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Mountmellick embroidery in country QLD

This year, the Queensland Country Womens Association (QCWA) has the Republic of Ireland as their country of focus. To celebrate this, and to help them learn more about the country, they do a soft-craft and a hard-craft. I don’t know what they have been doing as their hard-craft, but their soft-craft has been Mountmellick embroidery […]

June 9th, 2010 | Category: customer embroidery, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, mountmellick supplies, whitework | 6 comments

Share some of your embroidery?

With the Big Craft Show coming up next week (yes, I am exhibiting at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair, Stand G32, sharing with The Gift Of Stitching Magazine), I won’t have any extra brain space with which to be writing blog posts. So I was wondering if there are any of you lovely readers […]

June 7th, 2010 | Category: customer embroidery | 2 comments

drawn thread and special memories

Today I had a lovely email conversation with one of my customers. She told me why she had decided to purchase two books: Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery and Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature.

I heard about you from a lady at my hairdressers. We have had the same appointment time for several months and […]

April 30th, 2010 | Category: customer embroidery, merezhka, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery | Leave a comment

an advanced Hardanger embroidery stitcher

I received a lovely email this week:

Hi Yvette,

I am an avid fan of yours!

I had started embroidering again after my three sons left home four years ago and had strong interests in learning Hardanger, stumpwork and goldwork. I do most of my learning and sourcing out good learning books via the net. […]

November 20th, 2009 | Category: customer embroidery, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, hardanger, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature | Leave a comment

needlework stories

I recently received a lovely email from a customer, who gave me permission to share it with you.

Hello Yvette

My Aunt and Uncle were visiting from Sydney and my mother brought them to stay at our home. My mother is an extremely talented knitter, sewer, candlewicker and general crafts woman and was intrigued by […]

August 20th, 2009 | Category: book reviews, customer embroidery, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature | Leave a comment

Waterlily SAL progress – Diane’s day 2

The Waterlily Hardanger Stitch Along has started in my hardanger Yahoo group. Diane has posted some progress of her work so far. She is working in golden yellow thread on blue fabric – what a sunny combination! You’re making great progress, Diane.

If you’d like to join in, you’d be very welcome to join us […]

August 6th, 2009 | Category: customer embroidery, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, hardanger, stitch along | Leave a comment

Hardanger embroidery SAL

Sorry about the lack of communication. We went away to Canberra (Australia’s capital city) for a few days, and then I’ve been getting stuck into more embroidery for the book since my return.

On a much more exciting note for you lovely readers, for those who love hardanger, at my hardanger Yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hardangerhowto/) there […]

July 28th, 2009 | Category: customer embroidery, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, hardanger | 2 comments

Reader embroideries: mountmellick and merezhka

Today I have two reader’s embroideries to share with you.

Mimi is from Hong Kong and has recently been enjoying Mountmellick embroidery. Following is her first piece of Mountmellick embroidery – it is the framed flower spray from our book Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature. I think her embroidery looks very beautiful and she has […]

June 30th, 2009 | Category: customer embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery | 2 comments

Customer embroidery: Mountmellick doily

Today I received a photo from one of my customers, Pam. This is the first Mountmellick embroidery that she has ever done. Hasn’t she done a lovely job?

Embroidery by Pam, from Queensland.The embroidery is an adaptation of one of the designs from our book Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature: the Oval Dogrose Doily.

Congratulations […]

March 18th, 2009 | Category: customer embroidery, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature | One comment
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