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I have a lovely Spring Wreath for you today. If you’d like us to make this lovely design, you’re welcome to order the kit (which is on special at the moment). See this page for the kit. Enjoy! #dicraftribbons #dicraftembroidery #creativeribbonembroidery #divanniekerk #ribbonembroidery
Good morning, I’d like to show you a piece by the talented embroiderer and artist from Houston in Texas. Her name is Delaram Mowatt and we’ve known each other for quite a few years now and I’ve always admired her workmanship. Her art and the T-shirts that she makes are too beautiful. She has a natural touch with ribbon, and I love the texture that she creates so...
This lovely kit contains the following: Letter E - KIT Ribbon Pack contains 4 packets of Di´s hand-painted ribbons: 1 x Di van Niekerk's 2mm Silk ribbon 2 x Di van Niekerk's 4mm Silk ribbon 1 x Di van Niekerk's 7mm Silk ribbon The Thread Pack contains 3 skeins of thread and 1 metallic thread: 1 x Silk thread...
This beauty is the “Pink Delight” project embroidered by Desiree Coetzee from Tsitsikamma on the Garden Route in South Africa. Thank you, Desiree, for sharing your talent with all of us! Note: there’s also a free series of step-by-step tutorials on my blog here. Enjoy your weekend!
These beautiful quotes printed on fabric, ready to embroider with thread or ribbon, make a great gift for you to embroider for that someone special or why not gift the panel to an embroiderer friend! The design is printed on pure cotton or linen cloth – ready to embroider and it’s now available in kit form. The size of the image is approximately 14 x 15 cm (5 ½” x...
These beautiful quotes printed on fabric, ready to embroider with thread or ribbon, make a great gift for you to embroider for that someone special or why not gift the panel to an embroiderer friend! The design is printed on pure cotton or linen cloth – ready to embroider and it's now available in kit form. The size of the image is approximately 14 x 15 cm (5 ½” x...
Back in Stock! MOULINÉ-ÉTOILE-COLLECTORS-TIN A beautiful collector's piece at a special price, while stocks last. Premium Embroidery Thread with a Twinkle Effect (Six-strand, 8m skeins x 35 skeins in a beautiful tin) Size of the tin is 35 x 20 x 1.3 cm This exclusive tin includes 35 colours of Mouliné Étoile thread. The ultimate gift for any crafter, the beautiful tin contains...
This beautiful piece, titled Purple Rain by Karen Nell from Lyndhurst in Johannesburg, was one of the winners in the 2018 International Silk Ribbon Embroidery Competition. Click on the image to enlarge You are welcome to download Karen's notes here. Thank you, Karen, for your kindness. We have packed a ribbon kit for Karen’s version of Purple Rain and it is now available at a special price. This is what...
This beautiful piece, titled Purple Rain by Kitty Wong from Hong Kong, was one of the winners in the 2018 International Silk Ribbon Embroidery Competition. Click on the image to enlarge You are welcome to download Kitty's notes here. Thank you, Kitty, for your kindness. We have packed a ribbon kit for Kitty's version of Purple Rain and it is now available at a...
♥ If you like, you can purchase the complete kit for all six chapters here or you can purchase individual packs for the chapters below. It is however easier to purchase the complete kit as you will save on the courier fee. How to embroider a landscape in ribbon embroidery – Chapter 5 This is Chapter 5 of the Pink Delight project, a project that I have been teaching online. If you are seeing...
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