Heidi Higgins

So I went home that night and I made this up to show her the next day.

And we were doing little projects like we were doing the stepping stone, say, to get to making that.

And she just loved it.

And it was just, you know, like it's elasticated on the waist.

There's fun in it.

We try to encourage them, obviously, about sustainability, maybe cutting up an old man's shirt and just, you know, using fabric like that, especially when they're beginners, that there's no major cost involved.

But Clare, like it costs about 120 euro to buy the sewing machine that I use.

OK, they're beginner sewing machines.

They are fantastic value.

But if you think about how much it costs to buy tablets and phones and things like that, and they get hours of entertainment, like be it kids or adults out of the sewing machine.

It's funny because I always, so sometimes when I'm promoting like a retreat or we're talking about courses, I'm always saying, you know, it's sustainable and you learn how to do, you know, sew on a button and do a hem and we do all that.

OK, but then also I always find time to add a bit of creativity into it.

And always at the end, I say to people, what did you love?

I actually loved that I could actually be creative and make something because they didn't believe that they had that maybe in them.

They just said, God, if I could just turn off the hem of the trousers now, I'd save myself going up and down to get alterations and things like that.

And then they realised, actually, there's so much more in it that they can do, which is just brilliant to see.

So people are kind of coming for that mindfulness as well and getting away from the screen.

as well as something so practical, like our grannies and our parents used to do years ago, you know.

Yeah, HeidiHiggins.com or they can look me up then with Leigh Schnafly ETB for the fashion design course there.