Sewing is having a resurgence. More and more people are starting to have a go at making their own clothes and for the first time in years, we are seeing men all over picking up the hobby. We chat to three male sewists who have been having a big impact on the sewing community.
Tony Rea () is a 54-year-old postman living in North Cornwall with his wife and two daughters and one of this year’s Sewing Bee Finalists. “I’m a self-taught sewist, I started around four years ago when I took a gap year at the ripe old age of 50.” He says. “It was then I revisited my crafting and sewing seemed to come out on top!” And the reaction to becoming a sewist aged 50? “When people became more aware that I made my own things, to
