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Today I have a newsletter for you with the latest updates and releases and some lovely specials to celebrate the launch my new website. Read more here: https://dicraft.com/newsletters/june-2020.html Looking forward to your feedback!
Good morning! I wanted to show you this lovely piece by Catherine M from La Roche-de-Rame, a village located in southeastern France. I just love her style and thank you, Catherine, for sharing your talent with all of us. I emailed Catherine the instruction booklet in PDF format (instead of the printed booklet) so she could highlight paragraphs, copy and paste them into Google Translate which then translated the...
Hello! I have not blogged for a while as I have been working on a brand-new website and I will tell you all about it in my June Newsletter. Today I have some beautiful work to show you by Inessa Sviderska. Born in Ukraine, she now lives with her family in Batumi, a Black Sea resort and port city in Georgia. I saw Inessa’s work and asked her to...
It’s Friday ♫♬♪ and I thought you would enjoy seeing this beautiful masterpiece by Emma Kriegler from Stilbaai in South Africa Titled “Oranges-and-Bougainvillea” this lovely project is now available in kit form… perfect for all embroiderers :) Click on the image to enlarge To see close-up photographs of this beautiful piece and for more information about the kit, you are welcome to click here ...
Hello everybody ♥ I thought I would introduce you to a gifted embroiderer: Olga Smirnova from Saint-Petersburg in Russia She made this exquisite ballerina and this is sure to brighten up your day! Click on the images to enlarge Here it is framed - don't you just love the frame too? The close-up details are below. A bouquet ... The dancer ... The shoes ... White Roses ... and......
Thanksgiving wishes from me to you across the ocean! Grateful and happy that you are part of my stitching world and I hope that your Thanksgiving is filled with blessings and joy! Love
Good morning, stitching world ◕‿◕ I have something spectacular to share with you today, by a very talented ribbon embroiderer, Anna Moiseenko (Анна Моисеенко) from Sevastopol - a city on the Black Sea. Here is her first creation titled, Magnolias in bloom... Isn't it lovely? and another masterpiece titled, Autumn Rhapsody... Love the colours! and this is my favourite, titled, Tenderness. Don't you think it's fabulous? ...
If you would like to download and save the Ribbon Chart for easy reference to the colours and codes, here is the chart which has 5 pages of swatches. Please, let us know if you have any questions by emailing info@dicraft.com Thank you! Di van Niekerk’s Silk and Organza ribbons Di van Niekerk, the author of fourteen embroidery books, has her own dazzling range of hand-painted pure silk and...
Hello stitching world ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪ to brighten up your week I thought I would show you this gorgeous design by Kari Huffman from Norway. Sent in by her teacher: Tone K Henningsen of Bitteliten studio in Sandnes, Norway. I just love the colours in this design.... Close up detail of the curtain…....
*´¨) ¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Good afternoon ♥ *´¨) I hope you’re having a good day today. I thought I would inspire you and show you some stunning ribbon embroidery pieces that were made in the studio of the talented teacher, Michelle Lilley from Pretoria, South Africa. Here are some of her student’s masterpieces… Click on the images to enlarge This beauty (above) is by Rolene...
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