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getting ready for the craft and quilt fair

Thank you to all who have already signed up for The Embroiderer’s Companion Stitch Dictionary waitlist. There’s been a great response already, which is really encouraging. Please don’t forget to tell your friends about it so that they can also sign up!

For me, this week will be all about getting ready for next week’s […]

June 4th, 2012 | Category: exhibitions, Portuguese embroidery, whitework | 4 comments

Guimarães: European Capital of Culture 2012

Guimarães is the town from which the style of embroidery that is featured in my new book Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães comes. It is in the north of Portugal, and if you know where Porto is on the coast, Guimarães is inland from there. It is not a tourist area, though actually all […]

May 15th, 2012 | Category: Ethnic embroidery, historical embroidery, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, whitework | 5 comments

Another lovely review of Portuguese Whitework

Just in case you haven’t seen it yet, there’s another wonderful review of Portuguese Whitework today over at Pintangle.

Sharon says she spent the weekend drooling over the book. I hope it didn’t get too soggy!

A little excerpt from the review: “Everything is clearly explained. The acid test for me is how well an […]

May 9th, 2012 | Category: book reviews, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, whitework | 2 comments

Win a copy of Portuguese Whitework

If you haven’t yet been caught up in the excitement of my new book, head on over to the website of one of my biggest US fans – that would be Mary Corbet’s Needle’nThread! – and get yourself on the list to possibly win a copy of my new book “Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from […]

May 8th, 2012 | Category: book reviews, embroidery musings, Ethnic embroidery, favourite needlework items, new products, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, public thanks, whitework | 4 comments

incidental book reviews

In the comments sections of Mary Corbet’s last two posts, one a review of my Portuguese Whitework book, and the other about left-handed Schwalm embroidery, there have been lots of lovely things said about my books.

For years I had a hard time embroidering and set it aside because it was confusing & frustrating to […]

May 7th, 2012 | Category: book reviews, left handed embroidery, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, stitch dictionary, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion | 4 comments

Mary’s Portuguese Whitework review

Mary Corbet, from Needle’nThread has done it again – a glowing review of my latest book, Portuguese Whitework! Her reviews are so terribly thorough that probably all your questions will have been answered in one go!

Some excerpts from Mary’s review: Well, here it is! Yvette Stanton’s new hand embroidery book, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery […]

May 5th, 2012 | Category: book reviews, favourite needlework items, historical embroidery, Introducing..., new products, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, whitework | 2 comments

getting started with Portuguese Whitework

I have just finished adding the Portuguese Whitework supplies to the Vetty Creations site. You can now get all you need to explore Portuguese Whitework, in one place!

If you’re wanting to get started, I suggest you’ll need the following:

A copy of Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães A fat eighth of Graziano […]

May 4th, 2012 | Category: hints and tips, Introducing..., making stuff, new products, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães | Leave a comment

Portuguese Whitework supplies

Now that the book, Portuguese Whitework, is getting out there, people are starting to ask “Where can I get the fabric?” The answer is “RIGHT HERE!” 🙂

Over the next day or so I will be adding a complete range of Portuguese Whitework supplies to the Vetty Creations website. I already have the stock, so […]

May 3rd, 2012 | Category: new products, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, whitework | 2 comments

Adelaide book launch

While in Adelaide, I had the opportunity to launch Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães. Months before, I had talked with Fiona from Country Bumpkin about the possibility of doing this, but I wasn’t sure that it was going to be possible until I knew that the books were here in Australia in my possession, […]

April 30th, 2012 | Category: Inspirations, new products, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, whitework, writing books | 2 comments

Portuguese Whitework now available in Europe!

Portuguese Whitework is now available in Europe! 😀

Its early days yet, so while the big online book retailers (I think you’ll know the ones! Amazon, Book Depository etc.) have it already, it might take a little longer to make it to your favourite needlework store or bookstore. If you want your favourite store to […]

April 27th, 2012 | Category: new products, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, whitework | 2 comments
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