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Recently I entered two of my Hardanger embroideries in the Fabrics-store.com Home Decor Contest. I entered the Hardanger lampshade and Hardanger runner from my book Early-Style Hardanger. I asked my friends, family, FB fans and blog readers to vote for my entries, thinking that if we all banded together I *might* be able […] I’ve entered two of my embroideries from “Early-Style Hardanger” in the Fabrics-Store.com Home Decor Contest. I’d love it if you’d vote for my entries. You can vote once per day until 16th June. My entries can be found at: http://www.fabrics-store.com/thestudio/index.php?r=photo/detailedPhoto&contest_id=833949&id=2553 and http://www.fabrics-store.com/thestudio/index.php?r=photo/detailedPhoto&contest_id=833949&id=2551 Of course, you can vote for any of the entries that […] I received a lovely message from a happy stitcher. “Thank you Yvette Stanton for a great book, Early-Style Hardanger. It taught me a lot about the history of hardanger and wow, the reference on stitches. With this book I think I could stitch almost anything. Brenda B” Thanks so much, Brenda. It is always […] A question that more and more people are asking me is “What do you use to create your charts?” So I think it’s time that I explain what I use to make my Hardanger (and other forms of embroidery) charts, and while I’m there may as well explain the other programs I use in my […] No, I’m not Norwegian, but I’d be very happy if there was some Norse in my heritage. Despite my lack of Norwegianness, but because I love their embroidery and am so grateful for what Norwegians have contributed to the world of embroidery, I do celebrate Norwegian Constitution Day, which is Norway’s national day. And it […] In April/May next year I’ll be tutoring on the Craft Creations Cruise, from Sydney via the South Pacific and Hawaii, to Seattle. I’ve done a couple of cruises with Needlework Tours and Cruises before, as a tutor, and they are always most enjoyable. I’ll be teaching three projects: Early Style Hardanger Biscornu, […] Dovo Hardanger Scissors Dovo Hardanger Scissors are now available from Vetty Creations! I have had Dovo Hardanger scissors recommended to me over the years again and again. So I decided to see what the fuss was all about. Ooh yes, they are *lovely*. Detail of Dovo Hardanger scissors blades […] I received my copy of Bunad Magazine today, which includes a review of Early-Style Hardanger. A translation of the original Norwegian text is as follows: “Australian book about Hardanger When Yvette Stanton researched for her book, she visited the Norwegian Folk Museum and the Hardanger Folk Museum to study old folk costume garments where the […] I have uploaded the gorgeous Vaupel and Heilenbeck linen bandings to the Vetty Creations website. All are high quality 28 count (11 threads per cm) linen. There are four different bandings: Top left: 12cm wide 2027 linen banding in red and natural. Top right: 12cm wide 975 linen banding, in white. Bottom left: 8cm […] New on the Vetty Creations website are a Hvitsøm pendant kit, and a 50 count linen. Hvitsøm pendant kit Hvitsøm is whitework from Norway, very much like Hardanger in some respects, but without the cutwork. Hvit = white, søm = seam or stitching. This kit, designed by Yvette Stanton, is worked in traditional linen […] |
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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