"Many of us learned to sew at a young age, either in school or at home, usually taught by the women in our family – our mothers, grandmothers or aunts. Theirs was a time when you sewed out of necessity, and knowing how to thread a needle, sew on a button or mend a small tear was routine. Fast forward a few decades to the age of fast fashion and these skills looked to be on the verge of dying out, erased by a culture of consumerism."
