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Today I have a beautiful Fairy to show you…I am sure that many of you will enjoy seeing him, as he looks so happy under the Dandelions :) The Dandelion Flower Fairy™, embroidered by the talented Marina Zherdeva from Moscow: my friend and stockists of all my ribbons, panels, books and DVDs. This is the original artwork by Cicely Mary Barker… and this is how Marina has...
Good Morning, Goeie more, HOWDY, Buon Giorno, Bonjour, Guten Morgen, Selamat Pagi, Buenos Dias, God Morgen, Dobroye utro, Boker tov, kunjhani, Buenos Días, Wilujeng Enjing, Günaydin, Umhlala gahle, Bom Dia, добро утр-dobro utro, Dobro jutro, G 'day, Góðan daginn, בוקר טוב!!!, Hyvää huomenta, Dzień Dobry, Sugeng Enjing, Cao An, Ohayo Gozaimasu, Labas Rytas, Bună Dimineaţa, ДОБЪР ДЕН, sanibonani, sugeng dalu, Marhaba, Salutari :))) I have a...
Good morning ´¯`•.¸.☀♥ I have a lovely Flower fairy to show you today: The Rose Hip Fairy by Shirin Vardak from Iran. I just love this little Fairy and the rich colours... Click on the image to enlarge Shirin wrote to me: “Firstly, I must say I love you and your work. I appreciate your beautiful and creative mind. I am Persian, 25 years old and from Iran...
It’s Friday ♫♬♪ and I thought you would enjoy seeing this beautiful bag by Françoise Marchal from Paris, France… Oh là là but I love the little bird! Click on image to enlarge. Françoise wrote to me: “Hello everyone!! My name is Françoise, I am French and I am living in the suburbs of Paris. After having practising quilting and cross stitching for few years, I have recently started...
♥♫♥♫♥ G’day, hope you are having a good Wednesday. This beautiful piece will surely make your day a happier one :) Click on the image to enlarge Embroidered by the extremely talented Emma Kriegler, it is one of the new kits in the Dreamscapes series. To read more about the Dreamscapes 2012 you are welcome to read my latest newsletter here: https://shop.dicraft.com/blog/january-2012/ Happy...
◕‿◕ Greetings to you from a warm and sunny Cape Town. It’s nearly weekend and I have something really special to show you today by world-renowned needlecraft artist: Trish Burr from Cape Town, South Africa. Trish is famous for her beautiful books and this is one of her best-sellers: Needle Painting Embroidery Fresh Ideas For Beginners— a complete guide for beginners to learn the technique. Click on the image to...
G’Day ♫♬♪♫ It’s a beautiful day in Cape Town but I see that it is freezing cold in many parts of the world. So I am sending you lots of African Sunshine and…. to make your day, I have some spectacular Roses to show you by the super-talented Valentina Razenkova from Saint Petersburg in Russia. Click on the image to enlarge And another view… click on...
Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good week. I see that it is so cold in Europe so I am sending you a beautiful, sunny cushion made by the exceptionally gifted ribbon embroiderer and author: Helen Eriksson from Walkerville, Adelaide, South Australia. Click on the image to enlarge… Thank you Helen for sharing your awesome talent with all of us and I wish I...
Good morning stitching world - hope you had a good weekend :)) I am delighted to show you a magnificent piece by Hülya Göndür Sönmez of Art Design Studio, Belsu Shop in Istanbul,Turkey. Her creation is featured in our South African needlecraft magazine: Stitches - the February/March 2012 issue number 26. Hülya Göndür Sönmez has been embroidering since 2005 and she made this beautiful box for the International Silk Ribbon...
It’s Friday ♫♬♪ and I thought you would enjoy seeing this beauty by Emma Kriegler of Stilbaai in the Cape. Oh là là but I love the feathers! Click on the image to enlarge Happy weekend ♥ Love Di PS. I have some beautiful masterpieces to share with you in the weeks to come... Subscribe for free to receive e-mail updates as soon as...
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