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I’m home from the Ballarat branch of the Victorian embroiderers’ guild’s Autumn Leaves Seminar, and I’m very tired! The class was a great success, with all the students learning a lot and very happy. We spent two days working on learning the stitches for the Mountmellick wildflower cushion, and the students also made a start […] Today I am in Ballarat in Victoria for the Ballarat branch of the Victorian Embroiderer’s Guild’s “Autumn Leaves Seminar”. I’ll be teaching Mountmellick embroidery. There are other tutors also here teaching their areas of specialty. As I’ve never been to this gathering before, I’ve no idea how big it is, or what to expect, so […] Just to update you on The Gymnast’s condition, it isn’t scarlet fever. It is another identifiable childhood illness, along similar lines (no, not chicken pox). She’s contagious until the rash goes away, so she’s in quarantine for a bit longer yet. This seriously cramps my style with getting work done during the day! I relish […] Whenever I teach a class I take my little scissors with me and they travel around the classroom as I go. Invariably, because I am comfortable with them, I use them when demonstrating how to cut threads in Portuguese Whitework and Hardanger embroidery. In Portuguese Whitework, there are usually eight threads to be cut […] 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 […] On Friday I finally finished all five projects, their associated paperwork and photographs, and sent them off to Country Bumpkin as submissions for Beating Around the Bush 2014. I have no idea when I might hear back from them. My guess is that it could be some months. They will have a lot to […] I’m moving along with my five class submission projects. I have now completed four of them and am well into the fifth. I am very pleased with my progress and feel sure that it will all be submitted in time. I’ve been enjoying stitching each day, and think it would be lovely to be that […] After having a week of feeling like I was achieving not very much except driving my kids everywhere (how many of us know that feeling, whether now or in the dim dark past?!) yesterday I had a big win, completing yet another of my five projects. This one is an Elizabethan style embroidery, with beautiful […] I spent much of the day yesterday stitching, stitching, stitching. I am madly working on class submissions. I have five to do. Two are partially done, one is finished and the other are still in the thought process. Some are styles I have taught before, and others are new to me as class subjects. It […] Now that I’m back home, around all the other work I have to do and personal commitments, I’m squeezing in working on my submissions for next year’s Beating Around the Bush needlework conference in Adelaide. I have lots of varied ideas, and I’d love for them all to go ahead, but unfortunately they won’t because […] |
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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