When you try out a new stitch, what do you do? When I try out a new stitch, I try to play with it as much as possible. In my playing with unusual stitches class in Maitland last week, my aim for the students was to get them to try some new stitches, and then […]
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As you may know, I have been regularly contributing to Embellish Magazine, which is a young magazine primarily about the embellishment of fabric and clothing. I have been asked to provide an embroidery project for each issue. Sometimes they send me the clothes to work on, and sometimes I provide something. The issue I am […] I took my Portuguese whitework with me to Singleton, to work on the rather long train trip. During the class, I was talking with the ladies about good hoops for Mountmellick embroidery, and explained that deep hoops such as mine are really good for Mountmellick because they have more wood to grip onto the fabric […] Some time back I wrote to the distributors of Cosmo threads here in Australia and asked where I could see their Seasons threads in real life, close to me here in Sydney. Their answer arrived on Friday (several weeks later…) that I can see them at *one* shop WAY over the other side of the […] I’ve been doing some work on my new little Cosmo bookmark kits. I called the distributor of the thread and unfortunately they said they don’t have a colour card. They emailed me a file which has a basically useless chart showing little photographic “swatches” of colour stripes that you’re supposed to choose colours from. I […] After I came back from Brisbane I said that I was waiting for the chance to play with the Cosmo Seasons threads that I bought from All Threads Embroidery. Well, I finally got the chance to do this on the weekend. Lately because I have been working so hard during the week I have been […] Following on from yesterday, which was a bit about how needlework seems to be very good for my health, I was listening to the radio yesterday afternoon. They were discussing how with all the trauma that the world seems to be going through (Japan, Christchurch, Queensland floods, cyclones, political upheaval in the Middle East etc) […] Yesterday I spent the day stitching a new Mountmellick design for some classes later this year. I had a lovely time doing it, and realised how grateful I was to have a job that I love so much. I was having a chat recently with someone just before I was due to teach a class. […] OK, imagine you have a square piece of fabric, and onto that you must sew a border of embroidery some distance from the edge. You’re doing it in hand, rather than in a hoop. I figure that left- and right-handers might do this differently. As a leftie, I will hold the right edge of the […] I’ve been in contact with a buyer for one the distributors I use and they’re very keen on the idea of my new Portuguese whitework book. This is great news! However, in order to get the book done by a certain time, it means I’m going to be working my backside off in the next […] |
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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