domesticalchemy Tag Posts Index

Finishing my 2nd reconstructed denim coat - and some deep reflections on Living In Gift whilst thriving financially!

Dearest Needlework Community and Beauty-full Hive Co-Creators! I’m in a bit of a daze this morning, the day after our town’s 7-yearly Rites: the month of Agosto

Lingam Robe Quartet

Dearest sewing friends, and lovers of the artisan, the sacred and the re-mystifying of our world... This is a very special shipment of lingam robes which is currently

ritual & domestic alchemy

one of two skirts that I reconstructed/ transformed this week: adding new fabric to a favourite-but-waaaayyyy-too-short miniskirt! Dearest Needlework Community ...and

Rebeading A Beautiful Spectacles Case

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

Purple Wool Jacket update: NeedleworkMonday Double Bill today!

Dearest Sewing Tribe, I really wanted to also share a quick update about this jacket, which was on the Needlework Monday Featured Post #240 but my post was about

Making A Skirt Bigger... And Putting Poppers On My Cloud Bag

my favourite photo of this project - putting the invisible(ish!) zip into the new section at the back Dearest sewing tribe! after before Mmmm, life is yummy right

A WEE DETAIL CHANGES A FAVOURITE DRESS INTO A TRULY MAGICAL GARMENT 🤗

Dearest Needlework friends and lovers of gorgeous clothing, This is a small detail that I cut carefully from a favourite material scrap (below), and added to my

WHAT IS MASTERY? Finding my Way with needlework, and a happy new handbag!

Dear Super-Creative Friends, Do you like this cute wee cloud-and-shiny-orange handbag I made this week?? I am quite proud, as it really sits nicely, and I love the

Nesting, making space to make, and honing in on what really wants to be sewn

Dearest friends, I'm sitting here cosy under a thick winter duvet and colourful blanket gifted by a dear sister: I feel sheltered by my newly-structured workspace,

chaos contained with bamboo.... and an ongoing healing handbag project

Oh, I AM excited to share this Needlework Monday post with you all!! As you may know, my Year Of Needlework Mastery is about 3/4 of the way through, and one of the

come and have a look around my fabulous sewing studio in Italy!

Dearest Needlework Lovers! Shaking things up this week, I made a video for you of my coming-into-colourful-harmony sewing space in my Italian Art House. I'll be

SLOWING DOWN....?

Inspired by @kesityu.fashion's glorious post this morning, I'm adding a wee bit of story to the beginning of my sharing... I am layered and protected from the wild

History, Scarcity and Surviving Scottish family!

sewing at the coffee bar table, whilst we wait for the ferry for my friend Nadine to leave the island on... Dearest Needlework friends, Hallo again and the happiest

#yearendchallenge Mastery, community, joy!

#yearendchallenge sewing with Kesityu on my Italian Arthouse balcony - heaven! Dearest Needlework Monday Friends and Community, details and real buttons: a major

Travel sewing on my epic 5 day trip from my Italian Arthouse to my family home on the Isle of Arran in Scotland

piecing together stretchy lace pieces My dearest needlework friends! my favourite travelling trousers: tartan and wool for practicality and comfort settling into

Prepping winter wear for a long journey to the north...

alterations to some big woolen trouser-kilt items: Kesityu and I found some amazing wool kecks in the 50c stall, and they will be perfect for some

Wrist-warmers... and The Creative Golden Vein

Dearest Needle-workers, We started thinking about what we could sew in a week, for our pop-up clothing expo and sale, and came up with something like a glove/

Making splendid-but-ugly trousers much more fun and beautiful...

Dearest Needlework Lovers! It has been a week of wood-harvesting, so less energy for the intricacies of the sewing room - but today I finished a two-day job and

Massive sewing mistake, turned into a new technique in my needlework mastery!

my beautiful finished dress, even though I thought I'd ruined it, right in the middle where the mistake would be most visible! Ciao beautiful needleworking friends!

Career change emotions, alterations, and harvesting new materials!

Dearest Needleworkers and passionate slow-fashionistas, I am reeling emotionally, and finding my feet practically, whilst multiple changes unfold within and around