Our studio will close for the holidays on 13 December. The last day to place orders for processing this year is the 09 December. However, you are still welcome to place your order any time and we will process it as soon as we return on 8 Jan 2025. This way you will be ahead of the queue next year. Happy Holidays! ♡♡♡
PS: Our popular gift cards are available at any time.
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♥ Good morning everyone — it’s another beautiful sunny day in Cape Town. Colder in the mornings and at night, but the glorious sunshine makes up for it! To brighten up your day I have something special to show you by Betty Pillsbury from America Click on the image to enlarge Betty Pillsbury is a textile artist and instructor and lives in the beautiful northern...
Good morning stitching world :-)) I hope you are having a good week so far. How time flies, don't you think? Today I have a spectacular version of A Beautiful Place to inspire you ♥ This exquisite Box Full of Lessons 9 is now discontinued as the license has expired, but for those who were fortunate enough to have already purchased the panel, these tips will help.... ...
Hello stitching world ♫♬♪♫ Hope you are well and looking forward to the weekend. To inspire you this weekend.... A hand-knitted African mohair and wool handbag with silk ribbon roses... Click on the image to enlarge This is one of the projects that I will be teaching in next year in New Zealand at Koala Conventions In this workshop, I will teach you how...
Hello :-)) Hope your Tuesday is a good one – to make it even better, I have some lovely pieces to show you by Irina Podolyak (Ирина Подоляк ) from Moscow. Click on the image to enlarge Irina teaches silk ribbon embroidery and other kinds of embroidery as well. She is a member of the International Art Fund, a master of embroidery. Irina took part...
Hello! Hope you had a good weekend :) I have a lovely cushion to show you by Susan Stelly-Adams from Port Saint Lucie, Florida, USA. Susan has been needle-crafting for over 30 years, starting out with embroidery and cross-stitching. It has only been in the past 2 years that she started doing stumpwork. Click on the image to enlarge Susan wrote:...
G’Day, stitching world ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪ Oh but I have a beauty for you today! A Beautiful Place by the talented teacher and friend: Annamaria Kelly, from Fourways in Johannesburg, South Africa. Click on image to enlarge This beauty is now packed into kit form especially for you and... it is eligible for the International Silk Ribbon Embroidery Competition! The idea with the kit is to follow Annamaria’s notes and...
Greetings to you from Newlands in Cape Town! Today I have some delightful little birds to share with you by Lisette Root from Southern Oregon in the USA. Click on the images to enlarge Lisette wrote to me: "Hello from beautiful Southern Oregon, USA! I sure love opening your emails; I know there will be something beautiful to see every time :) I love...
◕‿◕ Good morning to you… I think you will love this gorgeous masterpiece by Rabia Motala from Ridgeway in Johannesburg — a wicker chair in a garden of Cosmos, Roses and Delphiniums... Don't you wish you were sitting in this lovely garden? Click on the image to enlarge .... and the good news is that we now pack this beautiful project in kit form for...