Ok, ok, I know you’ve all been dying to hear… I am pleased to report that Rainbow Girl did indeed win a prize at Thursday’s crazy hair day. This year’s creation was a birdcage – my husband’s brilliant idea. There was very stiff competition amongst the other students, so we were not at all sure […]
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Today being the Thursday before Good Friday, it is crazy hair day at school. The Reader has now gone off to another school, and Rainbow Girl has now moved into the part of the school where she participates in crazy hair day. Thank goodness they never overlapped, meaning we had to do TWO lots of […] Yesterday, in a wonderful example of how to suggestively market to someone, I received a shade card from Bendigo Woollen Mills. And now, suddenly, I’m in the mood to knit something. I knitted Elder Daughter (The Reader) a jumper (sweater) a few years ago, but I’ve never knitted something for Rainbow Girl. This has mostly […] I had a lovely day yesterday. Not only did I help my dad install some gorgeous new windows in our enclosed front verandah (the old ones quite literally fell apart in our hands as we removed them!) but I did heaps of work on the video preview for “Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães”. In […] Knitting and stitching, knitting and stitching, knitting and stitching. (Sounds like a Mountmellick project, doesn’t it?!) And thinking about which book to write next… in another possible economic downturn. Do you think the economic downturn has affected your craft/needlework buying habits? For products that you will use up, like thread and fabric, and for products […] Over the last few days I feel like I’ve been doing a bit of everything! Last Thursday, when I was at the Powerhouse Museum with Lisa the colour proofs of my book arrived. I’ve spent the last few days checking them, finding more mistakes (most of which were my doing!) and fixing the mistakes. When […] Yesterday I took some photos of The Tablecloth for the Portuguese Whitework book. (If you’re wondering why I’m calling it The Tablecloth you’ll need to read older posts to learn how it seemed to go on forever and ever!) I got some photos that I am very happy with, however I’m thinking that I’d like […] I called my favourite local needlework shop yesterday to check whether they had the balls of DMC pearl cotton that I wanted. As they did, and it was a rainy day I decided to catch bus to the train station, rather than walking. I checked the bus timetable, and found that the bus would be […] Yesterday I got stuck into the last projects for the book – a set of hanging ornaments. I had some different colours to use, some of which were DMC and some were Presencia threads. Both were pearl 8. The difference was quite pronounced. DMC is marginally thinner, and much more smooth. Presencia is marginally thicker […] I know, this is getting a bit repetitive, isn’t it? I finished another hem yesterday, and still have another one to go. I’ll probably try to get it done today. The remaining one is just going to be a machine sewn hem, so it won’t take so long. It will still need its corners neatly […] |
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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