There are so many rules around cross stitch that most of us don’t know when we first start out, and then we have them unceremoniously dumped on us when we proudly show someone our first cross stitch, where the stitches cross every which way. “Oh, no, all the crosses should cross in the same direction.” […]
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I have spent a lot of time in museums studying embroidery, while researching my embroidery books. One very memorable day for me was seeing a very old cross-stitched textile. The crosses went every which way. It was a charming piece, and a revelation to me. The stitcher had not cared which way their stitches went, […] In this White Threads FlossTube video, Yvette presents a talk she gave at a conference dinner early in 2019 at The Auckland Great Escape. It is about the research for the book she is currently working on, though obviously when she originally presented the talk she was at an earlier stage in the book process. […] In this tutorial, Yvette demonstrates the method she uses for the eyelets in Portuguese whitework. These are non-counted eyelets. (She has already done a great tutorial for counted eyelets.) These eyelets also include Yvette’s revolutionary method for starting and finishing which mean you can have an eyelet in the middle of an expanse of fabric, […] Does the end of your stitch make a difference? Does it make a difference whether the thread that leads into the stitch remains straight (like in running stitch) or folds (like in back stitch)? This is something I have been thinking about, so I investigated whether it changes the look of the stitch. I […] In this video tutorial, Yvette teaches you how to make traditional Norwegian knotted picots as were used in historical examples of Hardanger embroidery. These picots can be used anywhere picots are required, such as in Hardanger embroidery, on needlelace edgings, drawn thread borders etc. She shows examples of picots used on the cuff and collars […] A few years ago Yvette travelled to Norway to research her book “Early-Style Hardanger”. She was there for Norwegian Constitution Day (Syttende Mai or 17th May, so coming up very soon!) when people parade through the towns in their bunads, or traditional dress. She saw many beautiful examples of embroidered regional costume that day, including […] In this episode of White Threads Floss Tube, Yvette Stanton talks about Mountmellick embroidery. She shows her Dogrose and Honeysuckle Mountmellick Doily, and her Mountmellick Pomegranate Biscornu. Buttonhole stitch is a common stitch used in Mountmellick embroidery, and she explores the different ways it is used on these two projects. Following on from the […] Following on from White Threads FlossTube 17, quite a few people asked for more discussion of thread twist. So here it is: demonstrations of stem stitch/outline stitch and whipped back stitch and the difference that thread twist makes to them. If you’re reading this in an email, you can find the video here: https://youtu.be/FUAEannF2m8 […] Today’s White Threads FlossTube video has an explanation of thread twist, and how it relates to the teaching of left-handed students when right-handed teachers say “sit opposite me and mirror what I do”. Even if you’re not a teacher of embroidery (and maybe you are more than you realise), there is lots of interesting stuff […] |
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