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Did you think I’d fallen off the face of the earth? No, I’ve just been busy working on the book! This week I’ve been working on stitch instructions, photography and the cover of the book. I think the cover is nearly there, which is quite a relief! Last week I went to a training day […] Firstly, thanks to all who contributed to our discussion last week about needlework fears. I felt it was very interesting and hopefully beneficial to some. It certainly caused me to look at some things differently. This week I have been steadily plugging away on stitch instructions for the next book. I also added more pages […] 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 […] I’m sorry I’ve been neglecting you. There’s been a lot of sickness here, so I’ve been stuck at home looking after sick people (including myself!) and we’re still getting through that. I’ve been stitching away, and also preparing for Beating Around the Bush needlework conference. I’ll be at Beating Around the Bush for the Wednesday […] Into Craft blog featured a profile of me and my new book “Sardinian Knotted Embroidery” last week. You can read it here. At the time of writing this, there was also a very lovely comment at the bottom of the article, from a happy customer. (I’m not expecting that her comment will disappear, rather that […] It’s been a very quiet week with The Gymnast at home with winter sickness. I’ve been writing lots of stitch instructions and doing their accompanying diagrams, so there are more pages in the next book looking more full now. However, I’ve been a few days without stitching, so it is time to do some more. […] Sometimes a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. Last night and this morning I’ve been poring over the many photos I took on my trip to Mystery Country earlier this year. I’ve been trying to figure out the counting of some stitches. I knew a little about some of these stitches already from […] Back in July at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair my book “Sardinian Knotted Embroidery: Whitework from Teulada” was awarded Craft Book of the Year in the 2014 Australian Craft Industry Awards. Yesterday I finally obtained a copy of the photograph that was taken of me receiving my award, and permission to share it! […] |
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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