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I finished my jacket last Sunday, and last night my husband provided the opportunity to wear it. We went to see the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House, which was absolutely fabulous! Ok, I know, I know. You don’t really care about the concert. You just want to see the jacket… I’m […] On Sunday I finished off my red and gold jacket. I’m so very pleased with it, and am looking forward to showing you photos when I have some of me in it! However, I’ve given you a sneak peak of the buttons at the waist. Because it had taken up a lot of my time […] I’ve hit a conundrum with my jacket. I think I’ve decided how I want the fastenings to look (mostly). But I’ve still got to figure out how to make it work. I’m thinking of a group of three rouleau loops and self-cover buttons at the top of the lap, repeated at the waist. (Yes, that […] I’ve done heaps on my jacket over the weekend, and I have put heaps of thought into the fastening quandry. First I put the front and back bodice pieces together and the front and back neck facings. I was very happy with the way the fabric patterning matched up across the panels. Using safety pins, […] For the CIAM patternmaking course that I have been taking over the last year, one of the requirements is to make a fully lined jacket, drafted from your own pattern (of course!) A few weeks ago I finally came up with a sketch of what I wanted to make, having been mulling it over for […] On Saturday night I completed the 28th (and final!) diamond motif on my tablecloth! Happy Day! There is still a lot more to be completed – borders, filling in bits between the diamonds and the hemming. But huge progress has been made, so I’m celebrating! On Friday I completed a very small, but elegant project […] Yesterday I spent much of my day designing tiny little pretty embroideries. They will be quick to do and make fantastic gifts. The embroideries took on a life of their own and also formed themselves into something unexpected. Just like the motifs in “Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães” which as an after-thought formed […] In my travels around the internet the other day I was looking for linen banding. Linen banding is rarely available here in Australia, so I usually have to look further afield. I was delighted to find the German company Vaupel and Heilenbeck. Vaupel and Heilenbeck are manufacturers of beautiful linen banding (they also do some […] On Sunday I taught a class for the NSW smockers guild. We did Mountmellick embroidery – they do things other than smocking! – and had a lovely time. It seemed they particularly enjoyed realising that the things they were learning in the class could be applied to other styles of embroidery. Of course! 🙂 Because […] Yesterday morning I finished the stitching on the last of my very large batch of class submissions. Yay! I then had to photograph it and write up the notes to go with it. There was a class description, kit contents, my classroom requirements etc. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to show you some […] |
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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