Hey sewers, Happy Monday 🪡 Week 1 is the 17th Century — a world built on structure, layers, and foundations. Before the gown, there was what sat underneath. Stays, shifts, petticoats — the unseen work that creates the shape. It’s a very intentional way of making… and it does make you think about how we approach our own work now. So for today: ⟶ What draws your eye from this era? ⟶ Have you ever made (or wanted to make) structured underpinnings? ⟶ Do you think about what sits under your garments? Feel free to share any references or pieces you love on the Studio Wall, I’d love to see what you’re looking at. 🖤 Claire

Whether it's finished, half-pinned or still a pile of beautiful fabric on the floor, we want to see it. No perfection required. 🖼️ Yesterday, as I did a different kind of sewing, sowing seeds with my children into soil, it made me smile. How a skill like sewing can transcend in many different ways, create experiences, joy and so much more, even the word has many meanings.. So, here's a picture of me in the sunshine (finally sunny here in Yorkshire, England, ready for the seasonal shift!) with my youngest boy Oren. Before the sewing machine is back in action later .. I have planned to do a video this weekend on boning delicate material, to create strong foundations to adorn on with pretty fabrics. Are you interested in these sort of videos? Would love for you to share your sewing from this past week, up on the Studio Wall 🌟

Turn your screen 1/4 turn to the left so the hearts point down. Top left is my sweet little rose earrings. They are about the same size as a dime! Next is one of the bell ornaments I’ve made for the members of the bell choir I used to ring with. I just need to stiffen them and they’ll be ready to give away! Beside the bell in the same thread is one of the sunflower earrings I made a few years ago for the bell choir when we played at church and it happened to be Kansas Day! The Sunflower is the State flower! I’m still making a few of those for friends. Then above that is a corner bookmark. It’s two layers of tatting joined together on the top two sides and left open on the long side to slip over the corner of the book page you want to mark! The bottom row are all purple earring pairs. The bicolor ones and butterflies are size 20 thread which equates to fine crochet thread. The beaded Purple Hearts are size 80 which is about 1/4 of the thickness of the size 20! It’s more like sewing thread and very tedious to tat with! And yes those are tiny glass seed beads on the hearts and the lavender butterflies! I was so pleased and proud of these when I finished them! Some of my best work!

This is your moment to shine. ✨ The Studio Wall is the heart of our creative joy, the place where we celebrate everything we make, everything we are dreaming of making & everything in between. No waiting until it's finished. No waiting until it's perfect. This wall belongs to all the sewing you're entwined into. Finished makes you proud. The dress that finally came together after three toiles. The corset that took months & was worth every single stitch. The bridal gown that made someone cry happy tears. The costume that stopped the show. Share it here, you earned this moment. Works in progress keeping you up at night. The half finished bodice pinned to your dress form. The fabric you just cut into with your heart in your mouth. The lining that is giving you grief. Bring it to the wall, we want to see every stage of the journey. Fabric hauls that made your heart sing. We all know the feeling of finding the perfect fabric. The colour that stopped you in your tracks. The silk you couldn't walk away from. The remnant that has no plan yet but had to come home with you. Show us. Mood boards & creative dreams. The collection you are building in your head. The Pinterest board that is becoming something real. The era, the silhouette, the feeling you are chasing. Pin it to the wall and let us dream alongside you. I may show you my costume pinterest feed.. ;-) Studio snapshots that show your world. Your cutting table mid project. Your thread collection. Sewing soft furnishings you’re excited over, oh the joy of filling! The corner of your studio that makes you happy. We want to see where the magic happens. This is a judgement free, joy filled, celebration only space. Every make is welcome here. Every stage is valid. Every creative dream deserves a wall to live on. Come on in, show us what you've got. 🧵 Claire Amelia Founder, The Atelier Hub