Sew Your Travel Clothes

And like I say every other week, this is a very special episode because this episode is taking you behind the scenes of my thought process and outcome for sewing my travel clothes for a recent trip to Ghana.

I was fortunate to go to Ghana for the first time, and it was an opportunity to create some pieces that I could wear while I was there and also to buy fabric, which is a separate episode.

But this one was about sewing for your travels.

And I wanted to talk about this because it allows us, I think, as those of us who sew, to extend the reach of our creative practice into the recreational and joyful aspects of our lives.

And this idea of sewing a wardrobe for a trip is a fun way to prepare for the adventure, for leisure or wherever your travels take you.

Now, we've talked about this on the podcast before.

You might remember episode 182 that Sew Your Suitcase with Martha McIntosh.

And she talked about having a spreadsheet because she has so many events and activities to do when she's at Carnival that she doesn't want to miss anything.

you know, creative imagination to create a spreadsheet, which I thought was incredibly impressive.

We also talked about this same issue in episode 245, and that one's called Sewing on the Go.

And that is how you can pack a sewing kit, including bringing a sewing machine on an airplane, on a train, in a car, so that you can travel with your sewing machine and sew when you get to your destination.

Now, this episode is going to build on those.

And I also want to give some community shout outs.

There's some folks I've seen recently.

You can scroll back to their Instagram and see them doing travel sewing themed social posts.

Jay Desiree or So Much Jazz is sewing.

I saw her sewing a travel capsule wardrobe.

Genuinely Geneva is documenting traveling with her sewing machine and setting up in hotels and just sewing something so that she can wear it later on that evening.

Shamir, also known as Shim Sew Creative, Shim.Sew.Creative is rocking Me Made Resort Wear.

And all of this proves the way that travel clothes can do different work than everyday clothes.

And this is one of the fun things that I like about sewing my travel wardrobe.

When I'm creating travel garments, I think about the following things.

Comfort.

Climate, cultural context, the kind of actions I'm going to be doing.

Am I walking, standing, sitting? I also think about packing and unpacking.