This is the bag that took so very long for me to finish: there is something rather special about a thing that has to be put aside for a good while – for me, it creates a tension that is like a bow string

Beautiful Needlework Friends! I've been back at the sewing table this week, at last - and have already finished a very nice (in the end, started months ago!) bag, and very nearly completed another pair

the current stage that I'm (a wee bit stuck) at These huge trousers are my latest invention, and I really would benefit from some advice from you all – I trust very much in the Needlework Monday community

styling up a purchase from the 50c stall this week; a great all-round black dress, which i paired with leg-warmers and wee leather bootshoes What an amazing week this is – of creativity, of communing with

Do you remember these pieces that I mentioned in last week’s post? A pair of fluffy wool-like trousers, and a blue real-wool vintage handmade skirt? They were beginning to come together in my mind slowly

(made from old aprons, table cloths and pillowcases) Dearest Hive Sew-ists and Needlework Artists... Here are notes and visual insights into my 'showstopper' dress, which I made for the recent collection

Dearest Needleworkers and Friends on Hive! Ahhh, this has been such a breakthrough week!! @vincentnijman and I have had some progress – possibly myself more – in our Masterpeace remedy adventures, and

Dearest Needlework Monday community and Hive friends, It’s early Monday morning, and I’m sitting by the roaring stove with a very rare mug of coffee, waiting for the water to get heated, and musing over

Dearest Needleworking Friends! the ACTUAL colour of the tweed, which my camera epic-fails to interpret I missed the usual posting on Needlework Monday last: it felt good to let things unfold in a non-rigid

Dearest Needleworking Friends of Hive! I finally finished something!! The big blanket coat, at last is ready to be picked up by Stefania!! Phew: this has been a week of a bit of straining and wrestling

Here’s to our new world growing up like grass; bright sharp blades pushing through old concrete and tarmacadam.

This week, as the wine festival progresses and preparation for the Riti have all the townsfolk buzzing in anticipation..

The alchemy of finishing the handmade reaches out into the world and touches much more than conventional clothing can...