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Sampler – English Rose on felted wool and silk – page 75. A Beautiful new kit for the new book: The Art of Felting and Silk Ribbon Embroidery Learn how to make gorgeous three-dimensional roses on a rich and textured hand-felted background. The background is handmade from African wool and mohair and rich silk fibres have been added for lustrous effects. Learn all the secrets of how to make a successful masterpiece using...
Handbag - Roses on felted wool and silk - page 69 A Beautiful new kit for the new book: The Art of Felting and Silk Ribbon Embroidery Learn how to make gorgeous three-dimensional roses on a rich and textured hand-felted background. The background is handmade from African wool and mohair and rich silk fibres have been added for lustrous effects. Learn all the secrets of how to make a...
A New release ♥ Learn and create beautifully embroidered silk and felt pieces by Di van Niekerk and Toody Cassidy... For more information and to see some of the lovely projects click here. To see the different kits, click here Just wanted to say thank you so much for the lovely ribbons I ordered I am putting them away as a Christmas gift for myself to...
Good Morning, Goeie more, I hope you had a lovely weekend ^•^ Here's something new to brighten up your Monday - a medallion rose bracelet which is featured in our new book: THE ART OF felting & silk ribbon embroidery by Di van Niekerk with Toody Cassidy Created by Di van Niekerk and Carol Carl. Click on the image to enlarge ...
Needle case for the new book. Really had fun making this one
Happy weekend, stitching world!
Can't wait to show you the cover of the book soon, I think you will like it as much as I do!
Love
Di
Hello stitching world ♬❤♬❤♬ I thought you would enjoy seeing this pic of various projects underway for our new book. Hopefully you will be inspired :)
Have a good weekend!
Love
Di
An exciting re-launch of a very beautiful project!! For a short period only, so don't miss out! WHLE27 Girl with a White Horse Embroidered by the gifted, Emma Kriegler. Click on the image to enlarge Complete kit This beautiful kit contains: 1. The embroidery panel with the image which is A3 in size, printed onto a large 100% cotton...
Hi everybody, several of our popular designs will expire on 20 October 2015 and for those of you who were planning to make these gorgeous pieces, this may be your last chance! I am not sure which of the following designs I will re-license again. They are: A Beautiful Place The beautiful kit.... https://shop.dicraft.com/blog/box-9-a-beautiful-place-complete-kit/ or the panel https://shop.dicraft.com/blog/a-beautiful-place-a3-large-embroidery-panel-ready-to-embroider/...
This lovely Circle of Roses — printed onto pure cotton cloth — is ready to embroider. Size of this design is 14.85 cm (approx. 6 inches) in diameter. Note: there are 2 printed panels in this pack The image is printed onto a large 100% cotton cloth — big enough to fit in your hoop or frame. There are neither instructions nor a colour picture, only the printed panel, but...
This beautiful kit design, embroidered by Emma Kriegler, contains: the printed panel (in A3 two foolscap page size) all ready to embroider the ribbon pack which contains 2 packets of 4mm silk ribbon, 25 packets of 7mm silk ribbon, 1 packet of 38mm organza ribbon for the curtain - a total of 28 packets of ribbon the thread pack which contains 8 skeins of thread and a packet of...