Zac Girdlestone was welcomed and spoke on ‘Fashion Design. Fashioning Landscapes’. He spoke about how his career and creative thoughts had developed from a degree at Lincoln in fashion, creating commercial garments and bespoke pieces, then investigating how landscapes affect emotions and how this can be depicted in design. He explored using calico strips to draw in 3-D and creating series of tote bags with free motion embroidery detail. He brought examples of his garments and his free motion embroidery designs.