Cindy and Gary recorded a show this week with Yvette Stanton (vettycreations.com.au) that will be posted for Patreon members soon and in a couple of weeks for everyone else. During the discussion, we learned she’ll be speaking at the Drawn Threads and Running Stitches conference, Nov. 12 and 13 at the Ulster Folk Museum in County Down, Northern Ireland. No doubt your first reaction is, “I’d like to hear that presentation but my private jet is being serviced those two days so I can’t make the trip.”
We have good news for you. You can hear Yvette’s presentation online for a rather nominal fee. There is no indication that the talks are recorded so those of us in the U.S. will have to get up rather early, but the opportunity is there. Yvette speaks on Friday, Nov. 13 at 11:40 a.m. (U.S. times: 6:40 a.m. Eastern, 5:40 a.m. Central, 4:40 a.m. Mountain, 3:40 a.m. Pacific). Yvette’s topic is Fries Witwerk: Identifying the Characteristics of Frisian Whitework Embroidery. To further entice you, also speaking on Friday are Isabella Rosner (“To revive a beautiful art”: The Royal School of Needlework’s History, Collection, and Work) at 10:05 a.m. UK time, and Tricia Nguyen (Stitching Logic: Whitework Samplers as Sites of Constructionist Pedagogy, c. 1618–1670) at 11:00 a.m. UK time. There are several other speakers in the two-day program, but those three are people we’ve interviewed.
UPDATE: Beth had information from Tricia Nguyen that all of the presentations will be recorded and available to attendees (including online) for two weeks so you don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn/middle of the night.
The URL for the conference, which will show you the entire program, is: https://www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/whats-on/drawn-threads-and-running-stitches. Single-day online tickets are approximately $15. Online, two-day tickets are approx. $20. These prices are based on adding a voluntary donation to the museum. Please do that. Museums around the world need as much financial help as they can get. IMPORTANT: Ticket sales end at noon Eastern, Tuesday, Nov. 3.
