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GOOD morning, stitching world ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪ It’s cold and its raining in Cape Town – a good day for embroidery.. Click on images to enlarge I thought you would enjoy this lovely piece by Valentina Ilkova уважением,Валентина from Nakhodka, Russia Here are some close-up photographs of her beautiful work Click on the...
Good morning from a rainy and cold Cape town Hope you are all looking forward to the weekend ♥ Today I want to show a beautiful piece which Татьяна Коробейник (Tetiana Korobeinyk) from Italy sent in for the International Silk Ribbon Embroidery competition. Татьяна Коробейник is from the Ukraine, and now lives with her hubby and son in lives in Foggia, Italy. She loves nature...
Fourth prize 2011 Hulya Gondur Sonmez, (Belsu-Crafturk) Istanbul, Turkey for her entry of a combination of Dreamscapes designs: WHLE25 and WH123 – the bicycles. Hulya has won a prize to the value of R3700.00 and her entry will feature in the beautiful Stitches Magazine
Third prize 2011 Marlize Meyer (Flowers & Thyme Studio) Pretoria, South Africa for her entry: WHLE54 – Ballerina at ease Marlize has won a prize to the value of R3800.00 and her entry will feature in the beautiful Inspirations Magazine.
Second prize 2011 Maria de Graaff, Mossel Bay, South Africa for her entry of Garden Pond (Box full of lessons 7) Congratulations! Maria has won a prize to the value of R4000.00 and her entry will feature in the beautiful Stitches Magazine
First prize 2011 Annamaria Kelly, Johannesburg, South Africa for her entry: WHLE25 – Country Garden. Congratulations! Annamaria has won a prize to the value of R6000.00 and her entry will feature in the beautiful Inspirations Magazine issue #74 out in second quarter of 2012 If you are interested in the panel and the list of ribbons that were used in...
G’Day, stitching world ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪ Hope you are having a good Women’s day —not sure if it I a holiday in South Africa only, or in the rest of the world, but Happy Woman’s day to you regardless of where you live in this world :) The judges results are in and the winners of the international silk ribbon embroidery competition have been selected. I am busy...
Hi everybody ♥ It’s nearly weekend...... and today I want to show you this magnificent Flower Wreath by the multi-talented Julia Chaschihina, of Moscow, Russia. Don’t you think it is spectacular? Click on images to enlarge ...and the close-up details of Flower Wreath by Julia Chaschihina 1. ...
Good morning stitching world ♥ Today I am going to teach you how to make a Twirled Ribbon Rose. This is one of the roses that I teach in my new Roses book The twirled ribbon rose is a wonderful technique to use for small roses and buds. Step...
A Favour Good morning ♫♬♪♫♬ I just love the simplicity of this design. Here, silk ribbon embroidery was used for the roses, the rose leaves and the green railing. Simple stitches were used to embellish her dress and her hair was made by stitching it with locks of doll's hair used for porcelain doll-making. It is such a lovely...
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