As you will have read in my report yesterday on The Big Mountmellick Boil Up, by boiling my antique Mountmellick piece white, I found that not all of the stains were removed. And so, of course, all the suggestions came (variations depending on where the commenter lives): “Have you tried using Napisan?” “Would you consider […]
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This morning I finally got the chance to do The Big Boil Up. By the time I got to it, the embroidery had been soaking in cold water for about 36 hours. On this photo, note the heavy black lines underneath the stamens of the lily. They have to go! You can also see various […] I have been cheered on by people around the globe, encouraging me to be brave about washing the antique Mountmellick piece that I bought. And so last night before going to bed, I put it in a bucket of cold water to steep. Amazingly, I had the presence of mind to take some photos of […] On the weekend, we took a little drive to Richmond and Windsor, north-west of Sydney, at the base of the Blue Mountains. We wanted to visit some antique shops for a project my husband is working on, and it used to be that there were quite a few in that region. Well, there aren’t anymore! […] I missed this post last week, seeing “normal programming” was slightly interrupted! Because of that, there’s lots today. Just keep in mind that I don’t actually go looking for these links – they’re just things I stumble across as I go about my daily business on the internet. One of the Facebook pages I am […] After yesterday’s post on Mountmellick embroidery, I was talking about it with my husband. He was trying to remind me of a visit we paid to a lady in Mountmellick who showed us a large embroidered bedspread that she’d borrowed from An Grianan to clean. I remembered the bedspread (probably because I have photos of […] I now have the details of my next Hardanger class, newly rescheduled due to revived interest from Inspirations Magazine’s Facebook and Pinterest posts! Morning Meadow – Beginners Hardanger class, with Yvette Stanton The Crewel Gobelin, Killara NSW Saturday 2 and Saturday 16 May 2015 12.30 – 4.00pm each day (7 hours tuition time) Learn […] I changed the main photo on the Vetty Creations Facebook page on Saturday. Then I thought, “Why should they get all the pretty pictures?” so I’m sharing it here as well. […] I received an email from Elizabeth in NY this week: “I came across your work on Mary Corbet’s NeedlenThread, when she reviewed your books on first Portuguese and then Sardinian embroidery. They had been tempting me for a long time, and I finally purchased them. I am so glad I did! You are marvelous at […] I thought you might like to hear about the progress on the next book, despite the fact that you still don’t know what it is about! If you’ve been reading carefully, you may have gathered by now that it is an historical, counted, whitework embroidery from Europe. Nothing you wouldn’t expect from me. 🙂 I’ve […] |
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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