My first Needlework Monday post in a while!! Oh, I have missed very much the sewing, the camaradery, the excitement of switching my internet on in the morning to find the treasures that others are working

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

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

This is part of an ongoing series about a major project I'm working on, the creation of a replica French Napoleonic habit. The end result is intended to be at least very high re-enactment quality, so far

This is part of an ongoing series about a major project I'm working on, the creation of a replica French Napoleonic habit. The end result is intended to be at least very high re-enactment quality, so far

One of my hobbies is Napoleonic re-enactment. For those who don't know, it means that a few times a year I'll go away for a weekend and put on a show for the public, living for the weekend as close as

Just when I thought I'd created the best stripey dress possible, along comes another one!

This reminds me yet again of how important meaning is in clothes: how the backstory of a fabric can affect the feel...

As a Napoleonic re-enactor, I find that a big part of a successful event is to be ready for whatever surprises the weather throws at you. One of the most important things is to keep your musket working

Sunny days meld into evenings by the stove, and we find our new life patterns unfurling like ferns in springtime.

the sacred alignment of all things and expansiveness that's *supposed to happen* when two cosmic souls come into contac

I think of all the posts I've written for Hive, each piece of clothing with its own link and story. And garments gifted

a sort of non-underwear, natural-fabric container for a temporal concentration of celebration: embodiment of the magical

It still feels insurmountable, BUT I can at least recognise that I surmounted just a wee bit today - less overwhelming!

How much more into making shoes might I have been, if I hadn't been bullied, and instead been encouraged, even?!

Figs have been an important theme in my painting, health and pleasure life...

Beforehand, I'd thought that I need a BIG structure of wooden shelving on that wall, which would provide ...

Tentatively waiting, well-dressed for news of the ferries... the long, slow (sewing) journey home.

I put together an old short dress, legging bottom edges, and a longer black skirt: then saw I'd sewn inside-out: eek!!

It started with just an occasional reinforcement of a buttonhole, but soon became obsessive...