. I don't get in the groove. I'd rather like just keep working. So You know, I forget what time it is. I forget to eat So yeah, I think we all know that I do start to make mistakes though So I think toward the end of last year I started saying Put it down you got it. Yeah, you got to have a limit to the marathon Or otherwise you're like cross-eyed and making stupid mistakes, too I mean, I can tell if I'm still in the zone or if I'm like Don't know what I'm doing. Yeah. So yeah, yeah Good one. Okay Last question the last question last question. All right Good one What was the first garment you ever sew? my first Garment I made was actually when I first started sewing I um, it was really spur of the moment I Have summer's off with my job. I'm a speech therapist at elementary school So I had the summer off and again, maybe a little bit bored Um, so suddenly I decided to google Selling lessons in Charleston, South Carolina. I really have no idea where it came from and a little shop popped up 5 18 Um, I've bought a sewing machine the next minute and find out for a class It's just the basics you bring your machine in the box and they help you set it up And you go from there So the next class was sewing 101 and I walk in and like, all right. What project do you want to make and I'm like A dress and they were all for it. Um, so they helped me pick out fabric and a dress and it was the collet Hazel dress and I picked seersucker Perfect for Charleston in the summer and that dress is actually very wearable Um, I don't wear it that often anymore. I just kind of got bored with it because I get a little finicky about my clothes. I like to get new clothes make new things, but Clet Hazel first item was a dress You that's a good story. I didn't know it was so Fresh out of nowhere. Don't I don't know where it came from funny All right, I guess I'm gonna wrap this up sure Thanks so much for getting to know us a little bit And of course we would like to get to know you guys as well Do you want to end with one question for the audience one question for the other? Oh, that's a good idea for you guys. Let's see if it's a good one. Okay. Um This says where do you find your inspiration for your sewing projects? 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