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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

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 threads at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair

At the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair, I’ll have a range of whitework embroidery threads for you: Mountmellick embroidery threads and knitting cotton, coton a broder, coton floche (new to Vetty Creations!), pearl cotton 8 and 12, and Londonderry linen threads.

You can use these threads for Mountmellick, Hardanger, Frisian whitework, Schwalm, Portuguese whitework, Sardinian […]

June 17th, 2022 | Category: Frisian whitework, hardanger, mountmellick embroidery, mountmellick supplies, new products, Portuguese embroidery, Punt 'e Nù, Sardinian Knotted Embroidery, Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery, whitework | Leave a comment

White Threads FlossTube 103 – Walcha show, new kit, new project

On the weekend, we had the Walcha Show here in Walcha; the best little small town agricultural show in the district! There are lots of competitions at the Walcha Show, including needlework and handicraft. I give you a little tour of the pavilion.

I also introduce you to my newest Hardanger kit – the Hardanger […]

March 16th, 2022 | Category: exhibitions, FlossTube, hardanger, new products, Smøyg, Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway, 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 Floss Tube 91 – Online video course launched

Welcome back to White Threads Floss Tube! In today’s episode I announce that I’ve launched my very first online embroidery course! Hooray! The course covers the Silk Sampler project from my book “Frisian Whitework: Dutch Embroidery from Friesland”. Any questions about the course, read the information provided in the link, and then if your questions […]

October 1st, 2021 | Category: Embroidery classes, FlossTube, Frisian whitework, how-to videos, new products, teaching embroidery | Leave a comment

White Threads FlossTube 89 – Tips for working with Gumnut Yarns Buds silk

Today on White Threads FlossTube I have a number of updates for you. I ran a class in Smøyg here in town on the weekend, and I show you the fabulous results of my students. I provide an update on my now-no-longer upcoming Frisian Whitework Silk Sampler class in August and how it means I […]

August 6th, 2021 | Category: Embroidery classes, embroidery musings, FlossTube, Frisian whitework, hints and tips, new products, Smøyg, Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway | Leave a comment

Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair postponed

This coming Wednesday, the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair was due to start at its new location at The Dome, Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park. Given the covid outbreak in Sydney, the show has been postponed until 1st-5th September.

I was much relieved.

This will give me more time to prepare more wonderful goodies […]

June 26th, 2021 | Category: exhibitions, Frisian whitework, new products | 2 comments

Frisian Whitework has arrived in Australia!

At the end of last week I took possession of the Australian bulk shipment of Frisian Whitework along with five other reprints. This means ALL my books, including the long-awaited reprint of Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, are back in stock.

My dad and I organised them all into my warehouse. It […]

May 18th, 2021 | Category: Frisian whitework, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, new products, public thanks, writing books | 2 comments
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