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Dearest Hive Friends! Our first days back on our new land (after a break back in Guardia to prepare for Vinalia and to pack more of our stuff for bringing here) have again been full to the brim with sensation,

Our very new relationship with our land continues today; off I head to de-bramble our peach trees - I thought you all might enjoy this shadow.... There are two peach trees, but one is in a fairly intense

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

Dearest Homesteading & Hive Communities, ginormous snail shells: looking forward to pasta alle lumache one day! What to write about, having been on our New Land for a handful of days, and then having

Dearest Hive Homesteaders & Free-Living Folk! Well, what to say, about being on our new land - 11,000 square metres at 650 m elevation, in the northeast of Molise - around un mezz'ora from the sea....?

Dearest Needleworkers and Hive Friends, This has been a week of much mystical movement in our lives and work: in case you didn’t hear, @vincentnijman and I finally found our dream homestead a week ago,

Dearest Hive Friends, My latest podcast can be found on Spotify and Fountain, and hopefully other good podcasting providers.... The Art Of Life podcast on Spotify The Art Of Life podcast speaks to how

Dear Hive Homesteading Friends, At long last I (actually, we!) have a homesteading story to begin;our adventure started a few days ago, and the seed is already sprouting vitalicious roots and shoots....

Sorry for tagging Needlework Monday on a Sunday! Am in outside internet zone, and using a not familiar Hive gateway!

Ciao dear Hive Listeners, Here is my most recent podcast - The Art Of Life by Clare. Gaia Sophia - a living voice transmission around how things are unfolding in this magical wee corner of the cosmos:

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 Hive Friends, Hi, and how was your week?? Me and my Beloved are currently resting after the mega-drive across Portugal and Spain, then a lengthy ferry journey from Barcelona to Italy again....

(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

the finished bag, in recreational action - Portugal Ciao beautiful Hive Friends! The last week or so was a whirlwind: the first proper showing of my new collection, then the house tour and discussions

phew: 2 years of sewing, 2 months of intensive prepping, and 2 days of setting up - McMA pop-up shop is open! the opening night dress, made from nighties, tablecoths, shirts and aprons! When did we stop

Dearest Needleworking Friends & Lovers Of Original Sewing Creations! Full immersion: leading up to the (pop-up clothing store) event on Friday – and the House Crawl that we have the very next day;

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

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

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 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