When I was little my sister and I loved borrowing Ondori books from our local library, which had felt toys and dolls to make. We made quite a few. You can tell the books made quite an impression on me, because how many other craft books do I remember the publisher of, from when I […]
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Here is the completed embroidery that I have been working on over the last few days. I know that I said that I wasn’t going to show you yet, but I couldn’t wait! Isn’t it gorgeous? (Not commenting on my stitching here, rather the actual style!) It is Portuguese whitework embroidery. When I first saw […] Following on from yesterday, I’ve put together a new page called The Big List of Needlework Magazines. Thanks to those who contributed already. I’d love to have more suggestions and submissions. I’ve already learnt of a great magazine that I’d never heard of before, and I am sure that there are many more that I […] In Australia, we are fortunate to have an excellent selection of needlework magazines to inspire us. In terms of hand embroidery alone, I can think of Inspirations, Embroidery and Cross Stitch, The Gift of Stitching, Embellish, Homespun, Creating Country Threads, Handmade, Jill Oxton’s Cross Stitch and Beading, Australian Smocking and Embroidery… and there’s more, I’m […] There’s a reasonably new textiles magazine on the Australian market called Embellish. Its focus is shibori, embroidery, and other textiley things. I got in contact with the girls there a while ago to send them a copy of The Left-Handed Embroiderers Companion for review. A few days later after receiving their copy, one of the […] A little while ago, Angelina from Ireland commented on one of the posts on this blog. She told us that she and the ICA group that she is part of, are currently learning Mountmellick embroidery in Ireland. I was so interested that I asked her to share some more with me and all you lovely […] Well, I have succumbed… As of today I have a Facebook account. I have never seen the need for one before and I’m still not sure that I need one! But now I have one (and I am not planning to use it for “social networking” so don’t bother asking me to be your friend […] When I put out the call for people who might like to share some of their embroidery with us, this week while I am at The Big Craft Show, Jeanine of Italian Needlework excitedly wrote to me about a colleague of hers, Anna Castagnetti. Following is what Jeanine told me about the wonderfully talented Anna: […] Here it is – more information about the intriguing Natty Knitters of Griffith! My interest came from hearing a news report on national radio about a group in Griffith, NSW which had received a government grant to create a full-size knitted garden. It seemed incredible, and I wanted to know more! By some sleuthing I […] In recent times I’ve been corresponding with Rachel of VirtuoSew Adventures. You may have known Rachel from her previous designing venture known as Racheland Designs. She took a break from the embroidery design world, and is now back. Our gain! Today I’d like to introduce you to Rachel. How did you start doing embroidery? I […] |
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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