Hardanger shirt project from “Early-Style Hardanger”
One of the things I’m trying to do in my newer books is encourage people to wear their embroidery. I did a pattern drafting course a few years ago so that I could learn to draft my own patterns.
In this book, there is a shirt with Hardanger cuffs and collar. The shirt style is not the same traditional style as those worn as part of the Hardanger costume, but neither did I want it to be. I wanted to create a modern style shirt, with spectacular cuffs and collar. It isn’t meant to be a slavish copy.
I wear my shirt regularly, and I love wearing it. I get comments from stitchers and non-stitchers alike.
If you’d like to make one too, you’ll find the instructions for this shirt in Early-Style Hardanger, due out from June onwards (different times for different parts of the world). Order your copy today!
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
You are beautiful & smart in that Shirt 🙂
I too prefer wearing My embroidery…
Thanks Shaz! 🙂 I’m glad you like wearing embroidery too.
What a beautiful shirt. Wear it with pride! This book is going to be amazing, I can tell.
That shirt is lovely!
My first thought is “All that work, and then get it dirty!? And the laundry?!”
My next thoughts are – yeah, but what good is it just sitting in a drawer, you only have so much space on the walls, no one you know decorates with it, etc. You may as well enjoy and show off your work when out and about. Besides, remember the Kroje(sp?) exhibit at the Czech-Slovak museum – how many of those lovely needlework areas were worked separately and then tacked onto the garment. Do similar, and you can keep the needlework even if the rest of the garment becomes tatty or wrong size.” Yeesh, I talk a lot in my head! 🙂
I’ll be keeping an eye out for the new book at my LNS!
Beautiful shirt, great job!