“The best Christmas Sweaters I have seen are so bad they’re good.” Connie is a sewist who focuses on sustainable living with #refashions and #memade garments. In addition to sewing and thrifting, she spends her time as a software engineer, musician, and vocal coach.  SHOW HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS: Taking Ugly Christmas Sweaters to the next level. How she taught herself how to sew. How her love of fast fashion, sewing, sustainability, and thrifting became her passion. Shares how she approaches recreating a piece of fashion from a thrifted item. Friendly thrifting with your friends and thrifting around the country. How a simple question, “What if I only let myself buy clothes from the thrift store,” became her passion.