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Some of you may recall that in 2018 the Allthreads community was invited and took part in the creating of an embroidery panel that is now one of the 87 panels in The Red Dress - a project conceived by British artist Kirstie Macleod, and which unites embroiderers from 51 countries.
Plans are afoot to bring The Red Dress to Australia in 2026 f...
If you are living in the United States and would like to order from Allthreads, we welcome you. Shipping from Australia has resumed so we can certainly send your orders to you.
All orders are subject to a tariff imposed by the US Government on goods entering the US. This tariff is collected by Australia Post at the time your parcel is lodged and...
We are very happy to offer free post for orders over $100.00, except for lamps, embroidery stands and large magnifiers which are bulky items and therefore attract special postage rates.
Free postage is available to orders to be delivered within Australia and does not apply to international orders.
Parcels sent with free postage are sent regular ...
Classic Colorworks discontinued their range of Perle 5 threads some time ago, to focus and ensure supply of their stranded cotton range. This obviously has affected some of the "called for" threads in the Shepherd's Bush Christmas Stockings.Â
As a result Tina from Shepherds Bush has supplied us with a conversion list of the colours in the Weeks ...
In August 2022 Cottage Garden Threads made the decision to retire some of their Signature range. The colours they are retiring are not the popular colours - just some of those that are less popular. We have stock of all colours at the moment however as the retired colours sell out, they will obviously not be replaced.
Cottage Garden Threads has ...
These are our tips for stitching with variegated or hand dyed threads:
Variegated threads can be used as a substitute for solid colours in most forms of embroidery and give you a very personal result. They look fantastic when doing a cross stitch that requires only one colour - (eg) Long Dog Samplers!Â
Look carefully at the skein, the varia...
Have you tried the Caron Collection Watercolours threads? They are a 3 ply cotton thread that are handpainted in various colours and with a silky sheen. They are made in the USA, and each skein contains 9metres (10yards). When you see a skein of Watercolours on the rack, they appear very chunky and are therefore often overlooked. Don't be decei...
Cottage Garden Threads -Â an Australian range of hand dyed threads. We carry the full range of stranded cotton threads (222 colours), and a large range of the more popular colours in the perle 8 and 12 threads. If you require a perle thread that we don't ordinarily carry we are happy to order it in for you.
An Allthreads exclusive - the co...
Gumnut Yarns are an Australian range of beautiful embroidery threads. Gumnut Yarns threads are hand-dyed using natural silk wool and mohair.
As with all ranges of hand dyed threads, each dye lot is unique and some variations can occur. We strongly recommend that quantities required for each project are calculated carefully and that you allow a l...
In late 2018Â I was asked to participate in the Barocco project, which is a decade-long embroidery project by UK textile artist Kirstie Macleod. The project is centered around a single red dress which has been contributed to by embroiderers all over the world.
Since 2009 parts of the dress have traveled around the world and been embroidered on b...
Recently we had a call from a lady who had stitched a project with hand dyed threads and which required washing as she had used Solvy. When washing the solvy out, some of the dye in the darker threads ran into her fabric. As the threads were stranded silks from Cascade House I called Robyn to see if she could offer a solution to this problem. I ...
One of the morning tea favourites at Allthreads is a White Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Slice. It is one of my very easy but delicious slices and always very popular. I had many requests for the recipe so I thought it best to post it on my blog.
Ingredients:
125g melted butter
1 packet butter cake mix
1 cup coconut
150g (approx) of white chocoal...