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2024 ANZEG conference

There’s a question that many Kiwis, particularly the ones who are booked into my classes at the upcoming ANZEG conference, have probably been wondering.

“Will Yvette be teaching at the ANZEG conference this year?” (I have two classes scheduled, booked in before I got sick.)

Here’s my answer. It is my intention to be […]

June 5th, 2024 | Category: Embroidery classes, teaching embroidery, travel | 2 comments

clear stitch diagrams

Yesterday I received an email from Janette.

Congratulations on the new book! It’s marvellous, and I can attest that there are quite a few of us here who purchased copies as soon as it was published 🙂 Something to be justifiably proud of, together with your other publications; a wonderful contribution to the […]

May 28th, 2024 | Category: hardanger, Hardanger Filling Stitches, teaching embroidery, writing books | 2 comments

Scurrilous claims in an old email

Me studying smøyg in a museum in Norway

A libellous email was sent to me many years ago by a person unknown to me, making scurrilous claims about a needleworker of note (not me).

Amongst their many complaints were: – * is not formally trained at the Royal School of Needlework (RSN) and […]

May 16th, 2024 | Category: embroidery musings, historical embroidery, teaching embroidery | 6 comments

Help me fix my stitch! – diagonal box stitch

Petra asked me for help with diagonal box stitch. By answering publicly, you can all learn from this too.

Happily, Petra let me know that the advice I gave her worked a treat!

If you’d like me to help you improve upon a stitch you’re working on, email me (yvette at vettycreations dot com […]

April 27th, 2024 | Category: embroidery stitches, Frisian whitework, hints and tips, teaching embroidery, Uncategorized, whitework | Leave a comment

Help me fix my stitch!

I recently had an email from a reader who was struggling with a stitch for one of the projects in one of my books. She sent a very clear photo so that I could see her work and assess where she might be going wrong.

I was able to advise her on ways she could […]

April 24th, 2024 | Category: customer embroidery, embroidery stitches, hints and tips, sewing tips, teaching embroidery | 2 comments

Kate, serious illness, demands…

I’ll never be Queen of England, but I might understand a little of what Kate is going through. I have people I don’t know demanding things of me, too.

I have been unwell for 4+ months, now. I have been quite open about it but haven’t announced a diagnosis – as is my right. As […]

March 27th, 2024 | Category: teaching embroidery, writing books | 2 comments

Maggie’s Mountmellick cushion

Another Mountmellick finish today from my recent teaching tour of New Zealand. This is Maggie’s Mountmellick Wildflower cushion. It looks beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with me, and allowing me to share it with others.

January 23rd, 2024 | Category: Embroidery classes, mountmellick embroidery, teaching embroidery, travel, whitework | Leave a comment

Another Smøyg class finish

From New Zealand, I received a photo of Elizabeth A’s completed smøyg panel from my recent class there. This looks lovely! Well done Elizabeth!

Elizabeth has plans to add some more smøyg around this panel as a border, so that she can make it into a cushion. She did warn me that this was […]

January 10th, 2024 | Category: Embroidery classes, pattern darning, Smøyg, Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway, teaching embroidery, travel | Leave a comment

Mountmellick cushion class finish

Another finish from a class on my recent New Zealand teaching tour. This time, Karen’s Mountmellick Wildflower Cushion. The stitching on this is simply gorgeous – you’ve done a marvellous job, Karen!

If you’d like to make a wildflower cushion of your own, this is available as a kit. There are also two other […]

January 9th, 2024 | Category: Embroidery classes, mountmellick embroidery, mountmellick supplies, teaching embroidery, travel | Leave a comment

NZ teaching trip report

I posted regularly about my NZ teaching tour while I was there, on social media. I wasn’t able to also post here, as it is a little harder to do. So today I’d like to share with you some of the images from my trip.

I had a wonderful time, and really enjoyed sharing my […]

November 23rd, 2023 | Category: Embroidery classes, Frisian whitework, hardanger, Hardanger Filling Stitches, historical embroidery, mountmellick embroidery, teaching embroidery, travel, whitework | 4 comments
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