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Now that I have written three Hardanger books, questions I have already had and probably will get asked more and more are, “Which one is best to start with?” and “Which one is best for a beginner?” Elegant Hardanger Embroidery Elegant Hardanger Embroidery is less comprehensive than the others, but focuses more on contemporary […] To help you understand all the value you’ll be getting from “Hardanger Filling Stitches”, here we show you all the important features on a spread from the book. Left-handed stitch instruction pages are red, right-handed pages are blue. Purple are for both. Step-by-step instructions with a diagram for each step. Colour-codedpage tabsindicating “L” or […] There is only one project in my forthcoming book, “Hardanger Filling Stitches”. That’s because it is primarily a stitch dictionary. However, I wanted to give you at least one project on which to try out most of the stitches, and so, there is a large sampler. If you haven’t already, you can pre-order your copy […] Today I am sharing a graphic showing all the stitches in my forthcoming book, Hardanger Filling Stitches. How many have you never seen before? Which ones are you looking forward to learning? Which ones are you looking forward to mastering, having already tried them before? Please share this post far and wide so that all […] In case you’re new here, I thought I would introduce myself. I’m Yvette Stanton. I live in a small country town, about five hours north of Sydney, Australia. I’m passionate about embroidery, particularly whitework. My twin sister, Prue, and I were always creative, and when I was in high school I really began to […] I visited my off-site storage for my books yesterday. I saw a carton sitting by itself and wondered what it was. It was next to the Frisian stacks, so I assumed it was one of them. Imagine my surprise to find it was a whole box of “Early-Style Hardanger” which I thought I was completely […] Many years ago, an organiser of a yearly needlework teaching event said to me, “We can’t sell whitework classes.” Historically, they hadn’t had much success in getting people to choose whitework classes from amongst their class selections. This has always interested me. I’ve always wondered why. I’ve wondered whether whitework is seen as the […] Because my forthcoming book, Hardanger Filling Stitches, is basically an exhaustive stitch dictionary, there is only one project in it. However, as there’s only one, I had to make it a good one! The Hardanger Filling Stitches sampler is a band sampler featuring as many Hardanger filling stitches as I could fit onto it! […] I’ll be at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair next week. It runs from Wednesday 28th June to Saturday 1st July. Please note it no longer goes to Sunday – just Wednesday to Saturday! The Vetty Creations stand will be F07. To find it, head towards the catering section and I’ll be right on the […] “Hardanger Filling Stitches: A Step-by-Step Handbook” by Yvette Stanton, is now available for pre-order! The book will be published in mid-late 2023. • 60+ stitches with many variations • A band sampler project to try out most of the stitches • Left- and right-handed step-by-step stitch instructions • 280 pages (it’s a thick, *heavy* book, […] |
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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