
Daylight lamps are wonderful for stitching embroidery with. They provide lighting that is equivalent in colour to the daylight outside your house – which means that your threads and fabrics stay their proper colour, instead of looking all wrong.
The photos on the right shows the difference between types of globes. The top photo shows fabric and embroidery lit by a daylight globe, with its natural colouring. The bottom photo shows fabric and embroidery lit by a regular incandescent globe, with a yellow cast.
Many people believe that you need a special lamp for this, but you don’t! All you need are daylight globes – and they can be put in your existing lamp.
This morning I have added daylight globes to the Vetty Creations website. Because of the postage, it works out more economical to purchase two rather than one, so we have them available as single globes, or in a twin pack. Of course, they’ll be carefully packaged so that they don’t break on their way to you!
Our daylight globes are compact fluorescents (CFLs) which means that not only will you be getting great lighting, but they are also much cheaper to run than incandescent bulbs.
For more information and to purchase your very own daylight globes, go to the Vetty Creations online shop.
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.

Great idea! I’ve scheduled a link to this post to go live on my blog tomorrow morning (Central USA time). I hope it brings you a few extra clicks.
Denise
http://needlework.craftgossip.com
Thanks Denise. 🙂
Of course, I should point out that its not only stitchers who can benefit from using daylight temperature globes. My sister is a botanical artist, so she uses one to paint by at night time or when it gets a little dark inside. It keeps her watercolour paints the right colour. You wouldn’t want your strawberry to be painted hot pink instead of red…
Any hobbyists or crafters that need correct colour can benefit from using a daylight temperature globe in their lamp. I wish I’d had one when I was at uni doing my illustration and model making subjects…