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Last night I arrived home from a really enjoyable weekend in Coffs Harbour. I love going out to country guild groups to teach, as you’re always so very appreciated there! We did the Portuguese Whitework panel from my book (p14) in a relaxed two day class. I started off by showing them a slideshow of […] This afternoon I am heading to Coffs Harbour on the NSW mid north coast. Tomorrow and Sunday I’ll be teaching Portuguese whitework embroidery at the guild group there. Yesterday I loaded a whole heap of pictures that I took when we were visiting Guimaraes (sorry, I have no idea how to put the little wiggly […] On day 1 of this series we looked at the definition of evenweave. Yesterday, on day 2, we looked at the four 38 count linens with which I am familiar, and whether they are really evenweave. Today we’re going to look at what to do if you have the linen for your Portuguese Whitework project […] Yesterday we established what evenweave linen actually is. Today, let’s consider its relevance to 38 count linen. In creating my book Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, all the linens I used were 38 count (also known as 20L linen in some markets). I tried a number of different brands: Sotema linen from Italy Graziano […] At the end of last week I received two emails about whether the 38 count (also known as 20L) linens which are on the market are evenweave or not. Let’s start with a definition of evenweave: Evenweave linen means that over the same direction across both the weft and warp of the fabric there are […] Into Craft has done a review of my book “Portuguese Whitework”. You can also go into their contest to win a copy! From the review: “This book is not only packed with projects embroiderers will want to stitch, it will be a reference text for many years to come.” Head on over to Into Craft […] Yesterday I had a lovely day at Lyn’s Fine Needlework at Baulkham Hills, here in Sydney. There were 10 students for a Portuguese Whitework class. This class came about during the craft show back in June. Jeanette, the owner of Lyn’s Fine Needlework, had come over to have a chat with me, and we decided […] On Saturday I was at the Embroiderers’ Guild of NSW exhibition to do a demonstration of Portuguese Whitework. All of the guild tutors had been offered the chance to do either a talk or a demonstration, and each day of the exhibition there were about 4 tutor presentations. As it turned out, I believe I […] Most of the classes will be this project from my book "Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães" Class bookings have gone quite crazy here. Hardly a week goes by when I don’t have a new class enquiry. I’m now booked well into 2013, so soon I will have to stop taking any further bookings […] Just a word of warning: if your group or shop is looking at booking me for a class before the end of 2013, you’d better get in quick. My husband has very kindly organised me today with a great big dates planner. We’ve put in all the existing teaching bookings, and there are not many […] |
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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