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Yesterday I received some photos from Cathinka in Norway, who has my book Early-Style Hardanger. “Thank you for making Hardanger understandable to me. I started learning in March last year and now it sits in my head and I’m beginning to feel confident.” This is a beautiful shirt that Cathinka has created using the […] The Reader has recently finished her secondary schooling. For many schools in Australia, it is customary to celebrate this achievement with a “formal”. This is usually a formal dinner/dance probably much like a prom in America. At some schools, parents also attend, but at my daughter’s school and the one I attended, it is for […] We’re nearly at the end with The Reader. In just 4 school days time, The Reader will attend her final day of secondary school. Then she’ll have a few weeks holiday (full of study, mind you), a week’s study leave, and then her final exams, stretching over a few weeks. She’s so very ready to […] I had a couple of deliveries this week. It’s always fun to get parcels! The Dovo Hardanger scissors (which I sold the last of at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair) are now back in stock. And finally, I again have all sizes of the Klass and Gessmann wooden hoops with stands back in […] Hardanger shirt from Early-Style Hardanger I have a linen shirt that I want to starch. I took myself off to the supermarket yesterday and was going to purchase some spray starch. I stood in the aisle and read the backs of the cans. Good thing I did, because each one said it wasn’t […] Last week from Wednesday to Sunday I was at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair. This was its last year in its temporary location at Glebe Island. Next year it will be back at Darling Harbour in the new exhibition centre. I will miss the ferry ride each morning… Darling Harbour from the […] Hardanger shirt project from “Early-Style Hardanger” One of the things I’m trying to do in my newer books is encourage people to wear their embroidery. I did a pattern drafting course a few years ago so that I could learn to draft my own patterns. In this book, there is a shirt with […] As you may remember, The Reader and I did a pattern drafting course over a couple of years. Recently, we visited Cabramatta in Sydney, where there are a good number of fabric shops. We each purchased some fabric for a dress from Sogo Fabric (in my opinion, Sogo always has the best fabric in Cabramatta). […] Last Tuesday in Adelaide, I had two goals. One was to set up for the Beating Around the Bush market day the next day, and the other was to do it with enough time to spare so as to be able to visit Eastern Silk. I had heard of the shop, and I knew people […] Here in Australia, ABC TV has been making a wonderful murder mystery series called Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. It is set in 1920s Melbourne. The show is great, but most people I know watch it for the clothes. Ending tomorrow is an exhibition at Old Government House, Parramatta, of some of the costumes, designed by […] |
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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