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White Threads FlossTube #19 – Mountmellick embroidery and buttonhole stitch

In this episode of White Threads Floss Tube, Yvette Stanton talks about Mountmellick embroidery. She shows her Dogrose and Honeysuckle Mountmellick Doily, and her Mountmellick Pomegranate Biscornu. Buttonhole stitch is a common stitch used in Mountmellick embroidery, and she explores the different ways it is used on these two projects.

Following on from the […]

May 8th, 2020 | Category: embroidery musings, embroidery stitches, FlossTube, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, mountmellick supplies, whitework | Leave a comment

White Threads FlossTube #16 – How to do Sardinian knot stitch

In a much-requested demonstration, Yvette shows you how to do Sardinian knot stitch, for both left- and right-handers. She also talks you through an example of Sardinian knotted embroidery, known as Punt ’e nù in Teulada, in Sardinia.

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May 1st, 2020 | Category: embroidery stitches, FlossTube, hints and tips, how-to videos, left handed embroidery, Punt 'e Nù, Sardinian Knotted Embroidery, whitework | 2 comments

White Threads FlossTube #14 – Reinterpreting Hardanger in colour

For this episode’s piece of embroidered clothing, Yvette is wearing her shirt from “Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway” which has pattern darning on the collar. She shows how a whitework Hardanger design can be re-interpreted in colour, and makes mention of the book she’s working on at the moment.

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April 27th, 2020 | Category: embroidery musings, FlossTube, hardanger, Smøyg, Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway, whitework | 4 comments

White Threads FlossTube #11 – Whitework sampler cube

Yvette’s whitework sampler cube is the latest project she showcases in this episode of White Threads FlossTube. She also explains how to find the things mentioned in her videos on the Vetty Creations website, and shows you her promised coronavirus jumper replete with embroidery.

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April 20th, 2020 | Category: embroidery musings, FlossTube, Portuguese embroidery, Punt 'e Nù, Sardinian Knotted Embroidery, whitework | 2 comments

White Threads FlossTube #7 – Guimarães embroidery sampler

Yvette Stanton explains the basics of Guimarães embroidery, which comes from Guimarães in Portugal. She shows the sampler from “Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães”.

(Sob story alert!) No embroidery being worn today because our iron broke yesterday and we need a new one. I was planning to wear an embroidered shirt, but not without […]

April 11th, 2020 | Category: embroidery musings, FlossTube, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, whitework | 4 comments

Book tour – Early-Style Hardanger

Some people go on a book tour when they release a new book. I’ve never done this, but I thought I could instead take you on a tour of some of my books. I know that some of you have been along for the ride since the beginning but some of you are newer to […]

March 11th, 2019 | Category: Early-Style Hardanger, hardanger, historical embroidery, whitework | Leave a comment

Book tour – Mountmellick Embroidery

Some people go on a book tour when they release a new book. I’ve never done this, but I thought I could instead take you on a tour of some of my books. I know that some of you have been along for the ride since the beginning but some of you are newer to […]

March 8th, 2019 | Category: mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, whitework | 2 comments

Book tour – French translations

Some people go on a book tour when they release a new book. I’ve never done this, but I thought I could instead take you on a tour of some of my books. I know that some of you have been along for the ride since the beginning but some of you are newer to […]

March 7th, 2019 | Category: Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, Punt 'e Nù, Sardinian Knotted Embroidery, whitework | Leave a comment

Book tour – Elegant Hardanger Embroidery

Some people go on a book tour when they release a new book. I’ve never done this, but I thought I could instead take you on a tour of some of my books. I know that some of you have been along for the ride since the beginning but some of you are newer to […]

March 6th, 2019 | Category: Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, hardanger, historical embroidery, whitework | Leave a comment

Book tour – Sardinian Knotted Embroidery

Some people go on a book tour when they release a new book. I’ve never done this, but I thought I could instead take you on a tour of some of my books. I know that some of you have been along for the ride since the beginning but some of you are newer to […]

February 28th, 2019 | Category: Punt 'e Nù, Sardinian Knotted Embroidery, whitework | Leave a comment
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