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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...
Turkey stitch Stitch diagrams are © 2012 Metz Press www.metzpress.co.za and Di van Niekerk www.dicraft.co.za Turkey stitch is a wonderful versatile stitch when you want to add a fluffy texture in your design. A long looped thread is anchored to the fabric with tiny stay stitches. See diagram above. Make stitches close together when filling in shapes for a dog or cat and make...
Long and short stitch This is a good filling stitch. Work with one strand of thread for the best results. When working large areas with two strands, separate the threads before inserting them in the needle. This way, the threads are smooth and untwisted. Click on the images to enlarge Stitch diagrams are © 2012 Metz Press www.metzpress.co.za and Di van Niekerk www.dicraft.co.za ...
The sweetest little birds in ribbon embroidery... Good morning everybody… are you ready for the week? To brighten up your day, I thought you would like to see the cutest birds by Svetlana Gerasimova (Светлана Герасимова) who lives in Pskov, Russia — a city south-southwest of St. Petersburg, on the Velikaya River. Click on the images to enlarge. Can you see how she has used ribbon instead of...
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...
◕‿◕ Good morning to you... I hope you had a good weekend...it is very hot here - 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit) is HOT and humid at the coast, so I am sending everyone who has snow around them some African Sunshine to warm you up :)) I have more beautiful roses to brighten up your Monday! From Valentina Ilkova who lives in...
Good morning ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪ It’s a beautiful, sunny day in Cape Town and to brighten up your day…I have some gorgeous roses by Irina Kruts (ирина круц) from Kiev in the Ukraine Don’t you think this cushion is a masterpiece? I love her colours and the way she has used the lacy flowers. It truly is a work of art! Her Roses...
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...
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