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In addition to the Cuban whitework that Irene loaned me, she also sent some embroidery that was described as South American. There was a needlelace doily, and two hand towels. The doily is in a very similar vein to one that I found amongst my great aunt’s linen some time back. You can see that […] When I was on the needlework cruise earlier this year, I had some really interesting conversations with some of the students. One lady, Irene, said that she had visited Cuba and while there, she had seen people working whitework embroidery. She wondered if I would be interested in seeing some? Would I ever! After the […] The Reader has a trumpet exam coming up and last week had a rehearsal with her accompanist whom we had not previously met. My husband took her to the rehearsal while I did some work. They came home and said, “You should have gone!” The accompanist is Hungarian and apparently had embroidery all over the […] I spent parts of the weekend doing some new stitching. It is a style I am exploring as a possible book subject. I am loving every minute of working it! Of course, I am not going to tell you what it is any time soon (I’ll be keeping that particular cat in the bag for […] As you will know from reading my recent post about having itchy feet, I’m wanting to learn a new-to-me style of historical embroidery for the purposes of writing a new book. So how do I decide which one to pursue? For me, the process often starts with going to my local embroiderers’ guild and trawling […] Today I am going to direct you to the blog of a friend of mine. I’ve mentioned “Jeanine in Canada” as she is known, before, but her blog is so excellent that it is definitely worth mentioning again! Jeanine’s blog is called Italian Needlework, and that’s exactly what it covers. Jeanine writes her blog because […] I’m getting itchy feet again. I want to go somewhere and learn about a new-to-me style of historical whitework. And this time, I think I want to look at Eastern Europe – the Baltic states, the Balkans and all the countries in between. With so many different regional styles of costume, there just HAS to […] I have a standing joke with Mary-Anne who runs A Stitch in Time in Hobart. She repeatedly and mistakenly calls my Portuguese whitework “Hungarian whitework”. And then when she’s feeling particularly silly she’ll call it Hungarian Folk Dancing. We laugh and both know that she’s actually referring to Portuguese Whitework. I have no idea how […] I thought you might like to see a photo of my much enjoyed Schwalm project. It is designed by Luzine Happel, and I am working it to test her left-handed instructions for it. It is extremely enjoyable to work, and oh, so pretty! Today I have some questions for my Brazilian readers, of whom I believe there are a few. I am ashamed to admit that I know very little about the state of the embroidery world in Brazil. And so, I’d like to know more! Is embroidery done much in Brazil? Apart from the style of embroidery […] |
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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