While I was at the show, any time I wasn’t serving customers, I was sitting at the front of my stand, stitching. This is because people are always interested to see someone doing needlework. It was like I had a four day long “Stitch in Public Day”. I find it interesting to note how many […]
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Sardinian knotted embroidery lavender sachet beginners kit At the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair, I will be debuting a new Sardinian knotted embroidery kit for beginners. At previous shows, people have wanted something small to learn on, so this has been specially designed for those people. This lavender sachet features punt ‘e nù, […] Following on from yesterday’s post about creative problem solving, sometimes the creative process stalls a bit. What do you do when you’re working on making/designing something, and you get a bit stuck? You don’t know what to do next, or you don’t know how to move past the point you’re at. If I’m stuck on […] When I was doing my degree in Visual Communication at university, in first year, we did a subject called “Creative Problem Solving”. Being the young, green, immature designer that I was, I thought it was such a useless subject. I don’t know that I got a great deal out of it. Maybe the course content […] Two weekends ago I began work on one of the larger projects for the book. It’s a sampler and features bands of the embroidery, from different locations and in different styles. It’s great fun to stitch, as the patterns change regularly and if you discover there’s one you don’t particularly like stitching, pretty soon you’ll […] A glorious sunrise I recently read an article I really loved. http://craftindustryalliance.org/morning-makes-start-day-creating-not-consuming/ Why did I love it so much? I am a morning person. I generally wake much earlier than I would like to, and stay in bed until it seems a reasonable time to actually get up. Then I go to my […] I have uploaded the gorgeous Vaupel and Heilenbeck linen bandings to the Vetty Creations website. All are high quality 28 count (11 threads per cm) linen. There are four different bandings: Top left: 12cm wide 2027 linen banding in red and natural. Top right: 12cm wide 975 linen banding, in white. Bottom left: 8cm […] Today, as I am heading off on my research trip, we have a guest post by Lilian Kok from Holland. Lilian will be sharing with us about her embroidery group’s trip to Vaupel and Heilenbeck. Vetty Creations stock linen banding from Vaupel and Heilenbeck, and I have recently ordered more, including some that I haven’t […] This morning I have uploaded some lovely new linens to the Vetty Creations website. They are from Weberei Weddigen (Weddigen Weaving) in Germany, who are manufacturers of high quality linen fabrics for hand embroidery. At this stage, I have chosen to stock three of their fabrics: Weddigen 121 linen (50 count), Weddigen 160 linen (34 […] I’ve started a new project, just for fun. The technique I am using is new to me. It is smøyg, which is a Norwegian form of pattern darning. It is used in black and white as part of the Hardanger vinterbunad (winter bunad) and with the addition of colour as part of the Øst Telemark […] |
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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