Letting curiosity lead

How Making Experiments help you begin without the pressure of a goal

For a long time, when I felt stuck or disconnected from sewing, my instinct was to look for a goal. A project with a clear outcome. Something concrete I could point to and say, this is what I’m doing next. And sometimes that helped, but often it just added another layer of pressure because I didn’t know what I wanted to make or I was putting pressure on myself to make the perfect thing. Another expectation. Another way to feel behind before I’d even begun.

What helped more, unexpectedly, was taking the pressure off entirely. Approaching my making with an intention, rather than a goal. Letting curiosity lead instead of productivity and giving myself permission to explore without needing to land anywhere specific.

That realisation is where Making Experiments came from.

They’re not projects or briefs. They’re not instructions to follow or boxes to tick. They’re small, low-stakes invitations to play and make the things that light you up and inspire you. A simple prompt to take you somewhere.