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I have previously mentioned here my plan to teach an “unusual and difficult stitches” class at Beating Around the Bush in 2012. I thought you might be interested in reading about my thought processes for this class. Most of my classes that I already teach are just a variation on a theme. For Mountmellick, I […] I am wondering if anyone can point me to some pictures of non-counted-thread, contemporary, needlework samplers? Just doing a bit of research for a class and coming up with a complete blank… Preferably online, but book references also welcome. Can you help? Thanks! One of the online forums that I participate in was recently discussing whether people design their own embroidery or use other people’s designs. Many people were saying that they like to design their own – including me. Then, one member posted that she did not have a creative bone in her body and she was […] I have been doing some Hardanger to prepare for a beginner’s Hardanger class that I have coming up in June at The Crewel Gobelin. I have designed a simple design that we will work over a period of three weeks. So that students can get an idea of how it can work in different colourways, […] I’ve nearly finished the beading on the bodice of my dress. Just a bit more chain stitch and some sequins to add. I’m very pleased with how it is going. I am using the French embroidery beading technique as shown in Maisie Jarratt’s book “French Embroidery Beading: How To Bead”. The late Maisie Jarratt was […] Ok, that’s not to say that life in Addis wasn’t life. But this seems so much more the daily grind! We have a family wedding to go to in a few weeks time. Both the dresses that I have that would be suitable, I can’t remember whether I wore either of them to the last […] The power went off at 8:30 this morning. I patiently waited throughout the day, doing my drawn thread embroidery and getting a lot more done than I had expected to today, until it finally came back on seven hours later at 3:30pm. Until now, we have been very fortunate not to have had many power […] As a consumer, book designer, author, and publisher, I have some definite thoughts on spiral bound books. For many, they are the holy grail of needlework books. Me? I hate them! First let me state that by spiral bound, I mean wiro, spiral or coil binding. So why do I hate spiral binding? Spiral bound […] If you’ve been hanging around here for any length of time, you’ll know that I have been quite sick for a while, and that the illness has definitely affected my creative output. However, yesterday morning I woke with the feeling that I HAD to make something. Not being completely well, I decided the best plan […] |
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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