euros anymoremore young peopleviggos zadie jumpsuit is now a top seller on the fold line an online platform selling independently produced sewing patterns according to its cofounder rachel walkersince its launch in 2015 the website has grown from about 20 designers to more than 150 todayrosie scott and hannah silvani who run a london workshop selling fabrics from fashion designers unsold stock have also seen the resurgence in sewings popularity particularly among young peoplethe clients have changed said scottmore young people have shown interest in sewing young people who are really interested in making their own clothes and making them sustainablywomen make up more than 90 percent of the clientele she also notedcustomers can choose from some 700 designer fabrics sold from 8 a metre for cotton voile a sheer lightweight cotton fabric to 110 for the same length of laceorders soared during the pandemic and are still going strong despite the lifting of restrictions scott saidinstagram keythe sectors explosive growth would not have been possible without instagram where the sewing community has made a pastime once seen as unfashionable much more trendythe photosharing platform is really important baecker said allowing sewists to post images of their designs and engage with each otherthis is what prompted her to join the social network where she now regularly shares her latest worksi found each pattern has a specific hashtag that you can look up and then you can see a lot of different people wearing the same pattern and you can imagine how it can look on yourself she explainedfor example viggos zadiejumpsuit which comes in velvet or cotton with or without sleeves has been tagged in almost 11000 postsmeanwhile the hashtag handmadewardrobe features in more than 900000 postswith baecker sharing so many of her creations she has also inspired friends to join the growing sewing revolutionthat is my proudest achievement getting my friends into sewing as well she said