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Tina’s finished silk sampler

A couple of weeks after Tina showed me (and all of us) her progress on the Frisian Whitework Silk Sampler, she has now completed it and it is magnificent!

Here’s what Tina had to say about it:

I am sitting here looking at this finished piece and I am more than thrilled with how […]

March 3rd, 2025 | Category: customer embroidery, Embroidery classes, Frisian whitework, how-to videos, teaching embroidery | 2 comments

Tutorial: Mounting embroidery in a hoop

Today I have a tutorial showing how to mount your fabric in an embroidery hoop. I talk about binding the hoop and why you would do it, what to bind it with, and what parts to bind. I explain how to straighten and tighten the fabric in the hoop. I show what not to do, […]

June 19th, 2024 | Category: embroidery musings, hints and tips, how-to videos | Leave a comment

White Threads FlossTube 104 – Will this thread, fabric and stitch work together?

In this episode of White Threads FlossTube, I let you know I’ll be out of the office for a bit, I remind you about my upcoming classes and I help you to figure out the answer to the most common question I get asked: “Can I use this thread with this fabric?”

If you’re […]

March 28th, 2022 | Category: embroidery musings, embroidery stitches, FlossTube, Frisian whitework, hints and tips, how-to videos, Sardinian Knotted Embroidery, whitework | Leave a comment

White Threads Floss Tube 100 – more on using embroidery hoops

In this video I show you some completed embroideries by some of my students. I also continue with the theme of tips for using embroidery hoops. This time I cover what to do if your fabric is too small for your embroidery hoop, whether the embroidery being squashed by a hoop is a problem, and […]

December 15th, 2021 | Category: FlossTube, Frisian whitework, hints and tips, how-to videos, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, Smøyg, whitework | Leave a comment

White Threads FlossTube 99 – tutorial: how to mount fabric in an embroidery hoop

In this episode of White Threads FlossTube, I tell you about the class I ran here in Walcha on the weekend, my plans for local embroidery classes next year, and show you a beautiful book that I shared with the class on the weekend. Then there is a tutorial on using hoops – when to […]

December 2nd, 2021 | Category: Embroidery classes, FlossTube, Frisian whitework, hardanger, hints and tips, how-to videos | 2 comments

White Threads FlossTube 92 – Tutorial: How to tea dye linen

In this episode of White Threads FlossTube I have a tutorial on how to tea dye linen. I show two ways to do this – one with even colour across the fabric, and the other with deliberate blotchiness. Tea dyeing can be used to easily colour white linen, and to add an aged look to […]

October 6th, 2021 | Category: embroidery musings, FlossTube, Frisian whitework, hints and tips, how-to videos, whitework | 2 comments

White Threads Floss Tube 91 – Online video course launched

Welcome back to White Threads Floss Tube! In today’s episode I announce that I’ve launched my very first online embroidery course! Hooray! The course covers the Silk Sampler project from my book “Frisian Whitework: Dutch Embroidery from Friesland”. Any questions about the course, read the information provided in the link, and then if your questions […]

October 1st, 2021 | Category: Embroidery classes, FlossTube, Frisian whitework, how-to videos, new products, teaching embroidery | Leave a comment

New online embroidery course now live!

Well, you’ve been asking for it.

For a very long time.

A very long time.

And I finally have it uploaded and ready to go. Ready for you!

Frisian Whitework Silk Sampler Self-Paced Video Online Course

with Yvette Stanton, author of “Frisian Whitework: Dutch Embroidery from Friesland”

My very first online course is now […]

September 23rd, 2021 | Category: Embroidery classes, Frisian whitework, how-to videos, teaching embroidery, whitework | 2 comments

White Threads FlossTube 90 – tutorial: how to work an eyelet cluster

Today’s video from White Threads FlossTube is a tutorial from my upcoming online self-paced video course. The course is on the Frisian Whitework Silk Sampler, and the video tutorial shows how to work a square eyelet cluster.

If you are reading this in an email, the video can be found at https://youtu.be/OGd3s-4LM8o

I also […]

September 6th, 2021 | Category: Embroidery classes, embroidery musings, embroidery stitches, errata notices, FlossTube, Frisian whitework, hardanger, hints and tips, how-to videos, teaching embroidery, whitework | 2 comments

White Threads Floss Tube #85 – how to randomly space stitches

In today’s episode of White Threads FlossTube I explain my method for randomly spacing stitches, and as you will learn, it is anything but random!

“Frisian Whitework” has now arrived in Europe and is arriving in the US and Canada, so I encourage you to review the book and show us your project progress […]

July 15th, 2021 | Category: Embroidery classes, FlossTube, Frisian whitework, hints and tips, how-to videos, whitework | Leave a comment
 
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