New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Sewing for the soul ‘HOW I ESCAPED MY HORRIFIC PAST’

Ask Melanie Wadham what she loves about sewing and it’s simple – taking “something from nothing” and turning it into a loved product that wows.

“The fact I can take a piece of fabric and transform it is very appealing,” she says from the sewing room in her Waiheke Island home. “I love coming in here, being quiet and creating.”

Known as the “Slipper Lady”, thanks

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