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Today’s post follows on from yesterday’s one about designing Mountmellick embroidery. When the line drawing is complete, it needs to be traced onto the fabric. Mountmellick embroidery uses white cotton satin jean fabric, which is a beautiful fabric with a soft sheen. The right side is the one with the satin surface. To trace the […] I haven’t actually made any progress on my difficult stitches sampler recently, as I have been busy with getting ready for the Sydney Quilt and Craft Show (Stand G32, if you’re going to be there!). I thought that you might like to see where I am up to though. So far I have a section […] I did a little experiment yesterday with the Kreinik Japan No 7 thread. I really wanted to see how it would go, in case I decide that I want to use gold thread on my beret. I don’t think real metallic thread would be happy about being rained on. Kreinik Japan No 7 thread is […] Its getting colder here in Sydney, and feeling more wintery. For many of you though, our winter temperatures aren’t what you might think of as winter, but for us, they are cold! I’ve been thinking that I’d like a beret, so when I saw some nice ones on special yesterday, I decide to buy a […] I have an idea percolating around in my head. It’ll probably never happen, but I’m thinking about it! Following my enjoyable experiences working with Colourstreams hand-dyed wool felt for my left- and right-handed stitch dictionaries, I have recently learned of a thing called prefelt. My question was “What is prefelt?” Really, its just that – […] I have previously mentioned here my plan to teach an “unusual and difficult stitches” class at Beating Around the Bush in 2012. I thought you might be interested in reading about my thought processes for this class. Most of my classes that I already teach are just a variation on a theme. For Mountmellick, I […] I am wondering if anyone can point me to some pictures of non-counted-thread, contemporary, needlework samplers? Just doing a bit of research for a class and coming up with a complete blank… Preferably online, but book references also welcome. Can you help? Thanks! Following on from yesterday, I have been thinking about the stitches that I might teach in the difficult and unusual stitches class that I am planning for Beating Around the Bush 2012. This is the sort of class that really gets me excited, as I love sharing stitches with others, especially ones they’ve never seen […] This week I received an email inviting me to teach at Country Bumpkin’s needlework conference “Beating Around the Bush” in April 2012 in Adelaide, Australia. I was thrilled to be invited back, as I loved my time teaching there last year. Only the earliest of details about the conference have been announced yet, but you […] In recent times I’ve been corresponding with Rachel of VirtuoSew Adventures. You may have known Rachel from her previous designing venture known as Racheland Designs. She took a break from the embroidery design world, and is now back. Our gain! Today I’d like to introduce you to Rachel. How did you start doing embroidery? 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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