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Beating around the Bush

Yesterday I received my program/class list booklet for Country Bumpkin’s Beating around the Bush Needlework Convention. I’ll be teaching Mountmellick, Merezhka and Hardanger embroidery at it.

Reading through the brochure, I can’t wait to go! I’ve never been to an embroidery convention before. I think it will be so wonderful to spend a week with […]

December 8th, 2008 | Category: hardanger, merezhka, mountmellick embroidery, teaching embroidery | Leave a comment

Experimenting with plaited braid stitch

Over the past few days, in response to a personal challenge from Mary Corbet of Needle’nThread.com I have been trying out plaited braid stitch.

It is notorious for being a Very Difficult Stitch. I’m wondering why… I didn’t find it all that hard.

I had some basic instructions in Mary Thomas’s Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches. […]

December 4th, 2008 | Category: embroidery stitches, left handed embroidery, merezhka | 6 comments

All things Ukrainian

Because I have written a book on Ukrainian Embroidery I occasionally get phone calls from people wanting to know if I know of anywhere that they can learn other Ukrainian crafts, particularly pysanky which are Ukrainian Easter eggs.

Unfortunately I don’t know of anywhere in Sydney that people can learn these crafts. I do know […]

October 30th, 2008 | Category: merezhka, Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery, writing books | Leave a comment

Beating around the bush

I have now finished my projects for “Beating Around the Bush”. I still have to write all the blurbs to go with them, but at least the projects are done. I’m not sure that I’m allowed to show them to you yet.

About 5 years ago, I used to teach an embroidery class at my […]

June 24th, 2008 | Category: hardanger, merezhka, mountmellick embroidery, teaching embroidery | Leave a comment

Hand embroidery classes with Yvette Stanton

I have updated my classes page on the Vetty Creations website. I have put in additional class descriptions and new photos of projects. This should give you a more up-to-date view of what I will be teaching where this year.

Below left is the passionflower cushion that we will be working on at Oatley […]

May 23rd, 2008 | Category: hardanger, merezhka, mountmellick embroidery, teaching embroidery, whitework | Leave a comment
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