Welcome to my Blog. This a place to share and learn all things embroidery. Here I post inspirational stories and free lessons in the form of tutorials and guides. I also share tips, tricks and teach stitches and techniques.
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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Lady in Red. A lovely design that we have for ribbon embroidery enthusiasts. Embroidered by the talented Poorna Kularatne from Sri Lanka. To see the panel, you are welcome to visit my blog, here. This is the A3 large panel, but the A4 medium panel also looks good! Happy stitching, have fun! and more close-up detail... and more detail... Thank...
The Winners of the International Silk Ribbon Embroidery (SRE) COMPETITION 2018 Hi everybody! Good news, we have the results for this prestigious International Silk Ribbon Embroidery Competition 2018! There are 4 winners and I must say that the 10 judges all had a very hard time choosing. None of the judges knew the names of the entrants or where they were from. Every one of them said that it...
Happy New Year! May 2019 be a good year for you, with lots of time to stitch and to create beautiful things!Love from Di ***When you have a moment, have a look on my Instagram page for a series of tutorials on Summer Garland. Enjoy! Summer Garland – a short little tutorial on Instagram @divanniekerk
To everyone who is celebrating Christmas, may this Christmas end the present year on a cheerful note and make way for a fresh and bright New Year. Here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Love Di
♥ 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. This is Chapter 4 of the Pink Delight project, a project that I have been teaching online.If you are seeing this for the first time, please see: chapter 1 here...
Pink Delight, second kit - Ribbon and thread kit for the Pink Delight Project Chapter 4 This is the second ribbon, thread and fibre kit for Chapter 4 of the Pink Delight project which you can follow on my blog soon. The second kit with thread and ribbons for chapter 4 contains: 6 skeins thread Yellow woolly fibre 8 packets of Di van Niekerk’s silk ribbon If you do not have the...
Latest news and new kits and books... Hello, stitching world! Hope you're having a good day today. I am back from teaching at BATB in Australia and what a fabulous time I had. Worked hard, but loved every minute of it! Thank you to every student who attended my workshops and thanks to those who travelled from so far to attend. I hope you enjoyed the classes as much...
Freestyle Mandala Embroidery Panel This lovely mandala design is printed in full colour on fabric and is ready to embroider. Printed to the highest standards on pure cotton or linen of heirloom quality. Happy Stitching! *Refer to the instructions on page 27 in the book or use your own artistic license. This beautiful Mandala design by the well-known artist, Monique Day-Wilde is from our...
Freestyle Mandala Embroidery Panel This lovely mandala design is printed in full colour on fabric and is ready to embroider. Printed to the highest standards on pure cotton or linen of heirloom quality. Happy Stitching! *Refer to the instructions on page 64 in the book or use your own artistic license. This beautiful Mandala design by the well-known artist, Monique Day-Wilde is...
Good morning stitching world! I have been so busy with the preparations for my workshops in Adelaide, Australia that I haven't had much time to blog! But I have made a lovely new kit for you that I think you will love. It's small and uncomplicated and a perfect gift for a friend who would like to start with ribbon embroidery, or to make for yourself!...
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