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Today I review the book “Fashioning Fashion”, which is a gorgeous book showing beautiful clothes from LACMA’s incredible fashion collection. I do a flick through so you can see what’s in the book, and also show some details that particularly caught my eye.
Episode notes: Today I show you one of my Mountmellick cushions, which is available as a kit. It’s the Mountmellick Wildflower Cushion, and I explain about the stitches used, the knitted fringe, and what you’ll get in the kit. A kit is a great way to try Mountmellick embroidery as it comes with most of the supplies you’ll need to make the cushion. (Does not include metal knitting needles, cushion insert or zip.)
Episode notes: In today’s video I talk about and show you the Portuguese whitework runner from my book, “Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães”. I also discuss my dilemma for my next book – I can’t travel to do any research!
Episode notes: Portuguese whitework embroidery supplies, including “Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães” by Yvette Stanton, Sotema 20L linen fat eighths, Pearl 8 thread, No 4 straw needles, No 24 tapestry needles: Some people would say that the correct way to use a plastic hoop is to throw it in the bin (trash). I would concur, but I also understand that that’s what some of you have to use, and that’s what fits your budget. Therefore, you need to know that there is a right way and a wrong way to mount your fabric in a plastic hoop. In this tutorial I demonstrate how to mount your fabric the right way and why it is important to do it that way. I also explain why I prefer wooden hoops over plastic ones. Oh, and there’s also a discussion of PDF patterns.
Episode notes: In this episode of White Threads FlossTube, Yvette shows you the cushion from her book “Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway”. Smøyg is Norwegian pattern darning, and pattern darning is just running stitch, so it isn’t difficult. The cushion features a design based on the babies’ wraps of Setesdal in the south of Norway.
Episode notes: In today’s episode of White Threads FlossTube Yvette shows you some of the Christmas decorations she has patterns for. In these times of isolation and lockdown, getting started on Christmas stitching can be a great idea, whether for gifts or for decorating. She shows 8 different blackwork ornaments and 2 Hardanger ornaments. The patterns are available from Vetty Creations, one set of 4 red ornaments, one set of 4 blue ornaments, and a Hardanger ornament in two colour ways.
Episode notes: Today Yvette shows you a demonstration of reverse chain stitch. Reverse chain stitch can be used in any situation where regular chain stitch is specified. It produces more accurate stitch placement, that can look plumper, and is advantageous when using a rigid thread such as goldwork threads. She also sheds light on the mystery of the little birds on the Ethiopian crosses from the previous video.
Episode notes: In this episode of White Threads FlossTube, Yvette takes us to Ethiopia. Yvette and her family spent some time living in the beautiful country of Ethiopia about ten years ago. She shows examples of Ethiopian embroidery, and Ethiopian crosses on which the embroidery motifs are based.
There are no episode notes for this episode of White Threads FlossTube. Today I show you three of the Mountmellick embroidery examples in my collection. One was bought on Ebay and came from the UK, one came from an antiques store in Hobart, Tasmania, and the other came from an antiques store in Windsor, north west of Sydney. I talk about their features that are significant, whether they are typical or atypical of Mountmellick embroidery.
Episode notes: I realise that many of you buy my books online or order them from your favourite needlework store, having never really seen what’s inside them, unless you’ve seen a friend’s copy. That’s quite a leap of faith! Today I’m going to give you a flick-through preview of all my books, so that you can see what’s inside them. You won’t see every page, because of the way pages flick, but you’ll see a good enough amount. I also point out the main features of each book. If you’ve been wondering about purchasing one of my books, this video should give you the confidence to do so. If you’re a shop owner who has been wondering whether to stock my books, or maybe you already do, but you’d like your staff to become more acquainted with them, this video will help you and them to know the main features of the book, so that you can guide your customers to the best book for them. You’re very welcome to share this video on your social media to advertise my books to your customers, and so increase your sales. This video is divided into chapters so that you can easily find your way to a specific part of the video, once you’ve watched it the whole way through.
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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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