Exploring the needlework internet this week

In my travels around the web I’ve seen more things this week that might also interest you. Please note, for the sake of those who think that I spend my time looking for interesting links for you, these are just things I’ve come across in my daily needlework life. They’re things that have cropped up along the way. I’m not trawling for things for you – I do have enough things to do already! No need to marvel at me. 😉

This week I passed 900 Facebook fans on the Vetty Creations Facebook page! (Small fry for some people, but big deal for me!) Thanks so much to all of you who show your interest and support for Vetty Creations either here on this blog, or on Facebook. If you haven’t visited me on Facebook, please do. If you are a Facebook fan, note that to keep Vetty Creations updates coming up in your newsfeed, you’ll need to regularly like posts and/or comment. Thanks!

I’ve just this morning learned of a small boutique Canadian overdyed thread manufacturer – Colour Complements. She has some gorgeous threads, and on her blog she’s showed them in use, stitching lovely squares of needlepoint. It’s a really attractive way to give us ideas on how to use the pretty threads! During a quick look, I couldn’t find anywhere that said the threads were colourfast, so I think you’d have to assume that they are not.

Yesterday I saw a link to this beautiful lampshade on Facebook. It features what look to be hand-embroidered cockatoos and galahs, which are both Australian birds, and a range of Australian native plants and flowers. If this is indeed hand embroidered, then I suspect it has been embroidered by underpaid labour. This isn’t something I support. However, I did want to share it here, simply because it is so beautiful.

I’ve found a museum to visit while in Ho Chi Minh city – The Vietamese Southern Women’s Museum. They have a collection of regional clothing and also Ao Dai, which are traditional Vietnamese women’s dress. I look forward to seeing this exhibit! I also plan to shop for silk in both Ho Chi Minh and Bangkok. I don’t know whether I’ll buy any, but even if I don’t, I’ll enjoy looking! There are also a few museums that I’ll probably visit in Bangkok, such as Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles.

Not on my list of places to go for this trip, seeing it isn’t anywhere near where I’ll be going, is Pysanka Museum in Ukraine, celebrating the Ukrainian tradition of hand painted eggs. The website is in Ukrainian, so you’ll need to run it through your favourite website translator. There are lots of beautiful pictures of gorgeous pysanky.

So that’s it for this week! I hope that you find some beautiful things to interest you amongst this week’s little internet tour!