11. Crafts
Listen to a short English conversation about making crafts to practice your English speaking and listening skills.
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Emma: You are listening to Dialogue Frog’s short English conversations. Today we’re joined by Rachel and we’re going to talk about making crafts.
Rachel: Oh, I love crafts.
Emma: Have you made any crafts recently?
Rachel: No I haven’t. I’ve been kind of off of it recently with work and everything.
Emma: Yeah. It takes up quite a bit of time, doesn’t it?
Rachel: It does, depending on the project and your skill, what you’re trying to make.
Emma: So how do you decide on making project?
Rachel: Um, I don’t know. Just kind of, I get an idea in my brain and I just kind of go from there. Or when I’m-I’m out doing my thing I’ll see different inspirations or I’ll see other crafters and I’ll draw inspiration from that.
Emma: Uh, do you use a lot of like online media as your inspiration or just you have to be in the store and you kind of put things together on the spot?
Rachel: Hm, uh, I think it’s a mixture. A fifty-fifty mixture. The internet’s definitely a good place to-its an easy resource, as I’m just lounging or eating lunch I look on the internet and I just kind of put it in the back of my brain to make later.
Emma: What kinds of crafts do you make?
Rachel: I really like to sew and paint and I also like making jewelry.
Emma: What have you done the most of recently?
Rachel: Um, probably sewing. Just ‘cause it’s easy to get into it and step away from. Just do a few seams and put the sewing machine in the corner and just kind of walk away.
Emma: Oh really? How-how old were you when you started sewing?
Rachel: I think I was around 8 or 9. I was pretty young.
Emma: That’s pretty young.
Rachel: Just old enough to have control of all of my motor skills and-
Emma: I hope so, at the age of 8.
Rachel: Yeah, and be able to kind of piece things together and know what I wanted the finished project to look like.
Emma: And you’ve been sewing since then-
Rachel: Mm-hm.
Emma: -on and off.
Rachel: Yep, made a bunch of dresses and I like to take old worn out clothes and turn them into something new.
Emma: Would you call that upcycling?
Rachel: I would call that up-I think a lot of people would call that upcycling. Its kind of a popular thing to do and its pretty frugal. It saves you money.
Emma: That’s true. Alright. We’ve talked quite a bit about sewing today. Uh, thank you for joining us today, Rachel. And we’ll see everyone next time on the next episode of Dialogue Frog.
Crafts
Kind of off
Depending
Project
Skill
Get an idea
Brain
Go from there
Out doing my thing
Different
Inspirations
Crafters
Online media
Put things together
On the spot
Mixture
Fifty-fifty
Resource
Lounging
Sew
Paint
Jewelry
Get into
Step away from
Seam
Sewing machine
Corner
Control
Motor skills
Piece things together
On and off
A bunch of
Dresses
Worn out
Turn into
Upcycling
Frugal
Save
Emma: You are listening to Dialogue Frog’s short English conversations. Today we’re joined by Rachel and we’re going to talk about making crafts.
Rachel: Oh, I love crafts.
Emma: Have you made any crafts recently?
Rachel: No I haven’t. I’ve been kind of off of it recently with work and everything.
Emma: Yeah. It takes up quite a bit of time, doesn’t it?
Rachel: It does, depending on the project and your skill, what you’re trying to make.
Emma: So how do you decide on making project?
Rachel: Um, I don’t know. Just kind of, I get an idea in my brain and I just kind of go from there. Or when I’m-I’m out doing my thing I’ll see different inspirations or I’ll see other crafters and I’ll draw inspiration from that.
Emma: Uh, do you use a lot of like online media as your inspiration or just you have to be in the store and you kind of put things together on the spot?
Rachel: Hm, uh, I think it’s a mixture. A fifty-fifty mixture. The internet’s definitely a good place to-its an easy resource, as I’m just lounging or eating lunch I look on the internet and I just kind of put it in the back of my brain to make later.
Emma: What kinds of crafts do you make?
Rachel: I really like to sew and paint and I also like making jewelry.
Emma: What have you done the most of recently?
Rachel: Um, probably sewing. Just ‘cause it’s easy to get into it and step away from. Just do a few seams and put the sewing machine in the corner and just kind of walk away.
Emma: Oh really? How-how old were you when you started sewing?
Rachel: I think I was around 8 or 9. I was pretty young.
Emma: That’s pretty young.
Rachel: Just old enough to have control of all of my motor skills and-
Emma: I hope so, at the age of 8.
Rachel: Yeah, and be able to kind of piece things together and know what I wanted the finished project to look like.
Emma: And you’ve been sewing since then-
Rachel: Mm-hm.
Emma: -on and off.
Rachel: Yep, made a bunch of dresses and I like to take old worn out clothes and turn them into something new.
Emma: Would you call that upcycling?
Rachel: I would call that up-I think a lot of people would call that upcycling. Its kind of a popular thing to do and its pretty frugal. It saves you money.
Emma: That’s true. Alright. We’ve talked quite a bit about sewing today. Uh, thank you for joining us today, Rachel. And we’ll see everyone next time on the next episode of Dialogue Frog.
Crafts
Kind of off
Depending
Project
Skill
Get an idea
Brain
Go from there
Out doing my thing
Different
Inspirations
Crafters
Online media
Put things together
On the spot
Mixture
Fifty-fifty
Resource
Lounging
Sew
Paint
Jewelry
Get into
Step away from
Seam
Sewing machine
Corner
Control
Motor skills
Piece things together
On and off
A bunch of
Dresses
Worn out
Turn into
Upcycling
Frugal
Save
