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The return to a home sewing culture is incredibly important, and the pandemic really reaffirmed the need for us to be more self-sufficient and to reskill in the crafts that have been slowly dying in the wake of cheap fast fashion.

Tell us a bit about the origins of Sapling Textiles…

Sapling Textiles came to life 10 years ago in a building that had been a drapery for well over half a century. At the time we had another business, The Industree, across the road, selling Indian clothing, home furnishings

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