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Last night I came back from a lovely weekend away, teaching the Mornington Peninsula group of the Victorian embroiderers guild and a group of embroiderers at the headquarters of the Victorian guild. Both groups did Portuguese Whitework classes, but different projects. The classes went very well, with some excellent quality stitching in evidence. They were […] Once upon a time I taught a class in merezhka at Springwood, here in NSW. We did a small panel of merezhka as an introduction to the style. There were many lovely ladies in that class, but there was one student who *really* took to merezhka. Big Time. Sharron absolutely loved the embroidery style […] Yesterday I received a sad and heartfelt email from an embroiderer. I could feel her pain as I read her email: I just completed a small embroidery and the red thread bled. Oh dear. I was looking on the net for advice and came across your blog entry about testing a red thread. My question […] Following on from yesterday, in which Lilian told us about her experiments with withdrawing threads after prewashing her fabric, today we look at the effect of pulling bars tight and rippled hems. In yesterday’s post, Lilian posed the question: “Now I am worried that when the fabric does not shrink after embroidering it, will the […] Some weeks ago I did a series on 38 count linen and whether it was evenweave or not. At the time, Lilian from the Netherlands had been corresponding with me about this issue. After my post on prewashing, Lilian posed the question: “Is it true that after you’ve washed the linen, it’s hard to take […] On Saturday at lunch time, during my class at Coffs Harbour, some of the ladies were talking about a 3 dimensional needlelace ship that one of them had made. It sounded quite intriguing. At lunch the next day, Robyne brought out her ship. It was simply amazing! Robyne Bunter's incredible needlelace ship There […] Last night I arrived home from a really enjoyable weekend in Coffs Harbour. I love going out to country guild groups to teach, as you’re always so very appreciated there! We did the Portuguese Whitework panel from my book (p14) in a relaxed two day class. I started off by showing them a slideshow of […] If you haven’t already visited our Facebook page, perhaps you should. Yesterday I asked if anyone would like to share any photos of their embroideries done from my designs. I thought that we might be able to inspire each other! Olena Hardanger (featured in Finelines Magazine) stitched by Jeanine in Canada Immediately, Jeanine in […] Last night, on a forum that I belong to, I read that someone had done a write-up of their experiences with making my Hardanger panel for the Treasure Chest project that’s in the current issue of Inspirations magazine. You can find Jillian’s write-up on her blog, AlwaysStitching. Congratulations to Jillian, on such a magnificent result. […] Last year here at White Threads I organised a Christmas ornament exchange. I have been wondering about whether to run it again, as I’m not sure it was entirely successful last year. I just wasn’t sure that everyone received their ornaments. However, no-one let me know that they *didn’t* receive the one that was promised […] |
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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