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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!

I had the pleasure to go on a girly date to watch Devil Wears Prada 2 on our Bank Holiday, it was a lunchtime date dream!! The outfits, the humour, (not so many facial lines from the actors showing after 20 years 😆🫣) all of it was fabulous!! Has anyone had the pleasure to watch? Tell us your favourite outfits, I noticed how many blinking ties Andie wore in different styles/shapes. Ties must be in season.. 😜 I loved being reminded how even in fashion, they're having to really think, adapt and change with the time we are in, how they market their couture garments for Runway (Devil Wears Prada fashion mag). I've been reminded the beauty of our skill, sewing, because whatever happens in our future with AI, AI can not remake our technical abilities to construct a garment from scratch and engineer onto a body, that job is ours. I laughed way too much during the movie 🍿 would highly recommend a watch to switch off and enjoy the fabrics 🫶 Claire Amelia 🌸

Hello & welcome in. 🧵 I am so grateful you are here. This is a space I have wanted to create for a long time, somewhere that finally feels right for makers like us. A place that doesn't start at the beginning. A place that meets you in the beautiful, complicated middle of this craft we call sewing. Whether you are a dressmaker, a bridal maker, seamstress, a tailor, a corsetiere, an upcycle maker, a costumier, furnishings.. or someone who crosses every single sewing discipline day, this studio is yours. The Atelier Hub was built on one simple belief; that sewers grow best when they grow together. That when we share our knowledge, our discoveries, our creative crises & our wins across every discipline, the whole community becomes richer for it. This is not a teaching space. There are no tutorials here, no step by step guides, no back to basics but we can share our sewing techniques to support growth across our disciplines.. What there is, is a room full of serious, passionate, experienced makers from all over the world, & me standing alongside you as your sewing ally whenever the project gets hard, the client gets difficult or the creative well runs dry. I have been sewing for over 20 years. I am still learning. I suspect you are too. That is exactly why we are all here. Now it's your turn; come & introduce yourself 👇 I'd love to know: 🧵 Your name & where you are in the world ✂️ How long you have been sewing 📌 Your main discipline or the one you are most curious about right now 🌟 One thing you are currently making or dreaming of making There are no wrong answers. There is no judgement in this studio. The studio is open. Welcome to your sewing crew. 🧵 Claire Amelia Founder, The Atelier Hub

Let’s get into the work a little deeper today. Across all disciplines, there are techniques we return to again and again, the ones that quietly define our standard. What’s one technique you feel has truly changed your work over time? Not something basic, but something you’ve refined, reconsidered, or now approach differently with experience. I’d love to hear what’s shaped your hands. 🫶 & A BIG WELCOME to our latest group members @Janine Martin @Suzanne Bowyer I'm building in real time, & grateful you are here 🔥