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Marion Scoular on Hardanger Filling Stitches

Marion Scoular, Hardanger embroidery author and teacher, graduate of the Royal School of Needlework, and City and Guilds Silver Medallist, said this of Hardanger Filling Stitchesby Yvette Stanton:

“I cannot imagine the time Yvette must have spent on this encyclopaedia andthe stitched models. It boggles my mind.

Not only does she provide explicit diagrams […]

April 4th, 2024 | Category: book reviews, hardanger, Hardanger Filling Stitches, whitework, writing books | 3 comments

Physical reactions to beauty

Hardanger Filling Stitches sampler by Yvette Stanton

“That sampler at the end…! Oh my word. It’s stunning! I know this is going to sound weird, but every time I look at the sampler, my heart noticeably palpitates.” Mary wrote this in an email to me, and then said “I don’t know if that’s […]

February 16th, 2024 | Category: book reviews, embroidery musings, hardanger, Hardanger Filling Stitches | 2 comments

Mary Corbet’s Needle ‘n Thread review of Hardanger Filling Stitches

Mary Corbet, of Mary Corbet’s Needle ‘n Thread has written an extensive review of my newest book, Hardanger Filling Stitches. Mary always writes generous, detailed reviews, and this one is no different.

If you’ve been umming and aahing about purchasing it, her review might help you make up your mind.

It can be purchased from […]

February 15th, 2024 | Category: book reviews, hardanger, Hardanger Filling Stitches, whitework, writing books | Leave a comment

Modern Folk Embroidery recommends “Frisian Whitework”

Yesterday I learned (thanks Kate!) that Jacob from Modern Folk Embroidery recommends my book Frisian Whitework. Thanks Jacob!

You can see his recommendations of his favourite books on Dutch embroidery here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okMrXbVH8MY

I also have “Letter Voor Letter” and it is a gorgeous book.

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December 27th, 2023 | Category: book reviews, Frisian whitework, whitework | Leave a comment

All my books at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair

I’ll be exhibiting at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair in just a few weeks’ time. I’ll have a large range of products with me – everything* you need for whitework embroidery! (*Maybe not quite everything, but pretty close!)

I’ll have all 10 of my books available at the show, and I’d love to autograph […]

June 16th, 2022 | Category: book reviews, Early-Style Hardanger, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, Frisian whitework, left handed embroidery, merezhka, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, Punt 'e Nù, Sardinian Knotted Embroidery, Smøyg, Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway, stitch dictionary, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery | Leave a comment

White Threads Floss Tube #58 – Five books that have changed my life

Today on White Threads Floss Tube I tell you about five books that have changed my life. The idea for this came from a friend’s Facebook post, where he wrote about five books that have changed his life. Now, he’s a theologian, so his selection is likely rather different to mine, with most of mine […]

November 17th, 2020 | Category: book reviews, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, embroidery musings, favourite needlework items, hardanger, whitework, writing books | 6 comments

White Threads FlossTube #52 – 1000 Artisan Textiles book review

Firstly, thank you for your messages of support and encouragement after my last video. I really appreciate them.

I went home over the weekend and was able to collect a whole heap of business supplies, so can continue running the business where I am. I hope I’ve brought enough with me of everything! So if […]

August 19th, 2020 | Category: book reviews, FlossTube | Leave a comment

White Threads FlossTube #48 – Fashioning Fashion book review

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.

If you’re reading this in an email, the video can be […]

August 3rd, 2020 | Category: book reviews, favourite needlework items, FlossTube | Leave a comment

White Threads FlossTube #39 – Flick-through previews of Yvette’s books

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 […]

July 3rd, 2020 | Category: book reviews, Early-Style Hardanger, Elegant Hardanger Embroidery, FlossTube, hardanger, historical embroidery, left handed embroidery, merezhka, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, online book previews, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, Punt 'e Nù, Sardinian Knotted Embroidery, Smøyg, Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway, stitch dictionary, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery, whitework, writing books | Leave a comment

White Threads FlossTube #24 – Bunad Magazine review

In today’s episode of White Threads FlossTube, following the suggestion that people would like to know more about what’s on my bookshelves (they were my background in the previous episode), I review Bunad Magazine from Norway. It’s a visually delicious magazine about folk and regional costume in Norway, in Norwegian language only, but that’s never […]

May 25th, 2020 | Category: book reviews, embroidery musings, Ethnic embroidery, hardanger, historical embroidery, Smøyg, Smøyg: Pattern Darning from Norway | Leave a comment
 
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