Last night I attended an event where Patrick Grant (aka The Sewing Bee Judge) sat down in conversation with Lizzie Heffer about the crisis of consumption and quality in fashion, how valuing craftsmanship and local manufacturing matters for all our futures and how we might make ourselves happier by rediscovering the joy of living with fewer, better quality things.

Would you agree that less…is more?

Sometimes I recieve items that I can’t forsee how I can ever do anything with…and then sometimes the most amazing stories unfurl…find out what happened when I recieved some old boots that looked like they were doomed…

HOW TO: APPLIQUE PATCHES

If you've been lucky enough to acquire one of my exclusive unique couture applique patches originally from the Manchester Art Gallery Shop, or indeed from the Sustainable Fashion Week Shop, then this is invaluable the information you may need.

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