Two weekends ago I began work on one of the larger projects for the book. It’s a sampler and features bands of the embroidery, from different locations and in different styles. It’s great fun to stitch, as the patterns change regularly and if you discover there’s one you don’t particularly like stitching, pretty soon you’ll […]
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I’m back from a great trip around New Zealand. I’m also exhausted! I littered a trail of exhausted embroiderers across the country, I think! Off to New Zealand! On 3rd January I left Australia, having had hot weather of mid 30s (Celcius), arriving into Dunedin with temps of less than 10 degrees, with […] I’m back! The trip was fantastic and I learned so very much. I visited museums, met with stitchers and also visited an amazing private collection. The curators and stitchers were so kind with sharing their knowledge and expertise. I’m back in the office today, (as well as being driver for a relative who is having […] This morning I’m off to Queensland for classes in Yeppoon and Gladstone. I’ll be teaching Portuguese whitework (we’re doing the Square Mat from “Portuguese Whitework”) and merezhka (we’ll be making the Climbing Rose Runner from “Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery”). I’m looking forward to meeting new people, sharing a love of embroidery with them, enjoying […] I went to Singleton in the Hunter Valley on the weekend for a workshop of Mountmellick lilies. Two projects were on offer, both featuring lilies: a cushion and a runner. Some of the participants of the class, hard at work. We had a lovely time, playing with stitches. We solved the problems of […] On Friday afternoon, I headed west on the train to Lithgow, then changed to a coach service to take me out to Parkes in Central West NSW. It was a journey of about 7 hours, but it was quite relaxing. I really should have taken a little personal light with me so that I could […] Almost two years ago I visited Norway to research for my new book Early-Style Hardanger. One of the primary aims of my visit was to go to the Hardanger Folk Museum in Utne. (The other big thing was to be in Bergen for Norwegian Constitution Day and see the amazing parade!) I spent some time […] I am honoured to have been invited to teach in New Zealand in January 2017, by ANZEG (Association of New Zealand Embroiderers’ Guilds). My “tour dates” (I should get black T-shirts made up with these on the back, don’t you think?) are as follows: 4th/5th Jan: Otago/Southland (Dunedin) 7th/8th: Canterbury (Nelson) 10th/11th: Cook […] After sending Early-Style Hardanger off to the printers on Thursday, it’s been no rest for the wicked. I went to Melbourne on the weekend to teach one of the projects, a biscornu, from Early-Style Hardanger for the Embroiderers Guild Victoria. I had a simply lovely weekend sharing a subject I am passionate about with […] Once “Early-Style Hardanger” is published, I’m going to look at doing some online classes. But I can start *thinking* about them already. There’s a lot to think through. Have you ever taken an online class which was in a counted technique? Did you make a mistake with your counting? Did you find where the mistake […] |
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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