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I posted regularly about my NZ teaching tour while I was there, on social media. I wasn’t able to also post here, as it is a little harder to do. So today I’d like to share with you some of the images from my trip. I had a wonderful time, and really enjoyed sharing my […] Whenever I teach a class, I always tell the students that I love to see photos of finished work, even if it is 10 years down the track! The first two photos have come through, following my recent New Zealand trip. Lesley Anderson completed her Frisian Whitework Tree of Life within days of […] I’m back from NZ, safely at home, and I’m supposed to be back in the office, but I’m unwell. Not covid, thankfully, but also not surprising, given how exhausted I was from the trip! I thought you would like to see what arrived while I was away: the advance copies of “Hardanger Filling Stitches”! […] A very popular Hardanger filling stitch is the Greek cross, sometimes also known as the Maltese cross. This is beloved by many because there are so many things you can do with it; so many lovely variations! We will explore some of the other variations later in this series. We’re part way through a […] This is a woven fan with two spokes. There are many variations of woven fans of which I will show more during this series. This one has two spokes which are used as the framework for the weaving. Others have three spokes, or even more. We’re part way through a series exploring the stitches […] In this sample from the Hardanger Filling Stitch sampler in my new book Hardanger Filling Stitches, we can see a buttonhole eyelet. This is another example of a stitch that can be worked on an intersection. This is a single buttonhole eyelet, which is worked as a focal point in a section of needleweaving. […] Ringed crossed dove’s eye is a dove’s eye variation. It combines twisted diagonal spokes, a dove’s eye and an extra ring. Put together, they make a very pretty stitch. This stitch is best worked in a medium sized hole. Too small a hole, and it becomes cramped and loses definition. Too large a hole […] This is a buttonholed square, which also has a dove’s eye in the centre. Alternative stitches could be used in the centre. In this motif, buttonhole stitches are worked around the outside edge of the square. I have seen this worked where there is a stitch between every single thread around the edge of […] Edelweiss is one of *those* stitches – it looks amazing, but it’s difficult to get it looking amazing. This one is all about tension. See how those ribs radiating from the centre curve? That’s what you’re trying to achieve: lovely curves which make the stitch sing. Without those curves, the stitch looks stilted. With […] A long time ago I played around with Hardanger using an organza or chiffon overlay. This is a bag I made using the technique. I have always loved how it turned out. When you’re stitching through a sheer overlay on evenweave fabric, let’s just say it’s *difficult*. It’s really slow, because when you just […] |
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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