We got you babes. A very Merry Christmas from me and Sonny. @britishsewingbee Christmas Special is available to watch on the @bbciplayer now.
At @community_clothing we buy our cloth from the UK’s finest textile mills. Take a whizz round the fantastic 240 year old @awhainsworth mill in Pudsey in West Yorkshire with this grinning wool lover. See how they make the amazing melton cloth from which we sew our mens peacoats. See the film on the Stories section of the Community Clothing website (link in bio) Big thanks to @campaignforwool for filming the trip.
I was incredibly honoured to be asked to do Desert Island Discs. It really was a bucket lister. Thank you so much to the hundreds of you who have tweeted, dm’d, emailed, texted, whatsapp’d and sent letters!, especially the many of you with shared experiences, I have been incredibly touched by your messages. If you didn’t catch it, you can listen to the podcast version on the BBC Sounds app. Its the ame chat, just with tiny snippets of the music for licensing reasons.
I’m super proud to have been asked to do a talk about my book at the @hayfestival this weekend. It’s 1pm this Sunday, tickets still available. If you can’t make it in person you can watch online. All details on the Hay Festival website.
@the_rhs Chelsea highlights part two; @kazuyuki.ishihara Japanese sanctuary; the traditional Welsh stick-backed bench at @thtorguk by @matthewchildsdesign; urn of dreams on @freedomfromtorture by @emmaoconnellgardendesign & @senselessaob; nice spot by the birch @killikandco sanctuary by @thelandscapetailor; the gentle rust coloured rill in the @nationaltrust & @bluediamond.homeandgarden garden by @ann_mariepowell; incredible fungi shaped funnels on the beautiful @wateraid garden by @tommasseyuk & @studioweave with help on the wooden bits from our pal @sebastiancoxltd; glorious Gertrude Jekyll by @david_austin_roses; the lovely choir on Wild Child Cancer’s nurturing garden. Big thanks to @project.giving.back for their financial support for so many of these gardens.
@the_rhs Chelsea highlights part two; @kazuyuki.ishihara Japanese sanctuary; the traditional Welsh stick-backed bench at @thtorguk by @matthewchildsdesign; urn of dreams on @freedomfromtorture by @emmaoconnellgardendesign & @senselessaob; nice spot by the birch @killikandco sanctuary by @thelandscapetailor; the gentle rust coloured rill in the @nationaltrust & @bluediamond.homeandgarden garden by @ann_mariepowell; incredible fungi shaped funnels on the beautiful @wateraid garden by @tommasseyuk & @studioweave with help on the wooden bits from our pal @sebastiancoxltd; glorious Gertrude Jekyll by @david_austin_roses; the lovely choir on Wild Child Cancer’s nurturing garden. Big thanks to @project.giving.back for their financial support for so many of these gardens.
@the_rhs Chelsea highlights part two; @kazuyuki.ishihara Japanese sanctuary; the traditional Welsh stick-backed bench at @thtorguk by @matthewchildsdesign; urn of dreams on @freedomfromtorture by @emmaoconnellgardendesign & @senselessaob; nice spot by the birch @killikandco sanctuary by @thelandscapetailor; the gentle rust coloured rill in the @nationaltrust & @bluediamond.homeandgarden garden by @ann_mariepowell; incredible fungi shaped funnels on the beautiful @wateraid garden by @tommasseyuk & @studioweave with help on the wooden bits from our pal @sebastiancoxltd; glorious Gertrude Jekyll by @david_austin_roses; the lovely choir on Wild Child Cancer’s nurturing garden. Big thanks to @project.giving.back for their financial support for so many of these gardens.
@the_rhs Chelsea highlights part two; @kazuyuki.ishihara Japanese sanctuary; the traditional Welsh stick-backed bench at @thtorguk by @matthewchildsdesign; urn of dreams on @freedomfromtorture by @emmaoconnellgardendesign & @senselessaob; nice spot by the birch @killikandco sanctuary by @thelandscapetailor; the gentle rust coloured rill in the @nationaltrust & @bluediamond.homeandgarden garden by @ann_mariepowell; incredible fungi shaped funnels on the beautiful @wateraid garden by @tommasseyuk & @studioweave with help on the wooden bits from our pal @sebastiancoxltd; glorious Gertrude Jekyll by @david_austin_roses; the lovely choir on Wild Child Cancer’s nurturing garden. Big thanks to @project.giving.back for their financial support for so many of these gardens.
@the_rhs Chelsea highlights part two; @kazuyuki.ishihara Japanese sanctuary; the traditional Welsh stick-backed bench at @thtorguk by @matthewchildsdesign; urn of dreams on @freedomfromtorture by @emmaoconnellgardendesign & @senselessaob; nice spot by the birch @killikandco sanctuary by @thelandscapetailor; the gentle rust coloured rill in the @nationaltrust & @bluediamond.homeandgarden garden by @ann_mariepowell; incredible fungi shaped funnels on the beautiful @wateraid garden by @tommasseyuk & @studioweave with help on the wooden bits from our pal @sebastiancoxltd; glorious Gertrude Jekyll by @david_austin_roses; the lovely choir on Wild Child Cancer’s nurturing garden. Big thanks to @project.giving.back for their financial support for so many of these gardens.
@the_rhs Chelsea highlights part two; @kazuyuki.ishihara Japanese sanctuary; the traditional Welsh stick-backed bench at @thtorguk by @matthewchildsdesign; urn of dreams on @freedomfromtorture by @emmaoconnellgardendesign & @senselessaob; nice spot by the birch @killikandco sanctuary by @thelandscapetailor; the gentle rust coloured rill in the @nationaltrust & @bluediamond.homeandgarden garden by @ann_mariepowell; incredible fungi shaped funnels on the beautiful @wateraid garden by @tommasseyuk & @studioweave with help on the wooden bits from our pal @sebastiancoxltd; glorious Gertrude Jekyll by @david_austin_roses; the lovely choir on Wild Child Cancer’s nurturing garden. Big thanks to @project.giving.back for their financial support for so many of these gardens.
@the_rhs Chelsea highlights part two; @kazuyuki.ishihara Japanese sanctuary; the traditional Welsh stick-backed bench at @thtorguk by @matthewchildsdesign; urn of dreams on @freedomfromtorture by @emmaoconnellgardendesign & @senselessaob; nice spot by the birch @killikandco sanctuary by @thelandscapetailor; the gentle rust coloured rill in the @nationaltrust & @bluediamond.homeandgarden garden by @ann_mariepowell; incredible fungi shaped funnels on the beautiful @wateraid garden by @tommasseyuk & @studioweave with help on the wooden bits from our pal @sebastiancoxltd; glorious Gertrude Jekyll by @david_austin_roses; the lovely choir on Wild Child Cancer’s nurturing garden. Big thanks to @project.giving.back for their financial support for so many of these gardens.
Around Langcliffe, @yorkshiredales
Around Langcliffe, @yorkshiredales
Around Langcliffe, @yorkshiredales
Around Langcliffe, @yorkshiredales
Warrendale Knotts, on the Dales High Way above Settle @yorkshiredales National Park.
Warrendale Knotts, on the Dales High Way above Settle @yorkshiredales National Park.
Victoria Cave, above Langcliffe, @yorkshiredales National Park
Victoria Cave, above Langcliffe, @yorkshiredales National Park
Victoria Cave, above Langcliffe, @yorkshiredales National Park
Austwick Cuckoo Festival, with the @thwaitesinns dray, the Austwick Fell Race, and a nice bit of bingo. @yorkshiredales Narional Park
Catrigg Force, nr Stainforth @yorkshiredales National Park
Catrigg Force, nr Stainforth @yorkshiredales National Park
In just over a week’s time we will be back at the brilliant @weinventedtheweekend Festival in Salford, a joyous celebration of the workers of the north of England fighting for, and winning the right to, two days off work each week. This year we’ll be running our own Big Community Jumble Sale, selling second hand CC clothes, slight factory seconds, shoot samples, studio samples and various other pieces we have unearthed at the various factories we work with. Its all brilliant stuff, and will all be sold for about a quarter of what a new version would cost you. Its all part of our mission to make good clothes available to all, and to remind us all that great quality clothes will last a very long time, and will get better with age. We need to make big changes to the way we consume. We need to buy less, buy better and move from the destructive linear make-use-dispose model, to a beneficial climate and people positive circular use-reuse-repair-recycle-repeat model. We look forward to seeing you and to giving a good home to all this great clobber. The Big Community Jumble Sale will be located in the Hot House building, on the MediaCity Piazza (the big glass one!). Our opening hours will be 10 – 5 on Saturday and 11 – 5 on Sunday. @houseofbooksandfriends will be joining us there from 10 – 4 on Saturday. You can buy a copy of LESS and get it signed by @patrickgrantism on the day. #weinventedtheweekend #communityclothing #patrickgrant
