Well, I have had two great days at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Show. I have met several people I have heard of before, but never met. Yesterday I met Gina Marion who wrote two Hardanger books for Sally Milner Publishing some years ago. She is delightful. I also have had several long time customers […]
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Here’s the finished Hardanger embroidery bookmark. This is a thank you gift for Gillian, giver of the beautiful Turkish scarf.I used a new type of finishing for it, that I thought up in a lucid moment the other day, and was pretty pleased with the result. I’m not entirely happy with the fact that the […] I need a new Mountmellick embroidery design for a class and decided to let you in on the process that I go through. I have decided that I’d like it to be a cushion – not for any particular reason – just because. When I design a new Mountmellick project, I have to choose which […] I will be exhibiting at the Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair this year. (June 16-20 at Darling Harbour.) This is the first time I’ll be exhibiting with my business Vetty Creations, and to make it easier, I’ll be sharing a stand with Kirsten Edwards of The Gift of Stitching Magazine. I have previously been at […] Yesterday when I was cheeky enough to ask my local needlework shop why they didn’t have my new book in, during the conversation the shopowner asked me “Are you left-handed?” I replied that I am. When she heard that The Right-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion was due out in August, she asked why I can write the […] I have previously mentioned here my plan to teach an “unusual and difficult stitches” class at Beating Around the Bush in 2012. I thought you might be interested in reading about my thought processes for this class. Most of my classes that I already teach are just a variation on a theme. For Mountmellick, I […] I am wondering if anyone can point me to some pictures of non-counted-thread, contemporary, needlework samplers? Just doing a bit of research for a class and coming up with a complete blank… Preferably online, but book references also welcome. Can you help? Thanks! One of the online forums that I participate in was recently discussing whether people design their own embroidery or use other people’s designs. Many people were saying that they like to design their own – including me. Then, one member posted that she did not have a creative bone in her body and she was […] Following on from yesterday, I have been thinking about the stitches that I might teach in the difficult and unusual stitches class that I am planning for Beating Around the Bush 2012. This is the sort of class that really gets me excited, as I love sharing stitches with others, especially ones they’ve never seen […] This week I received an email inviting me to teach at Country Bumpkin’s needlework conference “Beating Around the Bush” in April 2012 in Adelaide, Australia. I was thrilled to be invited back, as I loved my time teaching there last year. Only the earliest of details about the conference have been announced yet, but you […] |
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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