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Over the last few days I have been working on some class preparation for my suzani cushion class to be run at the Berrima Patchwork Quilting in the Highlands Retreat later this year. It has been quite enjoyable to do a little stitching and playing with colours. I had completed one of the colour […] Well, it’s school holidays here again, several weeks after it really felt like it should have been holidays (Easter time). This term feels like it went extremely quickly for me, but that’s probably because I’ve been away teaching so much (too much!). These holidays I will be doing a lot of sewing (dressmaking) with The […] I’m moving along with my five class submission projects. I have now completed four of them and am well into the fifth. I am very pleased with my progress and feel sure that it will all be submitted in time. I’ve been enjoying stitching each day, and think it would be lovely to be that […] On Friday night I finished the second of my five projects which I am working on as class submissions. I damp stretched it (instructions for this can be found in my book Portuguese Whitework) and it came up looking so lovely and crisp. I love damp stretching! I then continued with the other project which […] Thinking longer term than the cruise I’ll be going on in a few weeks, we like to travel light. There’s no need for me to travel light on the cruise, though of course I won’t be taking ridiculous amounts of stuff! I WAS going to say “…I won’t be going overboard” but that would be […] When I went away overnight the other day, I suggested that I would get about 1.5 hours of stitching time each way, there and back. I calculated wrongly – actually it was more like 2.5 hours each way! However, due to the fact that I kept making mistakes, I didn’t end up having very much […] I spent parts of the weekend doing some new stitching. It is a style I am exploring as a possible book subject. I am loving every minute of working it! Of course, I am not going to tell you what it is any time soon (I’ll be keeping that particular cat in the bag for […] I know this is going overboard, but this is my second post for the day! I’m working on class proposals for a needlework conference. Would you be interested in taking a class on finishing techniques? Would you like to learn techniques to help you finish your small needlework ornaments and articles perfectly, neatly and exactly? […] Given that Christmas in Australia is in summer season, we tend to have different connotations for what Christmas is like compared to those in the northern hemisphere. There’s certainly no snow! Here, we often have hot Christmas days, where a barbeque, salads and a swim are much more likely than a hot Christmas roast and […] We’ve all heard about yarn bombing and guerilla knitting – covering usually public structures in hand knitted fabric to make the world a nicer, softer place. A few years ago when we were visiting Canberra (Australia’s capital city) they had yarn bombed the National Gallery of Australia. Sculptures and bollards outside in the garden were […] |
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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