Learning to sew is something I had always wanted to do. It was one of those bucket list skills and, after learning about the evils of the fast fashion industry in my early 20s, I knew that making my own clothes would be a great way to ensure I had an ethical and sustainable wardrobe. But it wasn’t until, at age 24, I became severely ill with a chronic illness called M.E.CFS that I began.
M.E.CFS is a chronic pain and fatigue condition that left me housebound 90% of my time and often bedbound. I lost the ability to do all the things I had loved before and felt totally isolated and lost. My body changed significantly and that easy confidence I had been lucky enough to feel all my life disappeared. Lots of my clothes didn’t fit and the ones that did were too restrictive and uncomfortable for wearing around the
