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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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Hello! Today I have something special to share with you. At BATB in Adelaide Australia, I was fortunate enough to meet an extremely talented silk ribbon embroidery teacher, Karen Fraser. Karen attended my workshops and was kind enough to help me teach silk ribbon embroidery to many students in the class. We have become good friends! Click on the image to enlarge Karen is...
Hello! Hope you are having a good weekend! I have something beautiful to show you by Manuela Scarpin, a gifted silk ribbon teacher at Tombolo E Disegni, Viale Martiri della Liberta 10, Grado (Gorizia) 34073, Italia. They will be exhibiting at the fair: ABILMENTE-FIERA DI VICENZA, from the 17 to the 20 of October 2013 (Thursday to Sunday) on stand numbers 300 and 307. If you can visit...
Hello everybody…hope you are well and happy! I am content and so is my friend, Marina. After many months of very hard work: Little flowers in silk and organza ribbon by Di van Niekerk and Marina Zherdeva is done! YAY! I love this book and I hope that you will too! ♥ This is the cover that all of us like... Click on the image to enlarge...
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 :))) Click on images...
Good Morning stitching world! I have a lovely rendition of "girl reaching" by Pravinya Mohan to show you today. Thank you, Pravi for sharing with all of us :) Happy day everybody. It's the last week to work on new book Little Flowers in silk and organza ribbon by Di van Niekerk and Marina Zherdeva.... deadline is Monday 16 September. Hold thumbs for us! Then, I will...
Hello! Today I have a beauty to show you by Olga Smirnova from St. Petersburg. A work of art in silk ribbon titled: Stop and Smell the Roses. I had the great pleasure of spending time with Olga when I visited her beautiful city and I just liked her so much! She is an incredibly talented embroiderer and two of her masterpieces are featured in the...
Hello! Thought I would show you where we hiked the last two weekends. Last Sunday we hiked from Groot Constantia to Vlakkenberg and the views were spectacular. Overlooking Constantia.... a little to the right of this picture is Groot Constantia, the oldest wine estate in South Africa. And we saw this Disa (Cape orchid) Disperis Capensis also known as Moederkappie or Granny Bonnet... So...
Hello stitching world! It's a beautiful sunny day in Cape Town and I thought you would enjoy seeing these special hand-stitched labels by Annie Plum from Hoekwil on the Garden Route in South Africa. Fig and rosemary jam... Tomato and chilli chutney, pickled chillies, tomato chutney, tomato jam.... don't they all sound delicious? South Africa is well-known for its preserves and I love Annie's idea of making...
Good morning stitching world! Long time no write.... and there is a good reason for this :) I am working non-stop on a set of new designs for a beautiful book which I am writing with Marina Zherdeva from Moscow. I am sure many of you will agree: when this kind of creative energy abounds, most (if not all) of us tend to lose track of...
Hello stitching world ♥ good news for Kindle lovers! This is the message I received from Amazon.... Congratulations, the book "Silk Ribbon Embroidery - a collaboration of artists from around the world" is live in the Kindle Store and it is available for readers to purchase here. I do hope you will enjoy this beautiful book...
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