Experiment 1: Noticing

A gentle place to begin

Over the past few months, I’ve been thinking a lot about the space between wanting to sew and actually sewing. The in-between place. The place where ideas live for far too long. The place where we reach for our phones instead of our fabric.

I’ve been sitting with one question in particular: What would happen if we stopped trying to make more, and started by simply noticing what we already wear?

Because the truth is, most of us already have a lot of the skills (even if they need a bit of dusting off). We have the patterns. We have the stash. But we’re not always sure what to make next, or what we want to make for the version of ourselves we are right now.

That’s one of the seeds that grew into Making, Again: the desire to create a slower, more intentional way to return to creativity. A space where curiosity matters more than productivity. A space to explore, reflect and make at a pace that fits your real life… even if that life includes kids, work, tiredness, joy, mess and everything in between. A space for exploration and community.

Making, Again is an ongoing series of gentle creative experiments for paid subscribers. Every six weeks, you’ll be invited into a new experiment. Each one is designed to help you notice, reflect and make in small, achievable ways, without the pressure to produce something “finished” or impressive.

You can think of these experiments as touchpoints rather than tasks. A chance to pause, pay attention, and reconnect with your making practice as it is right now. We’ll take it together, one experiment at a time.

Today we’re sharing the very first experiment. It’s gentle. It’s simple. And I hope it helps get the cogs of creativity turning for you as much as it did for me.

Prompt 1: What Are You Really Wearing?

For the next couple of weeks, I’m inviting you to keep a quiet record of what you wear each day, not in a “capsule wardrobe challenge” way, but in a curious, soft, human way.

Notice:

• what you reach for without thinking

• what stays on the hanger

• what feels good on your body

• what you adjust, tug, or tolerate

• what pieces you love in theory but never wear

• what’s missing

This isn’t about judging your wardrobe. It’s about understanding it.

Most of us base our sewing plans on ideas, not on what we actually wear. And then we wonder why our makes don’t get the wear we hoped for. This prompt is an antidote to that.

A way to return to your real wardrobe, your real routines, your real body, your real life.

A way to begin again.

What you’ll find in the Playbook for this Experiment

We’ve put together PDF Playbook to guide you through this process. It has three parts:

• Notice: a simple wardrobe tracker

• Reflect: questions to help you understand the patterns you’re seeing

• Making Experiments: six low-pressure creative prompts that help you choose a meaningful (and manageable) next step

These Making Experiments are not about productivity. They’re small explorations that sit between noticing and making. You only need to pick one — the one that lights you up.