Day 284 The Renaissance of Alteration

More and more people ask me about altering their clothes. It is rather exciting to see that even though garments cost less than local labour, more and more customers think about keeping their old items and having them mended. There are about a dozen trousers, skirts and dresses waiting by my sewing machine and more are on the way. Exciting news about Vondores: after a long Sabbatical with Mission Year we have a client, whom I am going to meet on Monday. Until than I need to draw up designs  Glocal Trinnovation is planning its first Make-Do&Mend pilot day at St. Paul’s Shadwell. I should be more advanced with organising that, but for weeks now every weekend I am hoping to put the proposal together and haven’t happened yet. The plan is to advocate mending clothes at home in a fun way, teaching sewing buttons up and making patches. It would be an event for both parents and children, where the kids can dress up iand do all sorts of activities.