Exploring a balance between work, creative expression, and a more responsible relationship with the materials that shape our world, Textile Artist and Head of the Lived & Loved Repairs team at mythirdjersey, Amy Brock-Morgan, shares her passion for textiles and the joy of passing this knowledge on to others.
“I have always loved the tactile nature of cloth,” Amy says. “Its movement, its usefulness.” As a child, she would spend hours outside, building dens from blankets draped over branches. Her mother made family clothing, and Amy soon became fascinated with the sewing machine and all its possibilities. Growing up in a household where repairing and making were part of daily life — from curtains to wheelbarrows — Amy learned that every object could have more than one life. That language of care became her foundation.
Today, based in Cornwall on the edge of the Atlantic, Amy works as a repair specialist and textile artist. Her art practice explores how waste fabrics can be reimagined into something new, extending the life of cloth while reducing the need to consume more. Drawing inspiration from earth-moon cycles, standing stones, coastal cliffs, and the wild interplay of sea and land, Amy creates large-scale textile artworks from patchworked remnants. These tapestries, stitched with care, are exhibited in galleries and commissioned for private collections, carrying both stillness and the raw power of nature.
Complementing this, she leads the Lived & Loved Repairs team at mythirdjersey, where the challenge is scaling repair to provide customers with superior service, while also pushing industry standards forward. “We’re not just fixing garments,” Amy explains, “we’re shaping mindsets — reminding people that repair and aftercare once were the norm, and can be again.”
Her two roles nourish each other: the meditative space of art-making sparks new ideas for how to manage and innovate within a repair department. Each repaired garment becomes a story — a trusted companion marked by adventures past and future.
Workshops are central to this mission. Amy and her team run monthly repair circles in Cornwall, teaching hand-sewing techniques such as darning, embroidery, and sashiko. They also host tapestry workshops exploring fabric, shape, and color in meditative practice. Within mythirdjersey stores in Bristol and St Agnes, monthly repair workshops invite anyone — no matter the brand — to bring in their garments, learn repair skills, or simply observe. Visitors can browse a fabric library, ask questions, or select colors for their own custom repair.
For those who cannot attend in person, online tutorials in patch repair and darning provide the chance to learn at home, with more techniques being added this year. Customers can also book a professional repair service through Lived & Loved, or purchase repair kits to start their own mending journey.
Through art and repair, Amy shows us that every garment holds potential for renewal. Repair is more than an act of sustainability — it is a practice of connection, creativity, and care.