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Hot African Sunshine for you

Hello stitching world, it's Friday and I am sending you a bit of Africa to brighten up your weekend! I know many of you are surrounded by snow and ice, so I thought I would send you some lovely photos to warm you up. These were sent to me by Daphne Wilmot from Botswana. An African sky before a rain storm... click...

Roses and more by Vera Kryvogub from Kiev

Good Morning, Goeie more, HOWDY, Buon Giorno, Bonjour, Guten Morgen, Selamat Pagi, Buenos Dias, God Morgen, Dobroye utro, Boker tov, kunjhani, Buenos Días, Wilujeng Enjing, Günaydin, Umhlala gahle, Bom Dia, добро утр-dobro utro, Dobro jutro, G 'day, Góðan daginn, בוקר טוב!!!, Hyvää huomenta, Dzień Dobry, Sugeng Enjing, Cao An, Ohayo Gozaimasu, Labas Rytas, Bună Dimineaţa, ДОБЪР ДЕН, sanibonani, sugeng dalu, Marhaba, Salutari, Tere hommikust! BONGU, καλημέρα :-)) ...

Fuchsias, Roses & Delphiniums by Kristina Nilsson

Hello everybody, it’s nearly weekend and to inspire you I have gorgeous ribbon embroidery to show you by the very talented Kristina Nilsson of C R E A T I V E E M B R O I D E R Y O F S W E D E N in Piteå, Sweden Kristina wrote: "Thank you for all ribbons and panels. The parcel...

How to make flower stems from wire

Water Lilies for you ....

Good morning everybody. It’s a beautiful warm day in Cape Town – hope you are having a good Tuesday! Today I thought I would show you a lovely piece embroidered by Anna Dunaevskaya, originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, now living in Petit Paris, France I love the way she has twirled the stems of the water lilies and how she has created life-like flowers with simple ribbon...

Happy New year!

Happy New Year! May 2015 greet you with days as fragrant as roses, as colourful as a rainbow, as bright as our sunshine and as happy and cheerful as this little sugarbird from Kirstenbosch Gardens. With love ♥

Ring of daisies kit from little flowers book

Ring of daisies kit from little flowers book 1. The embroidery panel: the line drawing printed onto pure silk Dupion fabric, ready to embroider, exactly the same size used in the book. 2. The backing fabric which is already over-locked onto your embroidery panel (see above) ready to insert in a 10 inch (25 cm) hoop. 3. All the ribbons 4. And all the threads....

Cuteness

Some African Sunshine for you Hello stitching world! I see all the snow and the cold in many parts of the world and am sending you dazzling hot African Sunshine. May it help to warm you up! A baby face..... Click on the images to enlarge Safe with Mama! and those eyes! Daphne wrote: "The Mopani trees have budded and every...

How to make interesting shadows and leaves for ribbon embroidery

How to make interesting shadows and leaves with silk and woolly fibre This short tutorial is from the best-selling book: Little Flowers by Di van Niekerk & Marina Zherdeva How to make interesting shadows and leaves for ribbon embroidery An extract from Wild Roses and Pink Blossoms on page 139. Use wisps of wool and silky fibre to form shadows and background texture. It is...

Blomme in sy- en organzalint boek

Blomme in sy- en organzalint Di van Niekerk & Marina Zherdeva _______________________________________ 260 x 193 mm 160 bladsye Sagteband met flappe RRP: R220.00 ISBN 9781928201014 Hierdie boek met onweerstaanbare stap-vir-stap-projekte is toegespits op klein blommetjies in sy- en organzalint. Deur garing- en lintborduurwerk, stumpwerk en ander tegnieke te kombineer, kan jy bekoorlike aarbeiblommetjies, pragtige narsings, madeliefiekrans, manjifieke wilderose, 3D kamille- en papawerblomme met skoenlappers...

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