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A few days ago, a regular reader of this blog and long-time correspondent of mine, Shay, sent me some Hardanger blog links. (Thanks Shay!) There was one that I just have to share with you. Its the blog of a lady in Spain, Mamen. Unfortunately I don’t read Spanish, but you don’t need another language […] Here is the completed embroidery that I have been working on over the last few days. I know that I said that I wasn’t going to show you yet, but I couldn’t wait! Isn’t it gorgeous? (Not commenting on my stitching here, rather the actual style!) It is Portuguese whitework embroidery. When I first saw […] Yesterday I spent some time planning a project for a class next year. The class is possibly going to be on a type of Portuguese embroidery, but to get the shop to agree, I need to show them an example of what I mean. In this case, that means stitching it. How sad, to have […] Boiling Mountmellick embroidery?! Why? The fabric that we have used for the Mountmellick embroidery stitch along is the gorgeous high-quality 100% cotton satin jean fabric. It comes slightly off-white. At the completion of the embroidery, we boil it to finish whitening off the fabric. It is only a subtle difference, but it definitely does make […] Sometimes, people who have never seen Mountmellick embroidery before have some trouble understanding what makes Mountmellick embroidery distinctively its own style. I know I did, when I first started learning about it! Because Mountmellick embroidery is a traditional style of embroidery, by studying historical examples, we can come to an understanding of what it […] If you’re doing the cushion, you’ll need a couple of extra bits to make it up. Firstly, you’ll need access to a sewing machine, unless you’re hard core and don’t mind doing it by hand(!). White machine sewing thread will be helpful. You will also need a cushion insert to stuff the cushion with. You […] I had a lovely day yesterday working on my next book. It was so much fun coming up with new designs, and getting things on to the pages of the book. I’m not yet saying exactly what the book is on, but a description might help to keep you all happy: its another historical whitework […] Today I traced the buttonhole cushion edge and the edge of the cushion pattern itself onto my fabric (you will have done this at the beginning). It matched up pretty well with my stitched bits, so I was pleased about that! I have started stitching. I wasn’t sure whether to stitch clockwise or anticlockwise, (with […] Mountmellick embroidery lily ©Yvette Stanton 2010 Ta Da! The finished main design. From yesterday’s bud, all I needed to do was finish the top part of the stem, which is now done. From here, I have to work the buttonhole edge for the cushion. I don’t have it drawn onto my fabric, because […] Well. I’m still a bit bereft of ideas for how to work the lily bud. Looking at the whole design, I think it needs to be a thin outline (perhaps), with a light filling. This is because the other parts of the design that are nearby have either wide outlines or are completely filled. The […] |
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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