Last year in New Zealand, I taught some Mountmellick embroidery classes. Mountmellick thread is very different to other threads: it is thick, has a number of strands though is non-divisible, and is completely matte. For those who are used to stitching with, say, a single strand of cotton floss, it is a very different […]
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One of the things I have always loved about Mountmellick embroidery is the playing with stitches. When you don’t have colour (it’s whitework embroidery), pattern and texture can be obtained from stitches. Why work plain old buttonhole stitch, when you can work wavy top buttonhole stitch?! This lily is from the Shamrock and […] Another Mountmellick finish today from my recent teaching tour of New Zealand. This is Maggie’s Mountmellick Wildflower cushion. It looks beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with me, and allowing me to share it with others. Another finish from a class on my recent New Zealand teaching tour. This time, Karen’s Mountmellick Wildflower Cushion. The stitching on this is simply gorgeous – you’ve done a marvellous job, Karen! If you’d like to make a wildflower cushion of your own, this is available as a kit. There are also two other […] I posted regularly about my NZ teaching tour while I was there, on social media. I wasn’t able to also post here, as it is a little harder to do. So today I’d like to share with you some of the images from my trip. I had a wonderful time, and really enjoyed sharing my […] I’m pleased to be able to reveal that I will be teaching two classes at the National Embroidery School as part of the 2024 ANZEG Conference in gorgeous Dunedin, NZ. The classes that were selected by the committee were my Frisian Whitework Silk Sampler, and Mountmellick Pomegranate Biscornu. The National Embroidery School will […] Many years ago, an organiser of a yearly needlework teaching event said to me, “We can’t sell whitework classes.” Historically, they hadn’t had much success in getting people to choose whitework classes from amongst their class selections. This has always interested me. I’ve always wondered why. I’ve wondered whether whitework is seen as the […] At the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair next week, I will have a range of whitework and counted embroidery kits for your convenience. Some are part of our long term range, and others are new. New to the Sydney show are Portuguese Whitework Embroidery Tin, Flores Brancas Guimarães Sampler, Smøyg Tin, and Noel Christmas Cross […] In a week and a half I’ll be exhibiting at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair. As part of my range of supplies for whitework embroidery, I’ll have a wide selection of needles that are perfect for working whitework. The needles I supply are chosen based on what I find helpful for making my whitework […] At the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair, I’ll have a range of whitework embroidery threads for you: Mountmellick embroidery threads and knitting cotton, coton a broder, coton floche (new to Vetty Creations!), pearl cotton 8 and 12, and Londonderry linen threads. You can use these threads for Mountmellick, Hardanger, Frisian whitework, Schwalm, Portuguese whitework, Sardinian […] |
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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