My Granny and parents taught me to sew from an early age, and encouraged me to explore fashion and textiles as I grew up. I loved making clothes for myself, and so it was with great joy that I found myself living in Falmouth and working as a sewist for the Cornish slow fashion brand created by Sarah Johnson. By then I had a small family, and I taught myself how to repair clothes as my little one was at my feet cutting out her own patches. It was at this point that I decided to apply for a degree in Fashion at Falmouth University. 

Whilst studying, I dived into fashion history, learned hundreds of sewing and knitting skills, perfected my pattern cutting, and got to grips with digital design. I loved understanding how the magic of three dimensional forms were created through 2D layouts, and how meticulous, often repetitive stitching, could help a fabric take shape and come to life. 

As I learned how destructive the fashion industry is to our planet, I felt myself turning my back on mass produced clothing, and instead falling ever more deeply in love with the natural world around me, and the clothes that we can make from sustainable fibres that our earth produces. I went deeper into the study of repairing clothes, and found a new kind of fascination in the utilitarian element of how repair can be implemented into our fashion styles.