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Today I have been going through the gazillion emails that my colleague received on my behalf while I was away in Ethiopia. There were only about 400 unread emails and probably three times that many that had already been read by her, but not yet by me… In the midst of that though, I found […] Over the last few days I have reviewed some of the books on my bookshelf. These were some that I used during the writing of my stitch dictionary The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion: a step-by-step stitch dictionary. There were of course, others, and we may get to them in the future. Coming to spend three months […] Another book from my bookshelf: “The Constance Howard Book of Stitches” by Constance Howard. This book has been repackaged in recent years with an appealing modern-looking cover. Unfortunately the insides are all still black and white – there was an errata notice in mine saying that the colour plates mentioned were not actually included. I […] Another review of a book from my personal bookshelf: “The Complete Stitch Encyclopedia” by Jan Eaton. This book is an excellent reference for those who want to see a lot of different stitches. It has a wealth of information, and there are surface stitches, counted stitches, insertions and edgings. Each one has their own photograph […] Today I am going to post a review of a book from my bookshelf: “Mary Thomas’s Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches”. This is a book I own and love. In recent years, this book was completely overhauled and revised. Unfortunately I don’t like the new version at all. It looks cheap and nasty, and just doesn’t […] Recently I received the following comment from RM of England about my book The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion: Hello Yvette, Just thought I’d let you know I found your LH Companion at the London Bead Company and bought it. Its wonderful and just looking at the instructions I could follow them straight away. Unless you […] Yesterday I accidentally found another review of one of my books: this time “Elegant Hardanger Embroidery”. (This is fun! I should accidentally discover these things more often!) On the Nordic Needle website, Carol P of Hopkins, MN has written the following review entitled “A new Bible!”: This is the book I now recommend be in […] I’ve just been noodling around on the web and accidentally found a lovely review of my book “Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery: Merezhka Poltavska” on Amazon. Written by a lovely person named Sarah Danks from Springdale PA, it is extremely glowing. Here’s some of the review: …this is one of the best-illustrated books I’ve ever […] Following on from yesterday, Meri very kindly sent me the following link to a Brainerd and Armstrong publication which features Mountmellick embroidery in silk. (Just to be clear: Mountmellick embroidery in silk is NOT something I support!!) http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924085658643 It starts at about p69, and onwards from there. Curiously, this is not the publication I had […] I love receiving emails from people who say nice things about my books. Who wouldn’t?! They usually make my day! I have a favour to ask. If you love my books – any of them: Elegant Hardanger Embroidery; Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature; Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery: Merezhka Poltavska; or The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion: a […] |
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
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