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Dovo Hardanger Scissors Dovo Hardanger Scissors are now available from Vetty Creations! I have had Dovo Hardanger scissors recommended to me over the years again and again. So I decided to see what the fuss was all about. Ooh yes, they are *lovely*. Detail of Dovo Hardanger scissors blades […] A glorious sunrise I recently read an article I really loved. http://craftindustryalliance.org/morning-makes-start-day-creating-not-consuming/ Why did I love it so much? I am a morning person. I generally wake much earlier than I would like to, and stay in bed until it seems a reasonable time to actually get up. Then I go to my […] I have uploaded the gorgeous Vaupel and Heilenbeck linen bandings to the Vetty Creations website. All are high quality 28 count (11 threads per cm) linen. There are four different bandings: Top left: 12cm wide 2027 linen banding in red and natural. Top right: 12cm wide 975 linen banding, in white. Bottom left: 8cm […] Having done a bit of stitching in small spaces lately, I thought it might be useful to make this little instructional video about stitching in small spaces. If you’re reading this in an email, you can see the video at: https://youtu.be/ypv7zXEk2aE I had a little fun creating this last night while my daughter attended […] Learning about a local embroidery for one of my previous books. One of the things that I am really enjoying about researching my next book is how much I am learning. Another is the fun of sleuthing. As I research this book I am spending a lot of time searching through museum and library […] Today we have a guest post from Regina Yatiyo Otake Mattosinho who lives in Brazil. She’s going to tell us a little about the lacemaking that was featured in yesterday’s Rio Olympics closing ceremony. If you’re like me, you were more than a little surprised that lacemaking was featured in the ceremony, but I was […] Today is World Embroidery Day. I’m going to wear some embroidery, and if I find the time (???) I’m going to stitch in public today. Celebrate loud and long! 🙂 How will you celebrate? Over the past week or two, I have been doing heaps of research for the next book. It’s so interesting. At the end of each day I realise that I have learnt so much! I’ve been doing lots of looking at images, identifying patterns across them – things that turn up regularly – and things […] I hope that you have enjoyed my diary from my trip to Norway in 2014 to research for Early-Style Hardanger. I certainly enjoyed reliving it! All the posts are listed in order below so that you can check whether you missed any. Day 1 and 2 – Sydney to Oslo Day 3 – Olso to […] Saturday 30th July is World Embroidery Day. Last year I celebrated World Embroidery Day by wearing some embroidery and stitching in public. I think I’ll do the same this year. I encourage you to do it also. Perhaps, seeing it is a Saturday, you might be able to get together with some friends and stitch […] |
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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