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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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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. 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] Whenever I teach a class, I always tell the students that I love to see photos of finished work, even if it is 10 years down the track! The first two photos have come through, following my recent New Zealand trip. Lesley Anderson completed her Frisian Whitework Tree of Life within days of […] Today I start heading in a New Zealandly direction, and the Vetty Creations office is closed. I won’t get to any more orders other than what has already come in, and therefore will have to send any that come in today, upon my return. All orders and enquiries that come during my absence will […] |
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
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