STITCHES + STEEL

STITCHES + STEEL For adventures on the road. Travelling keeps you feeling alive, your senses alert and the ongoing expectation for something new.

Constantly adjusting to new situations, new people, new cultures, and new environments. Less to rely on, and more to discover. learning not just new things, but also about yourself. It started with hunting waves, clean, empty waves. It was a similar story during the winter, a hunger to find pure, empty, perfection, not forgetting to enjoy the journey there. We needed products designed for the hars

h environments we were forever finding ourselves in. We needed accessories that were simple, designed well but most importantly worked. Inspiration came from the industries who design product for the cruelest environments; The Nautical industry provided it in quantity, the further we delved in, the more it opened our minds to the way things could and should be done. Open ocean, driving sea spray, icy temperatures and winds at the high end of the Beaufort scale. The elements at their most corrosive dictated our DNA. We sourced canvas from the best factories in the marine industry and had it sewn together with the very machines and skilled hands that sew together sails for round the world yacht races, and Olympic dinghy fleets. After testing carbon fibre from countless factories we settled for A-Grade, more commonly purposed to the aviation industry. The ropes are Maffioli, more at home being used as climbing life lines. We've searched high and low to find the right people to work with, who share the same values as us. We'll continue to build relationships with the people that matter, and continue to build innovative products that last, all whilst keeping a watchful eye on the environment, ensuring our products have the least possible impact. We hatched a plan, built some bunks and set the compass north, heading as far as the land would let us go, when we ran out of land we got on a boat...and went even further.

➕ Plans for the longer weekend…
01/05/2026

➕ Plans for the longer weekend…

Birch-ply smells quite good. hwrd ➕
15/04/2026

Birch-ply smells quite good.
hwrd ➕

29/03/2026

➕ Yard Sailed… The sailing continues digitally with only a few pieces remaining via the digital YS over on the store.

21/03/2026

➕ Your Yardsale awaits.

9.30 - 12.30

TODAY

The Eastern Outpost
Bocking Hall
Mersea Island
Co58SU

➕ YARD SALE ➕Yes it’s on an island, yes there is bridge, yes you might get marooned. You’re invited to join us for our ...
08/03/2026

➕ YARD SALE ➕

Yes it’s on an island, yes there is bridge, yes you might get marooned.

You’re invited to join us for our Spring Yard Sale — a familiar format to our usual ventures into yard-saling, but with one small difference: it’s the first time we’re opening the doors to our new home, the Eastern Outpost.

We’ll be joined by our friends at Harbour Brewing, Pentire and Jimmy’s, who’ll be keeping you hydrated.

On the goods front, we’ve got 50 free goodie bags for the first through the door, along with warehouse-wide discounts, unreleased samples, and seconds with up to 80% off their RRP.

Doors open: 9:30am
Doors close: 12:30pm

This should give you enough time to escape before the ocean covers the bridge. That said, we’d recommend sticking around — ask us about local spots for lunch or beers, or better yet, a few camp spots and make a proper day (or weekend) of it.

Scrawl the date in your calendar. Rally your friends.

Poster -

Daffodils emerging and thaw-out commencing here at the Eastern Outpost ➕
26/02/2026

Daffodils emerging and thaw-out commencing here at the Eastern Outpost ➕

➕ Taking it slow. Making it right. Few outtakes from January thus far.
23/01/2026

➕ Taking it slow. Making it right. Few outtakes from January thus far.

01/01/2026

➕ Roll on 2026….

➕ Last minute lords… We got you. We’re shipping till Tuesday. While those order’s aren’t guaranteed to arrive before the...
21/12/2025

➕ Last minute lords… We got you.
We’re shipping till Tuesday. While those order’s aren’t guaranteed to arrive before the big day (strong chance they’ll make it). You’re still good to ‘give the gift of choice’ via our gift vouchers which are available on the store.

Ho ho ho.

➕ ‘You can’t smell the roses from a galloping horse’ ~ Taking some time to feel out the new digs and get aquatinted with...
23/10/2025

➕ ‘You can’t smell the roses from a galloping horse’ ~ Taking some time to feel out the new digs and get aquatinted with our latest coordinates.

➕ Autumn essentials…
05/10/2025

➕ Autumn essentials…

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The Old Joinery
Colchester
CO20LT

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