Well, I have come up with a design for our Mountmellick embroidery stitch along. It is lilies – I’m in a lilies frame of mind at the moment! I just think lilies can be quite exquisite, and they provide a nice amount of scope for embroidering both petals and leaves. I know its rather obscured […]
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I have been working on a thank you gift for Gillian, who presented me with the beautiful scarf from Turkey. I’ve decided that a suitable gift is a bookmark, with Hardanger embroidery worked on it. I have no idea if she has any interest in embroidery, therefore if it is a bookmark, she can choose […] Well, it seems like my Mountmellick stitch along idea is a good one, because I’ve had a very good response! Ok, now I just need to figure out how to fit it into my life… Over the next few weeks, I’ll be spending most of my time getting ready for the Sydney Quilt and Craft […] Today’s post follows on from yesterday’s one about designing Mountmellick embroidery. When the line drawing is complete, it needs to be traced onto the fabric. Mountmellick embroidery uses white cotton satin jean fabric, which is a beautiful fabric with a soft sheen. The right side is the one with the satin surface. To trace the […] I need a new Mountmellick embroidery design for a class and decided to let you in on the process that I go through. I have decided that I’d like it to be a cushion – not for any particular reason – just because. When I design a new Mountmellick project, I have to choose which […] I haven’t actually made any progress on my difficult stitches sampler recently, as I have been busy with getting ready for the Sydney Quilt and Craft Show (Stand G32, if you’re going to be there!). I thought that you might like to see where I am up to though. So far I have a section […] I did a little experiment yesterday with the Kreinik Japan No 7 thread. I really wanted to see how it would go, in case I decide that I want to use gold thread on my beret. I don’t think real metallic thread would be happy about being rained on. Kreinik Japan No 7 thread is […] Its getting colder here in Sydney, and feeling more wintery. For many of you though, our winter temperatures aren’t what you might think of as winter, but for us, they are cold! I’ve been thinking that I’d like a beret, so when I saw some nice ones on special yesterday, I decide to buy a […] I have an idea percolating around in my head. It’ll probably never happen, but I’m thinking about it! Following my enjoyable experiences working with Colourstreams hand-dyed wool felt for my left- and right-handed stitch dictionaries, I have recently learned of a thing called prefelt. My question was “What is prefelt?” Really, its just that – […] I am no longer procrastinating! I think that I just needed to admit to myself that that is what I was doing, and that was enough to kick me into action! Yesterday I spent some time with Kirsten Edwards planning for our joint stand (G32) at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Show at Darling Harbour, […] |
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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