<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:44:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/undesign/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[New Clothing Cycle! 🧵🪡🪷❤️‍🔥]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/new-clothing-cycle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/new-clothing-cycle</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:28:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZpaDurYrDBXVpKD1dYoDrEkdC7Uk35bvB22cmG93uRi3KXw34F8QvVXFYpvLwPCnGtp4cgHdozAEkCMoWjahQi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just A Bra And A Wool Coat...]]></title><description><![CDATA[the skirt of this coat, beginning to take shape Not quite the classic ‘lingerie and a fur coat’ – a phenomenon that is quite fun and sensuous, but this week I am very proud to have made good progress on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/just-a-bra-and-a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/just-a-bra-and-a</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:21:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqwZX96mchkxaBTojG6mQAttBqzBeBp18QUmf7yQfxxj1mqF7cyyFVc2gYTwNLXQtn6t8vdcfSLBELh1A3nLc6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I NEED HELP with my pantaloons... W.I.P.]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/i-need-help-with-my</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/i-need-help-with-my</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:42:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMt57jY6pRt6zEt5iRJV9oYAXGLWBJ3wvmXFWVLG6hckqEHtEmh7HxfV3nPGEoPGRjRkokgv3VGFq4H7yzZGyMoauyDeidHf5FiRBPgZXBH9ZCpkBG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pink silk ........?]]></title><description><![CDATA[after - work in progress before My #needleworkmonday efforts were somewhat scuppered this week by the weather: we've been inundated with it, following the breaking of the drought! Now high winds, rain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/pink-silk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/pink-silk</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 06:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMt57jY6pRt6zEt5iRJV9rQRMckHwP1AghqMyWPMqCenVSShHKNMicgBTpCfFar8FmJxqDMQQAcMyRc6eWxrvtUtjYymUnQWjD6gWqDGP7j8joJbzn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photoshoot!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome all to our photoshoot (Clare. & Vincent.) !! Join us as we enjoy our land in our new clothing! We've had a lot of fun documenting my recent creations: @vincentnijman 's funky workwear and my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/photoshoot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/photoshoot</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 05:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMt57jY6pRt6zEt5iRJV9rRS2zLppNFmtCVqXEWRVXM4Y9DdZkpibJZqGRpmuMVTd1qAknHLbnzpKxFBYTHEZ5wYqePCMriBBkAbFYNDAyvuuoafPC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WIP: Vincent's dungarees - pre-photoshoot!]]></title><description><![CDATA[the final photoshoot will come soon, I promise! Dearest Hive Friends & Needleworkers! Remember these? After I made my own fabulous dungarees for glamourous gardening, and set out to make @vincentnijman]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/wip-vincent-s-dungarees-pre</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/wip-vincent-s-dungarees-pre</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 07:10:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMt57jY6pRt6zEt5iRJV9q7eLEUoDQYqwfi7boGtGzYvCfnJdNY3wVuD6rXNefPwqgLmkHnxJxJwiYDiej1KqUcjJeYsjDSf5sMo1Zo7paV2Capp6a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presenting New Clothing At Vinalia... 🍷💃🤪]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dearest Hive Friends and Sewing Enthusiasts of all kinds! The pop-up expo of my handmade clothing is ended, as is our time in Guardia Sanframondi again, and @vincentnijman – and I do not mind at all admitting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/presenting-new-clothing-at-vinalia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/presenting-new-clothing-at-vinalia</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 05:56:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMt57jY6pRt6zEt5iRJV9rReCokcQsBtM1Jwg6UWqBhyiKCcnyCa2rPVfBa57B8LFLi9Mfs3PSdKNHaMxz8kuhTJ1wmTqJLdXw4TYfMdhBDqNv6xwx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Copying A Nice Dress Seen At The Market 😍💝🤗]]></title><description><![CDATA[as promised: some snaps of the dress on myself - thanks to Vincent! Dearest Hive Needleworkers & Friends! Here's a new dress, made from a beautiful old bedsheet: one of the few items of bedlinen that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/copying-a-nice-dress-seen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/copying-a-nice-dress-seen</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 06:21:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMt57jY6pRt6zEt5iRJV9pT1wqYA6Z6jzR9rQpGGQXeoprL2RnUf65cLyvtcVKJyXH8FixG84asKE92qdRkwSiutjfE8b5kiVtoZrZjLUaXuQ1fvjY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fabulous Elegant Shorts (for a larger figure) 💖🌷🪷💝]]></title><description><![CDATA[shorts made from smaller shorts, trouser legs and a skirt Dearest Needlework Monday Friends, We’re packing again, this time with a sewing machine – my oldest wee blue Brother one from 1960 – for our land]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/fabulous-elegant-shorts-for-a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/fabulous-elegant-shorts-for-a</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:42:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMt57jY6pRt6zEt5iRJV9pTnvMtHF1GguAvxPcDpGYih33ZiMJS5TtFjkfjbwJzYoThNjCFnVWF15xcGNwoLTsDpfvLZGAre4fcDgjQLPYUtsy99cS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Showstopper Dress - part one]]></title><description><![CDATA[shamelessly unironed! Dearest Needleworking Hive! This is the (unfinished) showstopper – part one; I began a complex alteration/ adaptation of it, yesterday – after a great feedback talk with @vincentnijman]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/the-showstopper-dress-part-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/the-showstopper-dress-part-one</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 05:46:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMt57jY6pRt6zEt5iRJV9revPg5P1B31jMNTYvxVxctMF8zectU9pjaoVkGe1xxHzEhw7fic4ReXoYFwzbWioQrKEPyEHxYmsEMP8cDLuCNkAuMDR8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blouse to Jacket transformation - most expensive blouse bought for me *ever*!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dearest Hive Needleworkers and Clothing Enthusiasts! This has been the most favoloso week of sewing in Atelier McMA, as we get closer to the date of the expo of my new ‘collection’: the mastery is slowing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/blouse-to-jacket-transformation-most</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/blouse-to-jacket-transformation-most</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 06:09:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMt57jY6pRt6zEt5iRJV9ovdtM1X3W9RKK9f89L4LrThEMUBzxVn1LueeRyyPc1mLb3uNYdaGLrStwaj3Ep1fRP472gNi4TUma4hZ8NDKgRqyP2ETg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINISHING THE PUFFER-TWEED HYBRID COAT!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dearest Needlework Community and Creative Hive Friends! My blog this week is about Finishing: I am working harder at completing garments that I have begun, and at breaking through the stickiest points]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/finishing-the-puffer-tweed-hybrid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/finishing-the-puffer-tweed-hybrid</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:15:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqkW1R4LVSCXMZohmfkZgPMKTSKpLyVWYjY5wUBDN9PePPtuCHyX4QP1TRxVM7Kgt8ogRToWVdqyKHZq1zrWhC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red coat and Multi-tweed dress completions!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dearest Hive Needleworkers and Friends, This week was rollercoasterish and quite perturbing in places – but throughout I’ve been sewing passionately, and this Monday morning sees TWO garments - almost]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/red-coat-and-multi-tweed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/red-coat-and-multi-tweed</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 08:31:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4Zph669Nre6sSu7vr2uFUrM2nBwaS1V4K6nznj2gVRSjfrtWjaQRhyjy16NDdgHvuQeLT588LQ6c7RjgojsCij8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire-y Red Coat - and rising out of the ashes!]]></title><description><![CDATA[the new atelier/ living room! Dearest Needlework Community and Hive Friends! It is a gloriously bright, if cold, sunny morning – and for the first #needleworkmonday in a while, I am in a cosy kitchen and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/fire-y-red-coat-and</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/fire-y-red-coat-and</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:11:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqmSvCtUj82MvbfBzXow4x9JsfXfFb19mfnDK9Rwhb2WRS25ucLPvCJkWZ2NujwF94ySXnaduh2ueJqZ6YGani?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[EVERY PROJECT BRINGS A UNIQUE LESSON]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dearest Friends Who Love Needlework! This week has been PACKED and I'm aware that sometimes things develop more and more intensely the more we get into summer; heat, socialising and co-creating all accelerate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/every-project-brings-a-unique-lesson</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/every-project-brings-a-unique-lesson</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 05:45:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCPynbmkqfBZKRLvvx2836fiJBowyHsrfqNpwK7mgDbAc2RdB2JJesUzcjCCijJEsc9dHtAGTivCWvTgUT38kYp3andGaeqvmQqkdtMM4pk3UYo1hK7m9ymp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Extraordinary Satisfaction Of Finishing The Small Details]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dearest Beloved Needleworkers, for the handing over of the coat, the belt and the collar had to be adapted I had the most wonderful thing happen this week! I sold my first big item of sewing mastery! The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/the-extraordinary-satisfaction-of-finishing-the-small-details</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/the-extraordinary-satisfaction-of-finishing-the-small-details</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:03:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCPynbmkqfBZKRLvvx2836f5fEYENN16RvWTWj7MbYd5DCf4gPFz9LpPrX6kwQDb2jjRxeermHj6hPzMUqwht4a7vKqUVY1dfiEaYFBWAE5aCN6KEvt7E5X4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blowing The Creative Lid Off! (And staying grounded!)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beautiful and generous, supportive and enthusiastic Special Friends, We are finishing week two of my now-dearest-soulsister friend @kesityu.fashion 's creative visit to The Arthouse in south Italy: we]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/blowing-the-creative-lid-off-and-staying-grounded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/blowing-the-creative-lid-off-and-staying-grounded</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:05:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCPynbmkqfBZKRLvvx2836f5FHamWmtKZuqYcPNckfnkbu9RoyHWCCX4NsW1PAfUwTLyuXF666CCgvRSY7PYz2W82suXb4NUzMBGT8x4B6mAmy8m4HXihFw4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Knickers!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ciao again, dearest Needleworkers! Here I am again with another sewing episode; this time I am finally (mostly!) completing a pair of brand new underpants - created from an old piece of linen with beautiful]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/giant-knickers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/giant-knickers</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:32:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCPynbmkqfBZKRLvvx2836f5e6XkEQzcwdLtzJsUwQdxdqSWLUPVz7d1owNGTBRHQXvHtVKTcMGS5pmatdg7YfeCzXiywgW6mqExtt4jaJS46NEBJWFLwxBg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing much to see here....]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm slowing down at the end of a wonderful day of pottering and fixing myriad small things... It is my birth day anniversary, and it has been a week of profound transformations and new perspective - the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/nothing-much-to-see-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/nothing-much-to-see-here</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:42:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCPynbmkqfBZKRLvvx2836f55kHVj2waA77oLHdzrDLq5z9cgxJKR4w7hCkDqMvZ3trWVgYs8hbezBFzHSrTsfc95t9uU5iC3qfzi6VEY7RNtFwYLMgmgPin?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orange silk skirt major transformation - into two dresses!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beautiful Needlework Monday friends! I am excited and proud to be presenting this project: I made not one but TWO new dresses from an old billowing orange silk skirt, which I have had for decades, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/orange-silk-skirt-major-transformation-into-two-dresses</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/orange-silk-skirt-major-transformation-into-two-dresses</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127911]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clareartista]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 09:30:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCPynbmkqfBZKRLvvx2836f5FHh3mBQjPp4Cs9zwHvgiJP28Xf7WjuigzVNsfbMrCG8eno1E3gto4vUfCoJS7rWAHGDce8g6JSERY6ipQX9JzXDYmYry91hQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>