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It’s Friday ♫♬♪♫♬ Today I thought I would show you a lovely piece by Siti Salmiah Othman from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Many of you saw her beautiful cushions on my Facebook page (scroll down till you see her cushions) and the response was overwhelming! So here is more of her lovely work. Click on the images to enlarge In her letter Salmi wrote...
HAPPY Monday, stitching world ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪ We are all back at work, and I am sure most of you are too. So, to brighten up your day, I have a lovely piece to show you by Denise Ciodaro Dos Santos from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Click on the image to enlarge... Denise wrote to me "I've been so busy with my work but finally...
Roses to brighten up your day.. Good morning everyone :)) I have some lovely Roses for you by Yana Izzuddin from Tuban, Jawa Timur, Indonesia I love her soft, romantic colours and these are sure to brighten up your day ◕‿◕ Click on the image to enlarge.. Here is the close-up detail of left side…. Close-up detail right side White roses ..and a pink rose...
Good morning…it is a beautiful day in Cape Town — the sun is shining and I can’t wait for the weekend! Hiking weather and picnic weather, I hope ♫♬♪ Click on the images to enlarge... Today I want to show you something really special .... photographs of Pansies by Kath Grabham from Singleton, in the Hunter Valley in NSW, Australia. These photographs will...
Turquoise Delight and Rosebud beads from Turkey.... Hello everybody … I hope you are having a good Tuesday! Remember in last week’s newsletter I promised to show you this beautiful creation by Nigar Hikmet from TÜRKİYE? Click on the image to enlarge Well here it is close up to brighten up your day :) Today I also want to...
A journal cover by Anna Dunaevskaya Good morning ◕‿◕ I have something so gorgeous to show you in close-up detail; it will surely brighten up your day … A beautiful journal in ribbon embroidery by Anna Dunaevskaya, originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, now living in Petit Paris, France. The journal…I LOVE it! Click on the image to enlarge Close-up...
Renaissance by Helen Eriksson Hi everyone, hope you all had a good weekend and are ready for the week ahead….nearly over, then hopefully we can all take some time off :)) Ever meet someone and realise that you feel you have known this person all your life? Yes? That’s exactly what happened to me….for many years I have been a great admirer of a very...
Roses by Ingrid Lee from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Hi everybody — it’s nearly weekend and to brighten up your day, I have something very special to show you by Ingrid Lee: a very talented creative artist from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Ingrid travelled for 30 hours from Melbourne in Australia to St. Petersburg in Russia to attend a master class with the wonderful ribbon embroidery artist: Valentina...
A Rose basket for you from Saint Petersburg, Russia Good morning ♫♬♪♫ it’s a jewel of a day in Cape Town — the sun is shining and I wish you could see all the butterflies in our garden… I want to show you a magnificent piece by Valentina Razenkova from Saint Petersburg in Russia. She sent me this exquisite basket of roses….but do...
Good Day …hope you had a good weekend? Remember in my last newsletter I promised I would show you a beautiful rose? Well, to brighten up your week I have two beautiful roses for you… Embroidered by the very talented Инесса Тимонина (Inessa Timonina) from Moscow, Russia. Click on the images to enlarge I just love this rose… See how she used ribbon...
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