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Learn how to create Leaf Shapes for Embroidery

Silk Ribbon Embroidery and stumpwork - how to make 3-D leaves Learn how to create Leaf Shapes for Embroidery – Adding Dimension🍃A FREE step-by-step tutorial on how to create padded shapesthat can be used to add a subtle dimension (or an air of luxury) to an otherwise ordinary design.See the video clip on my Instagram page hereYou will find out mnore about my book hereEnjoy!

A free design from Di van Niekerk for Silk Ribbon Embroidery

Hi Good morning, I have a lovely design for ribbon embroidery. You are welcome to download it and save it in your collection.You can download it here: Free Design from Di van NiekerkEnjoy your weekend!LoveDi van Niekerk ♥ Visit the book page on my website To learn more about silk ribbon embroidery, do join me on Instagram and Facebook. You will meet many other embroiderers there! To...

Tea with Two Cats

Hi everyone, hope you are having a good weekend! We have launched a lovely new kit for Sil Ribbon and Creative Embroiderers, named Tea with Two Cats. This lovely piece was a collaboration with Di van Niekerk, Karen Nell and Carol Carl and we are thrilled with the results! Don’t you just love the kitties? Their names are Peekaboo and HazelNUT♥ Have a look here for the details and...

A free pattern to brighten up your day...

Hi everybody – hope you are having a good day ♥ I have a pattern for your collection to brighten up your day … Make a card or gift tag for a thank you gift. Print it onto paper or fabric for a special friend. Once embroidered, add it onto a beanie or a bib. Make a mobile phone pouch or cover the lid of a trinket box -...

Sunflowers in Silk Ribbon by Julia Chaschihina from Moscow

Hello everybody ^•^ I have some gorgeous Sunflowers to show you by Julia Chaschihina (Chasc) Юлия Чащихина from Moscow. I met Julia when we travelled to her beautiful city and saw her lovely work. Julia learned to knit and sew from her Grandmother and her mum and good teachers at school and ribbon embroidery is her favourite pastime. She studied biology and chemistry, psychology and pedagogy at university and then changed...

Miniature Heart - Silk Ribbon Embroidery Kit

New Miniature Heart Kit for silk ribbon embroidery

Fiber Talk with Di van Niekerk

New Silk Ribbon Bundle from Dicraft

7 gorgeous colours to uplift and inspire you: We have released a beautiful new Ribbon Bundle called Happiness. Cosmos, Cerise, Vygie, Copper, Light Peace Rose, Wheat and Antique Brown. These beautiful shades will breathe life into any project. Let these stunning colours guide your creations… Read more about it here.

How to make a Butterfly in 3-D Embroidery

Hello, stitching world! It is a stunning day in Cape Town and it's difficult to think about working, but I have not written a blog for quite a while. Have been busy with some beautiful new projects and I have been doing step-by-step photography to show embroiderers how it is done. I often wonder if readers really know how much time it takes to create step-by-step photographs! It never...

Beautiful Roses for you

♥ Spider-web and stem stitch roses Click on the images to enlarge First, make a spider-web rose to form the centre and then use stem stitches to form the outer petals. Work in a circular pattern around the centre with a gentle tension so the petals are soft and rounded. Have a look here for the spider-web rose and here for the stitch diagram of the stem stitch rose. Enjoy...

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