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Out of office

Out of office – change of plans: Following Christmas, I wasn’t due to be back in office until 6th January. However, the opportunity has come up for me to spend some time in January with my husband.

I’m now already back, but I’ll be out of the office from 7th to 23rd of January […]

January 2nd, 2025 | Category: Uncategorized | 4 comments

Orders not currently going out

Just wanted to let you all know that I’m really unwell this week. I haven’t been well enough to do any orders. I apologise for this and will do them when I am able. It’s likely that it won’t be until next week.

The picture is completely irrelevant to this, but I wanted to […]

November 20th, 2024 | Category: Uncategorized | One comment

Help me fix my stitch! – diagonal box stitch

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 […]

April 27th, 2024 | Category: embroidery stitches, Frisian whitework, hints and tips, teaching embroidery, Uncategorized, whitework | Leave a comment

How my illness is affecting your orders

Detail of the Hardanger Filling Stitches Sampler from my new book, “Hardanger Filling Stitches”, by Yvette Stanton.

I have mentioned a few times that I am not well, but there might be new people here who don’t know. I haven’t talked a lot about how the illness is affecting me, because some things […]

February 21st, 2024 | Category: Uncategorized | 4 comments

Caring when serious or chronic illness strikes

Today we’re going to take a little detour away from needlework. As you may know, I’m not well, and it’s been going on for a couple of months now.

The timing is pretty awful, given that I have a new book out, but honestly, it could have been worse! At least the book […]

January 19th, 2024 | Category: Uncategorized | One comment

A house-keeping note

When I close the Vetty Creations office, I always put a note on my website (on all pages) explaining that the office is closed and when it will reopen. I note that I will respond to all enquiries and orders on my return. A brief but just as informative version is in the alt text, […]

October 9th, 2023 | Category: Uncategorized | 2 comments

White Threads Floss Tube 95 – one of my first embroideries

One of the very first embroideries that I ever did was of wattle, Australia’s national floral emblem. In this video, I show you the embroidery that I did in my first year of high school, and explain the stitches I used, including turkey work which makes a lovely plush pile. I also explain some of […]

November 8th, 2021 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Errata notice – Frisian Whitework

I have been alerted to a couple more mistakes in my book Frisian Whitework: Dutch Embroidery from Friesland. Previously listed mistakes can be found here.

They are as follows: Page 39: stitches and techniques listing – Four thread eyelets are listed but are not used in this project. Algerian eyelets are actually used. Their stitch […]

September 24th, 2021 | Category: errata notices, Frisian whitework, Uncategorized, whitework, writing books | Leave a comment

Temporary office closure

It’s that time again when I go off into the wide blue yonder to do some research for another book. I’m combining it with a trip to Paris to go to l’Aiguille en Fête, the big craft show.

I will attend to all enquiries and orders on my return. I apologise for any inconvenience.

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February 6th, 2018 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

office reorganisation

Over the past few years I have been very bad at keeping my office in order. It became a storage space for books and other stock, but also a dumping ground… 🙁 I hadn’t really been able to work in the space for quite some time. There just wasn’t room for me!

It was totally […]

April 12th, 2017 | Category: Uncategorized, White Threads Blog | Leave a comment
 
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