In this episode of White Threads FlossTube, Yvette explains how to work out if your design will fit on the fabric. Right at the end, she asks an important question that she’d really like your answer to – so please watch to the end! And, as she hasn’t quite yet run out of embroidered items […]
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In the latest episode of White Threads FlossTube, I explain how to check the thread count of a fabric, and what evenweave means. I also show you the embroidery I am wearing for the day. (Still haven’t run out of embroidered things to wear, yet…) Today it isn’t something I made, but something someone […] A question I’ve had a lot in the last few months since publishing my book Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway is, “how do you pronounce smøyg?” While that’s really difficult to explain in words and without you actually hearing me, I’ll have a go! First, sm as in small. The ø sound is […] I use Pinterest when I am doing research for a book. I look for images of folk dress that are likely to include whitework embroidery. And then I investigate further with the ones that interest me. I buy books, I use libraries, and I research in museum collections both physically and online. I also use […] Perhaps you listened to FiberTalk recently, when Susan Greening Davis was the guest. Susan created some controversy by stating that when using 2 strands of embroidery floss on linen up to 36 count, she would use and recommend a No 22 tapestry needle. This certainly sounds pretty large, but I actually agree with her most […] Having done a bit of stitching in small spaces lately, I thought it might be useful to make this little instructional video about stitching in small spaces. If you’re reading this in an email, you can see the video at: https://youtu.be/ypv7zXEk2aE I had a little fun creating this last night while my daughter attended […] Sometimes in my classes, people use Frixion pens. I always express my caution about them. To me, they, and those “wash out” markers are not what I would be using. I do not like the idea of marking my embroidery with a pen ink that disappears. This is because I cannot be sure that […] “The linen wasn’t evenweave, because some of the threads were thick and some were very thin. And there were those slubby bits.” No. Evenweave does not refer to the thickness of the threads with which the fabric is woven. It has nothing to do with whether some threads are thick, and some threads are […] This is a little tale which may be instructive to thread companies who are wanting designers to use their threads. You see, sometimes, thread companies send samples to designers in an effort to entice them to use their threads. It’s one of the perks of the job. It happens rarely in these economic times, but […] I haunt Pinterest a bit. I see a lot on Pinterest that interests me and inspires me. Unfortunately I also see a lot that I don’t like. You see, I keep seeing embroidery patterns and charts on Pinterest. I think it goes a lot like this: You’re browsing Pinterest and you see that someone has […] |
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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