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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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♥ 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 Kristina Nilsson of C R E A T I V E E M B R O I D E R Y O F S W E D E N...
◕‿◕ Good morning everyone — it’s a beautiful sunny day in Cape Town ♥ To brighten up your week I will show you picture-perfect Poppies in silk ribbon by the multi-talented: Valentina Razenkova from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Valentina sent me this landscape masterpiece to share with you … do have a look at the background! Click on the image to enlarge ...
Bright and cheerful... ◕‿◕ Good morning to you... I have more beautiful designs to brighten up your weekend! By Valentina Ilkova from Nakhodka Russia. Don’t you just love her colours? Click on the images to enlarge Valentina Ilkova lives in Russia, in the small town of Nakhodka. She teaches silk ribbon embroidery and wrote to me: “I am happy to watch all the embroidery on your...
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...
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...
◕‿◕ 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...
Hello stitching word — I hope your week has started out well :)))) To brighten up your day, I have some lovely Red Poppies to show you by Larissa Boychencko from Khmelnytsky in the Ukraine. Click on the image to enlarge Larissa wrote to me: “I like needlecraft, crochet, knitting—anything I can use to make things with my own hands. I own a small...
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...
♥♫♥♫♥ 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...
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...
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