On Saturday I was at the Embroiderers’ Guild of NSW exhibition to do a demonstration of Portuguese Whitework. All of the guild tutors had been offered the chance to do either a talk or a demonstration, and each day of the exhibition there were about 4 tutor presentations. As it turned out, I believe I was the only one who decided to do a demonstration.
I had a timeslot of an hour, so I pinned all the projects from the book up on the wall, and got to work. I had a nice little crowd around me, and showed them the basics of the drawn thread work, then how to trace the pattern, how to do an eyelet and how I do bullion stitch.
The demonstration went well, with onlookers asking great questions. There were several ladies whom I have had in classes before, and others who are looking forward to me visiting their group in the near future.
I have a couple of classes to teach this week, so it will be a busy, but enjoyable week.
The exhibition itself had some really beautiful examples of embroidery on display. There was some work of a *very* high standard. It was lovely to see, and also to catch up with ladies who I have met or had in classes in the past.
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
Do you have any free designs on line or on-line classes that I could more about this beautiful stitchery. It really appeals to me.
Hi Doreen, I’m glad you find it beautiful – I do too. As my business is writing books about embroidery (that’s what pays my bills an enables me to write more books, thereby sharing more styles of needlework with the world) I provide some information about the embroidery on my website, and the rest is found in my book. Perhaps your local library might have a copy of the book that you can borrow. Otherwise, as I note that you are from New Zealand, the book is distributed in NZ, so you may be able to browse it in your favourite needlework shop. I hope that helps.