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White Threads FlossTube 93 – Changing a project’s colours

In this video I celebrate the embroideries that PVK sent me photos of: her differently coloured versions of the needlecase and scissor fob from my book “Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway”. I invite you to share with me any of my projects that you have made in your own colour scheme.

If you are […]

October 11th, 2021 | Category: colour, customer embroidery, FlossTube, Frisian whitework, hardanger, Smøyg, Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway, whitework | Leave a comment

new pic from coming book

I thought you might like to see this image from my upcoming book “Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway”, that I posted on the Vetty Creations Facebook page the other day.

This is a cushion that features the style of smøyg found on kinnlag (baby wraps) from Setesdal in Aust Agder. As is shown in […]

February 1st, 2018 | Category: colour, Smøyg, Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway, writing books | 4 comments

The belle of the ball

The Reader has recently finished her secondary schooling. For many schools in Australia, it is customary to celebrate this achievement with a “formal”. This is usually a formal dinner/dance probably much like a prom in America. At some schools, parents also attend, but at my daughter’s school and the one I attended, it is for […]

November 17th, 2017 | Category: colour, dressmaking, making stuff, pattern drafting | 19 comments

New products for the craft show

Today I have the pleasure of showing you the first image of a new set of products I’ll be unveiling at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair at White Bay in June. I’ve been working on these little pendants for a little while now, following the success of the pendant project in “Sardinian Knotted Embroidery: […]

May 28th, 2015 | Category: colour, designing, Introducing..., making stuff, new products | 4 comments

Hardanger Needlecase pattern now available

When I was in Singleton recently, I took my own needlecase with me as that’s where I store my needles. One of the class participants was quite taken with it, and wanted to know if the pattern was available.

It is now!

Hardanger Needlecase Pattern by Yvette Stanton Available from Vetty Creations. The needlecase features […]

June 3rd, 2013 | Category: colour, favourite needlework items, hardanger, new products | 5 comments

Brown thread? Or something else?

This morning, Tamsin from Berrima Patchwork posted the following picture on their Facebook page: She asked what colour the thread is – given that it looks brown, and she’s going to use it on a brown quilt, but it is not brown. She gave the helpful hint that it is made of two colours together. […]

November 29th, 2012 | Category: colour | 2 comments
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