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Meet the maker MAVEN PATTERNS

What was your eureka moment when you decided to create Maven Patterns?

There wasn’t really a eureka moment as such! I’d known since I was little that I wanted to be a fashion designer. I studied and worked as a pattern cutter for many years but realised I wanted to move away from disposability and over production that had become the norm in the fashion industry.

I was still in love with the idea of designing clothes that would be worn and loved for years to come and designing sewing patterns became a

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