Ok, for all those family and friends who are reading this blog to follow our travels, I’ll warn you now that this is a needlework post, not a travel post! When I speak of wrestling with wrapped bars, I mean the needlework kind not the chocolate or candy kind, so you can stop imagining me […]
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Its time to let you know that I’ll soon be going off on an African adventure with my family. Before you get all worried about whether you’re still going to be able to buy things from my website – YES, you are! I have a colleague (Belinda) who will be running the business while I […] I really really enjoyed making The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion. I loved learning new stitches and playing with them to see what variations I could come up with. I loved pushing them further than I would naturally normally do. Amongst my favourites would have to be Spanish knotted feather stitch, up and down buttonhole stitch and […] I’ve been thinking some more about the effect of the economic downturn on people’s leisure habits. From my point of view, taking into account my own business’s sales, it seems like people are very much turning to leisure pursuits that while taking some initial investment, can last far longer than going out or seeing […] A few days ago we visited the Sydney Royal Easter Show. As a past winner several times over, I am always interested to see the exhibits in the arts and crafts section. The Hardanger category seemed to only have 4 entries this year, but they were all amazing! Really detailed, huge projects, which were extremely […] A few days ago I decided that it was time to clean up my computer desk. It was a precariously balanced (ok, I’ll say it…) MESS of stuff, which threatened to topple if anyone moved even the slightest thing. It made it quite difficult to use my sewing machine, given the shaking that it gave […] I was listening to the radio yesterday and heard an interview with a demographer (possibly Bernard Salt) who was talking about the return to frugality for many people due to the economic downturn. He was discussing how people are becoming more likely to reuse and fix things rather than throwing them away. Darning socks was […] I would like to pay tribute to one of my textiles teachers. Miss Gurney was my teacher for several years when I was doing Textiles and Design at school. She was a great teacher, and taught me a lot about machine sewing, hand sewing and hand embroidery. Textiles was one of my favourite subjects at […] As I write today I am choked with emotion thinking of the hundred plus people who died during the weekend’s raging bushfires in Victoria, Australia. The horror of the tragedy is just immense. Everytime I think about it, I choke up with tears. My thoughts and prayers are with the many who have lost family, […] This morning I was listening to ABC 702 radio here in Sydney. One of my favourite segments is Richard Fydler’s Conversations. Most of Richard’s guests are extremely interesting – or maybe I just find people in general interesting! This morning he was talking to an artist named Cressida Campbell. Cressida creates very laborious and painstaking […] |
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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