Today I have the pleasure of showing you the first image of a new set of products I’ll be unveiling at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair at White Bay in June. I’ve been working on these little pendants for a little while now, following the success of the pendant project in “Sardinian Knotted Embroidery: Whitework from Teulada”. And yes, they’re in colour! “Yvette can do colour as well as whitework?” Yes, I can!
This will be one in a series of counted thread embroidery pendants. There will probably be about 4 different designs in a range of colours, making great use of lovely variegated threads. I’ve got little samples of these everywhere, testing out different colour ways!
They will come as kits with the silver-plated pendant, fabric, thread, beads, needles, mounting card, acid-free adhesive etc. All ready for you to pick up and make, and then wear. I made one of these for my mum for Mothers Day and she loves it. They’re the perfect gift for a special friend, or even yourself. You can give the made pendant, or the kit to make it – either way, it’s a great gift.
The stitches will be fully explained in the kit instructions, so even if you’ve never done anything like it before, that’s no problem! There will also be full instructions for how to mount the embroidery onto the mounting card and into the pendant.
I plan for the range of counted thread embroidery pendant kits to be available exclusively at the craft show, and then generally released on my website. I hope you have as much fun with these as I have!
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
It looks delightful!
Thank you Rachel!
I think you’ve got a ‘seller’ there, Yvette. Yes, it should be within any beginner’s capability if they can follow instructions carefully, and it’s small enough to be a quick finish. I like the rococo-stitch eyelet centre and the variegated thread.
Thanks very much Sue!