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Purchasing seeing I won’t be at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair

Some of you may have been waiting to make purchases from me at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair in July. As I will not be attending due to continuing illness, sadly you won’t now be able to.

All is not lost! The Vetty Creations website (my website), is open 24/7, 365 days of […]

May 15th, 2024 | Category: exhibitions | Leave a comment

Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair

Last week I had a big decision to make. It was basically crunch time for pulling out of this year’s Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair.

Sadly, I have pulled out due to ongoing illness. I had been hoping that I would be well enough to attend, but I have realised that it will just […]

May 13th, 2024 | Category: exhibitions, travel | 2 comments

Celebrating embroiderers’ guilds

Narrabri group (The Embroiderers’ Guild NSW), smøyg class, 2021

Today I thought we would celebrate embroiderers’ guilds. I’ve been a member of the Embroiderers’ Guild of NSW for many years now. I have taught for them and many other guilds, in Australia and internationally. Guilds are wonderful places for learning as there are […]

January 24th, 2024 | Category: Embroidery classes, embroidery musings, exhibitions | Leave a comment

Craft Alive Tamworth

Last year I booked to exhibit at Tamworth Craft Alive this coming March (15th-17th March 2024, at TRECC). This is my local craft show, and I wanted to be at it. There are lots of Embroiderers’ Guild NSW groups in the wider region including Tamworth, Armidale, Gunnedah, Narrabri and Singleton. And I wanted to […]

January 9th, 2024 | Category: exhibitions, new products, travel | Leave a comment

New pendant kits!

I’m heading to Sydney today for the QuiltNSW Exhibition marketplace. Setup is on tomorrow (Thursday) and then exhibition runs from Friday to Sunday.

I didn’t know whether I would have these ready in time, but I can now say that I will have new pendant kits available at the show! The kit is called […]

September 13th, 2023 | Category: exhibitions, making stuff, new products | One comment

Seeing the Hardanger Filling Stitch sampler in real life

This is the sampler from my forthcoming book “Hardanger Filling Stitches”. I’ll have it on display at the QuiltNSW Exhibition 2023 Marketplace on 15th-17th September – yes, that’s really soon!

One thing people tell me again and again when they see my work in real life, rather than on the screen or on the pages […]

September 7th, 2023 | Category: exhibitions, hardanger, Hardanger Filling Stitches, whitework, writing books | One comment

Vetty Creations at QuiltNSW Exhibition 2023 Marketplace

In two weekends’ time (15th-17th Sept) I’ll be at the QuiltNSW Exhibition 2023 Marketplace.

I’ll have a large display of my embroidery for you to look at. It’s always so much better seeing these things in real life!

I’ll have my books, project supplies packs, kits, patterns, hoops, fabrics, threads, needles and so much […]

September 6th, 2023 | Category: exhibitions | Leave a comment

Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair – next week!

I’ll be at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair next week. It runs from Wednesday 28th June to Saturday 1st July. Please note it no longer goes to Sunday – just Wednesday to Saturday!

The Vetty Creations stand will be F07. To find it, head towards the catering section and I’ll be right on the […]

June 21st, 2023 | Category: exhibitions, Frisian whitework, hardanger, Hardanger Filling Stitches, Introducing..., pattern darning, Portuguese embroidery, Sardinian Knotted Embroidery, Smøyg, whitework | 2 comments

White Threads Floss Tube 108 – Craft show round up and new classes

In this video I tell you about my experience at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair, and introduce a new Hardanger class coming up soon, and an old friend class being re-run. My new products from the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair have now been uploaded to the Vetty Creations website as well.

If you’re […]

July 18th, 2022 | Category: Embroidery classes, exhibitions, FlossTube, Frisian whitework, hardanger, new products, Portuguese embroidery, teaching embroidery, whitework | Leave a comment

Whitework fabrics at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair

I’ll be exhibiting at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair in just a few weeks’ time. I’ll have a large range of products with me – everything* you need for whitework embroidery! (*Maybe not quite everything, but pretty close!)

Today I’d like to show you some of the whitework fabrics that I will have with […]

June 10th, 2022 | Category: exhibitions, Frisian whitework, hardanger, merezhka, mountmellick embroidery, mountmellick supplies, Portuguese embroidery, Punt 'e Nù, Sardinian Knotted Embroidery, Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery, whitework | Leave a comment
 
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