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Welcome to my Blog. This a place to share and learn all things embroidery. Here I post inspirational stories and free lessons in the form of tutorials and guides. I also share tips, tricks and teach stitches and techniques.

You will also find free patterns and designs for you to unlock your creativity. It is a great place for any creative looking to learn or find inspiration in this art form.

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A Rose basket for you from Saint Petersburg, Russia

  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...

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Two beautiful roses for you from Inessa...

  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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A Proud Peacock..

A proud Peacock. GOOD morning, stitching world  ♥   I have something lovely to show you…a dazzling Peacock by  Инесса Тимонина (Inessa Timonina) from Moscow, Russia. Click on the image to enlarge Close-up detail The beautiful feathers The tree and more... Thank you so much, Inessa, for sharing your beauty with all of us. I have more of Inessa's beautiful roses and flowers to show you in the coming...

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Folded ribbon roses from Georgia

    Folded ribbon roses...     Hello stitching world ♥     On this beautiful Monday, I have a lovely piece to show you — Roses by Keti Navrozashvili from Tbilisi, Georgia in the Caucasus region of Eurasia….     Keti wrote to me  “My name is Keti; I am 37 years old from Georgia (a country). It is not a long time since Ribbon embroidery became by hobby and great...

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How to make a little nest….

  How to make a cute little nest..   Hello ♫♬♪ – can you believe it is weekend again.   Last week I taught you how to use woolly fibre for a little bird and I promised to show you how to make the little nest :)    Note:  This tutorial is from chapter 13 in my new Roses book... page 131.      Click on the image to enlarge the panel...

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How to use woolly fibre to create a little bird...

     How to use woolly fibre to create a little bird   Hello ♫♬♪ it’s weekend!     Today I will show you how to make a little bird with woolly fibre...    Click on the images to enlarge.   This method creates a fluffy texture…. and you won’t have to fill in all the detail, which will save you time :))     Note:  This tutorial is...

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A flower cart ....

  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...

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White daisies...

  Hellooooo everybody :)))) It’s a jewel of a day in Cape Town  I would like to show you a piece by this gifted embroiderer: Татьяна Коробейник (Tatiana) who lives in Foggia, Italy.                                                                         ...

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Folded ribbon roses...

  Some ideas for the Folded Ribbon Rose …   I received a message from a viewer on YouTube and she said:   “it’s super cute, thank you, after doing this can I take the rose from the fabric to put it in a hair clip? Do u have any ideas how to make it ?”   [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiBFITlZh8Y&feature=player_profilepage[/youtube]   So I replied that I would show her ideas of...

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A christening gown from Sweden....

  Good morning, 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  :))   I hope you are...

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