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White Threads has a new home!

I’m trying something new. I’ve decided to put this blog into recess and continue afresh on Substack. You can find the new White Threads blog at https://yvettestanton.substack.com/

Please join me there. When you subscribe at Substack, you will receive my posts in your email inbox. How good is that?!

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March 11th, 2025 | Category: Introducing... | 2 comments

Sotema 160 Bisso linen

Vetty Creations now stocks Sotema’s scrumptious 160 Bisso linen fabric. This lightweight, gauzy, see-through fabric is perfect for pulled thread work and shadow embroidery.

It’s 53 count (53 threads per inch/21 threads per cm), and simply gorgeous!

I used this fabric for my Dresden-style pulled thread work masquerade mask, some years […]

October 24th, 2024 | Category: hardanger, Introducing..., new products, whitework | Leave a comment

Introducing myself, for anyone new here…

In case you’re new here, I thought I would introduce myself. I’m Yvette Stanton. I live in a small country town, about five hours north of Sydney, Australia.

I’m passionate about embroidery, particularly whitework. My twin sister, Prue, and I were always creative, and when I was in high school I really began to […]

August 16th, 2023 | Category: embroidery musings, Introducing..., teaching embroidery, whitework, writing books | Leave a comment

Introducing the Hardanger Filling Stitches Sampler

Because my forthcoming book, Hardanger Filling Stitches, is basically an exhaustive stitch dictionary, there is only one project in it. However, as there’s only one, I had to make it a good one!

The Hardanger Filling Stitches sampler is a band sampler featuring as many Hardanger filling stitches as I could fit onto it! […]

June 24th, 2023 | Category: designing, embroidery musings, embroidery stitches, hardanger, Hardanger Filling Stitches, Introducing..., left handed embroidery, new products, whitework, writing books | 2 comments

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

Hardanger Filling Stitches by Yvette Stanton now available for PRE-ORDER!

“Hardanger Filling Stitches: A Step-by-Step Handbook” by Yvette Stanton, is now available for pre-order! The book will be published in mid-late 2023.

• 60+ stitches with many variations • A band sampler project to try out most of the stitches • Left- and right-handed step-by-step stitch instructions • 280 pages (it’s a thick, *heavy* book, […]

March 4th, 2023 | Category: embroidery stitches, hardanger, Hardanger Filling Stitches, Introducing..., new products, stitch dictionary, whitework, writing books | One comment

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: “Hardanger Filling Stitches” by Yvette Stanton.

I am incredibly pleased to let you know that I am working on a new book, entitled “Hardanger Filling Stitches: A Step-by-Step Handbook”. My plan is for it to be published in mid to late 2023. Please share this information with all your stitchy friends!

This book has come about because of a suggestion from […]

November 22nd, 2022 | Category: hardanger, Introducing..., new products, stitch dictionary, writing books | 4 comments

Hardanger workshop in Walcha

I have many of my stitched projects on display at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair this week. One that you won’t have seen before, because I only finished it a few days ago, is the project for my next class in Walcha.

Introducing the Parterre Hardanger Stitching Accessories Set, which I will teach in […]

June 29th, 2022 | Category: Embroidery classes, hardanger, Introducing..., making stuff, teaching embroidery, travel, whitework | Leave a comment

White Threads Floss Tube 102 – Australasian Embroidery Convention round up

In this episode of FlossTube I take you on a small tour of the Vetty Creations stand at the Australasian Embroidery Convention show which ran in Brisbane a bit over a week ago. Unfortunately it was held during the time of flooding in Brisbane!

If you are reading this in an email, the video […]

March 7th, 2022 | Category: exhibitions, FlossTube, Frisian whitework, Introducing..., new products, Smøyg | Leave a comment

White Threads FlossTube #30 – Yvette Stanton’s 2020 book announcement

In this episode of White Threads FlossTube Yvette finally announces the subject and title of her 2020 book. She shows you the cover and a few of the projects that will be in the book. She would love to hear from you if you correctly guessed the subject of the book!

Please share this video […]

June 12th, 2020 | Category: Ethnic embroidery, FlossTube, Frisian whitework, historical embroidery, Introducing..., whitework, writing books | Leave a comment
 
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