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International Quilt Convention Africa

International Quilt Convention Africa Soon we will be travelling to Johannesburg for the International Quilt Convention Africa. My publisher, Wilsia Metz of Metz Press and I met last week to design our stand and it’s going to be beautiful! I am so excited and can’t wait to see all the friendly faces again! Metz Press, Hazel Blomkamp and I will all be on one...

Overlooking Hout Bay

Hiking in Silvermine.... Overlooking Hout Bay. Click on image to enlarge

Jonkershoek Nature Reserve

Jonkershoek Nature Reserve outside Stellenbosch - a hiker's paradise! Click on the images to enlarge

Sand dunes near Fish Hoek

On the way back from Peers Cave above Fish Hoek Sand Dunes... Click on the images to enlarge

Olive Owl by Lena Thiel from Sweden

Hello stitching world :) Today I have a beautiful project to share with you, created by Lena Thiel from Sweden. Lena made this remarkable iPad cover by combining silk ribbon embroidery, thread work and felting — an outstanding fusion of crafts and I thought that you would enjoy seeing her creation. This piece Lena entered in the International Silk Ribbon Embroidery Competition and it was one of the...

Another beautiful blue bench in a rose garden

Hello stitching world ♫♥♫ hope you are well and happy! Here is PART 2 of the Blue Bench in a Rose Garden by Marina Kukuy from Russia. Marina’s entry for the silk ribbon embroidery competition was also the Blue Bench in a rose garden, and here is her lovely rendition. Bench in a rose garden Click on the images to enlarge ...

Ribbon embroidery by Kristina Nilsson from Sweden

Hello everybody :) Today, I have something gorgeous to share with you. A lovely piece by the very talented embroiderer, Kristina Nilsson from Sweden. Kristina wrote.... Hi Renn!The snow will soon gone and I have started to grow plants in my greenhouse.Spring is on the way to Piteå after a long winter!Maybe it was because of this, I loved to embroider this panel. This is my interpretation...

Hike up to Chapman's Peak via Noordhoek beach

Hello! This is what my friends and I did on Mother's day... Treated ourselves to a wonderful hike up Chapman's Peak via Noordhoek beach. A most magnificent day. Thank you Linda and Sumi and Anita! Click on the images to enlarge Highly recommended. Happy Monday to you Love Di ♥

My Classes at BATB in Australia, the International Needlework Convention

Hello stitching world, I have some exciting news! It has been confirmed that I will be travelling to Australia to teach at BATB in Adelaide, South Australia. BATB or Beating Around the Bush is an International Needlework Convention that offers fun, friendship and stitching with the world's best needlework teachers and you are welcome to join, no matter where you live in this world! I have chosen three projects which are suitable for the...

V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

At the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town :) Click on the image to enlarge

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