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Final part of cruise travelogue

The last two days of classes were Portuguese whitework classes for me. Each day I was teaching two single day classes concurrently. Because the projects were so similar for me, it was not too hard to do, though other teachers had a harder time because their two single day projects were very different to each […]

February 25th, 2013 | Category: Embroidery classes, Portuguese embroidery, teaching embroidery, travel | 2 comments

Needlework cruise travelogue part 3

Shipped docked in Noumea. You can see a tiny little container ship behind. The Voyager of the Seas is just HUGE!

Following our first day in Noumea, I arose early the next morning for my usual walk, and realised that if there is ever a good time to take photos of a container […]

February 22nd, 2013 | Category: Embroidery classes, mountmellick embroidery, teaching embroidery, travel | One comment

coming up…

In about 2 weeks’ time, I’ll be off on the cruise on which I will be teaching needlework. I’ll be away from 10th – 19th of February. During this time, I will not be able to attend to any orders for Vetty Creations products. (Just a bit hard to do that from somewhere in the […]

January 29th, 2013 | Category: Embroidery classes, travel | Leave a comment

Upcoming classes in Sydney

In the next couple of months I’ll be teaching some classes here in Sydney. I’d love you to join me for either of these classes!

Up first is a class at Mosman Needlecraft on 9th and 10th March. I’ll be teaching the Portuguese Whitework handtowel from my book. If you’d like to participate in this […]

January 25th, 2013 | Category: Embroidery classes, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, teaching embroidery, whitework | 2 comments

Mountmellick and Hardanger

I had a wonderful day yesterday teaching Mountmellick embroidery to a group of lovely ladies at Hobbysew, Penrith. We did the small honeysuckle doily from our book Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature. They did a great job, and some were very vocal about how much they were learning and enjoying the class.

Look […]

January 17th, 2013 | Category: designing, Embroidery classes, hardanger, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, teaching embroidery, whitework | 5 comments

Mountmellick class

It’ll be short and quick today. I’m off to teach a Mountmellick embroidery class in Penrith. We’ll be embroidering a small doily. I’m sure I will have a lovely day sharing embroidery with others!

I hope you have a great day too!

January 16th, 2013 | Category: Embroidery classes, mountmellick embroidery, teaching embroidery, whitework | Leave a comment

Finishing techniques class?

I know this is going overboard, but this is my second post for the day!

I’m working on class proposals for a needlework conference. Would you be interested in taking a class on finishing techniques? Would you like to learn techniques to help you finish your small needlework ornaments and articles perfectly, neatly and exactly?

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January 11th, 2013 | Category: Embroidery classes, embroidery musings, making stuff, sewing tips, teaching embroidery | 4 comments

a new year and all the possibilities…

Well, here we are in 2013 now. 🙂 Hopefully this year will see the production of the phone app versions of my two stitch dictionaries. (That makes it sound like it is someone else’s responsibility, but let me assure you it is very much my responsibility. It’s just slow going…!) And then I very much […]

January 2nd, 2013 | Category: Embroidery classes, stitch dictionary, teaching embroidery, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, travel | 4 comments

Not going to Suva

Yesterday I spoke with one of the people associated with Operation Foundation in Fiji. They work in both the men’s and women’s prisons in Suva helping to rehabilitate the male and female prisoners so that they can go back to their communities on release.

We discussed the possibility of me spending the day teaching […]

November 12th, 2012 | Category: Embroidery classes, teaching embroidery, travel | Leave a comment

New (old) Hardanger pattern

Some years ago – about five, actually – I taught a class where the project was a traditional-style Hardanger runner. I’ve had a photo of it on the Hardanger page of my website for many years, but I’ve never actually made the pattern widely available.

From time to time I receive emails from people […]

November 9th, 2012 | Category: Embroidery classes, hardanger, historical embroidery, Introducing..., whitework | 4 comments
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