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I learned about this project yesterday, and immediately thought it was so wonderful that I’d have to share it with you all. It’s called Hand & Cloth. If you receive this as an email, you’ll need to go here to view the video. Hand & Cloth operates in Bangladesh, where women have traditionally made blankets […] Following on from yesterday, in which Lilian told us about her experiments with withdrawing threads after prewashing her fabric, today we look at the effect of pulling bars tight and rippled hems. In yesterday’s post, Lilian posed the question: “Now I am worried that when the fabric does not shrink after embroidering it, will the […] Some weeks ago I did a series on 38 count linen and whether it was evenweave or not. At the time, Lilian from the Netherlands had been corresponding with me about this issue. After my post on prewashing, Lilian posed the question: “Is it true that after you’ve washed the linen, it’s hard to take […] Last week’s very interesting to write series on 38 count linen and whether it is evenweave or not, came about from questions that were emailed to me. I figured that if two people were asking such similar questions, then others might want to know the answers also. If you have questions for me, please do […] To pre-wash or not to pre-wash, that is the question. Thanks to you, my lovely readers, over the last few days I have had some quite challenging questions. The main ones run along the lines of “do you pre-wash your linen before you count?” and “why don’t you pre-wash your linen before you count?” Excellent […] On day 1 of this series we looked at the definition of evenweave. Yesterday, on day 2, we looked at the four 38 count linens with which I am familiar, and whether they are really evenweave. Today we’re going to look at what to do if you have the linen for your Portuguese Whitework project […] Yesterday we established what evenweave linen actually is. Today, let’s consider its relevance to 38 count linen. In creating my book Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, all the linens I used were 38 count (also known as 20L linen in some markets). I tried a number of different brands: Sotema linen from Italy Graziano […] At the end of last week I received two emails about whether the 38 count (also known as 20L) linens which are on the market are evenweave or not. Let’s start with a definition of evenweave: Evenweave linen means that over the same direction across both the weft and warp of the fabric there are […] If you haven’t already visited our Facebook page, perhaps you should. Yesterday I asked if anyone would like to share any photos of their embroideries done from my designs. I thought that we might be able to inspire each other! Olena Hardanger (featured in Finelines Magazine) stitched by Jeanine in Canada Immediately, Jeanine in […] Recently the amazing Sue Spargo, quilt maker and teacher extraordinaire visited Australia for a teaching tour. Sue teaches beautiful quilt designs often highly embellished with hand embroidery. You can see some of her gorgeous work at the blog of Addicted to Fabric, which was one of the shops she visited while she was here. I […] |
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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