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These are the two class models for my beginners hardanger class at The Crewel Gobelin in June. Contact The Crewel Gobelin in Killara, Sydney, for more information and bookings. You can choose whatever colour threads and fabric you want for this class. I’ve worked both my examples on “flax” Dublin linen (25 count). However, […] I have been doing some Hardanger to prepare for a beginner’s Hardanger class that I have coming up in June at The Crewel Gobelin. I have designed a simple design that we will work over a period of three weeks. So that students can get an idea of how it can work in different colourways, […] Just thought I’d let you know that I have taken the plunge and will this year be exhibiting at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair at Darling Harbour, from June 16-20. I’ll be sharing a stand with The Gift Of Stitching Magazine, and we will have lots of wonderful goodies for sale. If you catch […] In the interests of finding out whether people want fire that can be nasally inserted (thanks Douglas Adams), I’m wanting to do a little market research. The idea of converting my already popular left-handed stitch dictionary into a right-handed version has been kicking around my head for a very long time. Probably right from the […] Today’s look at bullion stitch is the third in the series. The first one was on tips for working better bullion stitch, the second was about thread twist and wrapping direction. Today we will be looking at whether to use a hoop/frame or not. Some people say that you must never use a hoop or […] Thanks to all who have replied to my questions about bullions. I have scattered these questions all over the internet, and from everyone’s responses have put together a collection of great tips. Because I am stuck here in Ethiopia with my little netbook, I can’t give you any diagrams for working bullions, but I have […] This is the view out our back window, overlooking our local neighbourhood here in Addis Ababa. You can see the difference between the multistorey buildings in the background, and the corrugated iron structures in the foreground, both of which are housing. At various times of the day, the air becomes filled with plumes of cooking-fire […] Yesterday I met the amazing Dr Catherine Hamlin at church. I knew that she went to that church, but since we had been attending, she and I hadn’t been there on the same Sundays yet. Dr Hamlin was with the Bennetts. Mark is the CEO of the Fistula Hospitals, and Annette, his wife, is the […] Let me tell you a little of the background of my latest book The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion. I am left-handed. I have always been left-handed. I hate using scissors because I am left-handed, and the left-handed scissors that my mother bought me as a child unfortunately disappeared into the ether at some point. I have […] I flew in from Adelaide this afternoon, very tired, but having had a wonderful week. I was teaching at Beating Around the Bush, Country Bumpkin’s needlework conference in Adelaide, Australia. The first day, I taught a single day class on merezhka, and two in the class actually got theirs finished. The second two days were […] |
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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