Hand embroidery classes with Yvette Stanton

Yvette Stanton teaches Mountmellick, Hardanger, merezhka, Portuguese Whitework, embroidery stitch exploration and general embroidery techniques, in classes at various shops and guild groups around Australia. She is an accredited tutor with the Embroiderers' Guild of NSW.

If you would like Yvette to come to teach your group, please contact her.

Please note that we take no bookings for any of these classes, and as such we do not have any price details available. Classes at shops can be booked through the shop. Classes at guild groups are not always open to the general public as often they fill up quickly with group members. However, if you contact the group's class co-ordinator, you may be lucky and they may have a place for you.

Hand embroidery classes 2012-2013
Class calendar listing
Student testimonials

Hand embroidery classes 2012-2013

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Portuguese whitework hand towel	Portuguese whitework panel	Portuguese whitework bookmark


Mountmellick pomegranate oval doily	Suzani embroidery applique panel	Mountmellick daisy and forget-me-not cushion


Mountmellick wildflower cushion	Portuguese whitework ornaments	Portuguese whitework biscornu

Class calendar listing

29-30th September 2012 - A Stitch in Time, Hobart
Portuguese Whitework Hand Towel

6-7th October 2012 - Coffs Harbour Embroiderers' Guild Group
Portuguese Whitework Panel

26-28th October 2012 - Crafty Frog, Canberra
Mountmellick honeysuckle and dogrose doily
Portuguese Whitework Ornaments

3rd November 2012 - Embroiderers' Guild of NSW, Concord West
Portuguese Whitework Panel

17-18th November 2012 - Toowoomba
Portuguese Whitework

10-19th February 2013 - Needlework Cruise
Portuguese Whitework Panel
Portuguese Whitework Bookmark
Mountmellick Pomegranate Oval Doily

9-10th March 2013 - Mosman Needlecraft
Portuguese Whitework Biscornu

23rd March 2013 - Mornington Peninsula group, Embroiderers' Guild of Victoria
Portuguese Whitework Bookmark

24th March 2013 - Melbourne group, Embroiderers' Guild of Victoria
Portuguese Whitework Panel

10-11th April 2013 - Ballarat Embroiderers Guild Autumn Leaves Seminar
Mountmellick Wildflower Cushion

27th April and 25th May 2013 - Embroiderers' Guild of NSW, Concord West
Portuguese Whitework Hand Towel

7-8th May 2013 - Singleton Embroiderers' Guild Group
Portuguese Whitework

22nd June 2013 - Wollongong Embroiderers' Guild Group
Portuguese Whitework Ornaments

27-30th July 2013 - Berrima Patchwork Quilting in the Highlands Retreat
Suzani Embroidery Applique Panel
Mountmellick daisy and forget-me-not cushion

24-25th August 2013 - Canberra Embroiderers Guild
Portuguese Whitework

Student testimonials

Loved the way Yvette demonstrated the stitches in groups of 2 or 3, it made it much easier and worked so well to have that almost individual tuition. The whole workshop was very free-flowing. --Jane

Loved the workshop in total! Loved the content, the way you taught, your calm laid-back manner, your respect for each person's individual problems and speed of understanding -- the fact you were approachable every time and didn't lose patience. You are lovely inside and out, and I would do a class with you anytime! --Merrilyn

Thank you Yvette, loved the workshop: your patience for teaching us as individuals, as there was much to learn for many of us, and all of us find different things easy or hard. You respected that. I also loved having so many finished pieces to look on as a learning tool and inspiration. --Jenny

I found the class very uplifting. Whilst I had been working on Mountmellick stitches, samples etc. for a couple of months prior to the class, it took the class to really get me into the "swing" of things. Yvette had time for everyone, at our own speed of working, and there was always an encouraging word for everyone's work, even if later she made a very discreet suggestion to try some other way for doing a stitch. The confidence I gained at this course was wonderful, as I now find that I am willing to try just about any surface stitch. I can also see where learning these stitches will take me further with surface stitchery in the future -- the use of different threads and stitches which can be used to give different effects. Thanks Yvette. --Heather

Best workshop I have ever done. When are you coming back? --Julie

Yvette Stanton's latest book
is NOW AVAILABLE!

Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães

Purchase your copy today!