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Book tour – Elegant Hardanger Embroidery

Some people go on a book tour when they release a new book. I’ve never done this, but I thought I could instead take you on a tour of some of my books. I know that some of you have been along for the ride since the beginning but some of you are newer to […]

March 6th, 2019 | Category: Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, hardanger, historical embroidery, whitework | Leave a comment

Looking at Hardanger

The Embroiderers’ Guild of Victoria (BC, Canada) has just started a new series looking at Hardanger on their Facebook page. This is great news, and I shall enjoy following it!

I’m going to be controversial here. I believe that the first post with which they have introduced this next focus, doesn’t actually show any Hardanger […]

December 13th, 2017 | Category: Early-Style Hardanger, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, hardanger, historical embroidery, Smøyg, whitework | 2 comments

Why would you?

I’ve been getting a few emails about this sort of thing. People have been finding early editions of my books on marketplace type websites, going for ridiculous prices.

The emails usually contain the question, “Is it out of print?” No-one can think of any good reason why a book would sell for that much money […]

April 9th, 2016 | Category: Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, writing books | 6 comments

Now taking pre-publication orders!

Early-Style Hardanger is now ready for pre-publication orders. This is the biggest book I’ve ever written (that’s why it took so long!). I’m so thrilled to final present it to you.

What’s in “Early-Style Hardanger”?

Briefly, Early-Style Hardanger by Yvette Stanton, has 160 pages and 3 pattern sheets. There are left- and right-handed stitch […]

April 7th, 2016 | Category: Early-Style Hardanger, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, hardanger, Introducing..., new products, whitework | Leave a comment

A winning doily!

In November last year, I shared with you Crystal’s beautiful version of my design “Claire Doily” from Elegant Hardanger Embroidery.

Crystal wrote to me again this week, with news about her doily. She entered it in the folk art competition at the Sons of Norway District Convention in California. It was one of about 20-25 […]

July 2nd, 2014 | Category: customer embroidery, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, whitework | Leave a comment

More book reviews

I’ve just added a whole pile more book reviews of my books to the book reviews page on my website.

There are many, many new reviews there, and if you’re looking for a new embroidery book, read my book reviews page first!

A few samples of the reviews for you:

The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion: […]

June 8th, 2014 | Category: book reviews, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion | Leave a comment

Claire Hardanger Doily stitched by Crystal

Earlier this year I heard from Crystal in Colorado. She was stitching the Claire Doily from my book Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, and had a few questions. I answered her questions (I’m always happy to provide after sales service, so if you have questions, please just ask!) and requested that she send me a photograph when […]

November 20th, 2013 | Category: customer embroidery, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, hardanger | 2 comments

BATB: stitchers village fair

As you’ve read through my class details for Beating Around the Bush over the last few days, if you were paying close attention to the dates, you may have noticed I will not be teaching on Wednesday 18th April. This is because there will be a Stitchers Village Fair on that day.

I will have […]

September 8th, 2011 | Category: Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, Portuguese embroidery, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery | Leave a comment

Make me smile

I heard from the wonderful Barb Suess yesterday that she’d recently been teaching at an EGA seminar and my stitch dictionaries The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion and The Right-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion were disappearing very quickly from Ruth Kern Books. (I don’t think she meant that they were being shoplifted, either…)

This is music to my ears. […]

August 11th, 2011 | Category: book reviews, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery | 6 comments

New book reviews

Time for a round up of new reviews of my books today. From Amazon US, we have… Review by Claire Nardone on The Right-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion:

I’ve been doing needlework of all types for more than 40 years and this is the best all around handbook I’ve ever seen. Details are wonderful and it […]

June 10th, 2011 | Category: book reviews, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery | Leave a comment
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