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I worked a lot on this dress this week - it still wants major efforts to get it to completion, and so I'm using Needlework Monday to reflect on what it needs doing - and to hold me accountable to finish

Buongiorno Needleworking Friends and Hive Community! It is very exciting to share with you today: I am just putting the final touches to two of my favourite pair of trousers that I ever made, because they

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

I made a massive mistake yesterday – or so it seemed at the time...

even better: when I started unpicking the loose stitching, it revealed that the skirt had originally been quite a bit...

My capacity to form a complex garment like a recycled/ reconstructed denim coat, it gets more savvy!

Whilst I am actually choosing the 50c garments, I love the poetic flow of mind and hands: a sweet-spot rhythm thrums...

One short pencil skirt in grey linen + half of a flared cotton skirt + pair old wool trousers = beautiful fishtail skirt

The mustard strips seemed to work nicely - APART FROM! - eek, the front flap made the additional strip go all bent!

Taking a marvellous pair of vintage trousers which were so very tiny, and making them into a super-trouser!

Dearest Needleworking Masters! I'm writing on Sunday morning from my kitchen table, with a cool breeze clearing the house air, birds twittering merrily outside, and immensely looking forward to welcoming

Getting super inspired by letting go and letting a whacky stripey dress appear!

in the middle of the transformation Hallo dearest Needlework Friends! before This week has been hard-but-VERY-rewarding. My chimney issues got resolved, at great cost to my peace and wellbeing, but

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