Today on White Threads FlossTube I have a bullion knot tutorial for you. I show you how to make beautiful bullion stitches using a method that many of my students find works for them, particularly when they’ve never successfully made bullions before. I also demonstrate how to resurrect a bullion that went haywire, what […]
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Today on White Threads Floss Tube I give a tutorial on using a laying tool, and also a demonstration of railroading. These are two techniques used to help create beautiful stitches when more than one strand of thread is in the needle. I used a laying tool for projects with multiple strands in my book […] Today I talk about the value of subscribing to both my White Threads FlossTube channel and my White Threads Blog, in the light of recent changes on Facebook in Australia, which could very easily be repeated elsewhere. I also introduce the Square Cushion, which is the next project I’m featuring from my forthcoming book “Frisian […] In this episode of White Threads FlossTube, I show you how to make the covered button that was used on the edge of the needlecase in my upcoming book “Frisian Whitework: Dutch Embroidery from Friesland”. For this style of covered button you do not need a special covered button form. You can just use a […] Today I explore fabrics for counted thread work. I show samples of aida cloth, so-called Hardanger fabric, so-called evenweave fabric, and linen fabric. This topic arose from me wanting to explain yet again what evenweave fabric means, and what it does not mean, and realising there was more that could be helpful to explain. #gallery-1 […] In today’s episode of White Threads FlossTube, Yvette gives 7 tips for choosing the best embroidery scissors, particularly for cutwork embroidery such as Hardanger, Portuguese whitework, reticella, richelieu, hebedo and Frisian whitework. Yvette apologises for all the banging noises in the background. The next door neighbours were having their roof tiles replaced! If you […] Some people would say that the correct way to use a plastic hoop is to throw it in the bin (trash). I would concur, but I also understand that that’s what some of you have to use, and that’s what fits your budget. Therefore, you need to know that there is a right way and […] Today Yvette shows you a demonstration of reverse chain stitch. Reverse chain stitch can be used in any situation where regular chain stitch is specified. It produces more accurate stitch placement, that can look plumper, and is advantageous when using a rigid thread such as goldwork threads. She also sheds light on the mystery of […] White Threads FlossTube 38 – Following on from the previous episode’s Hardanger tutorial, we have a tutorial about the Hardanger buttonhole edging. In this demonstration by the Whitework Queen, Yvette Stanton, she shows how to start, four different corner variations, how to change threads, joining the end to the beginning, how to finish threads, and […] Today’s White Threads FlossTube video is a Hardanger kloster block tutorial. Hardanger kloster block are the satin stitch building block on which Hardanger embroidery is built. They need to be precisely placed and precisely stitched so that everything else can be put in the right place and worked perfectly as well. With this video from […] |
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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