In this book, Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant explains his journey through fashion and why he’s putting money into a sustainable future I have a faded plum-coloured 1980s sweatshirt that my granny gave me not long before she died. She found it in the charity shop in which she worked and knew I’d like it, so she bought it for me. Every time I wear it, which I do a lot, I think of her, and it makes me happy. Simple things make me happy. Time with friends and loved ones, time in nature, doing good deeds, making things, growing flowers and vegetables, and wearing or using good-quality objects with which I feel some personal connection.
My sister gave me a green handmade mug for my fifty-first birthday…
