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La Broderie in Benoni

La Broderie in Benoni, South Africa, has a new owner! We wish Ria Pretorius many happy years in her new business - may it go from strength to strength. Ria now keeps my entire range of silk and organza ribbons and the range of embroidery panels, also for my books and DVDs. Details: Ria Pretorius trading as La Broderie Uncle Tim's Centre Shop 2, The Gables...

Hike up Lion's head mountain at full moon

Hello nature lovers Just wanted to show you some pictures that I took on our hike up Lion's head mountain this weekend by full moon... This was earlier on in the evening... [caption id="attachment_11520" align="alignnone" ] from Lion's Head overlooking Cable Car[/caption] This was as the sun was setting.... Cape Town by night.... and the full moon ! ...

Announcement next week of winners 2012 International Silk Ribbon Embroidery competition

Good Morning stitching world :) [caption id="attachment_11516" align="alignnone" ] A Beautiful place... Box Full of lessons 9[/caption] Just to let you know that the winners of the 2012 International Silk Ribbon Embroidery Competition will be announced next week! Good luck everyone, I am holding thumbs for all of you! Love Di ♥ 31 January 2013: and the winners have been announced! Congratulations everyone :)...

Sunshine

Greetings from a hot and sunny Cape town I know that many of you are experiencing cold and snow... so I thought I would show you where we hiked on Saturday. Above Camps Bay and Llanduno, Cape Town. Don't you love the rocks? Hope these warm you up a bit! Have a good week Love Di

Gorgeous stumpwork trinket boxes

Hello everybody ♥ Hope you are having a good week. Today I have beautiful stumpwork to show you by Margott Jenek from Regensburg, in the south of Germany. Margaret (or Margott, as she is known) is originally from Poland and she loves stitching, especially dimensional embroidery and cross stitch. Don’t you just love her trinket box? And here is another from close-up. Stumpwork or...

A Fuchsia tree by Tatiana 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 :-)) ...

Silvermine

Beautiful Silvermine... a must for all nature lovers visiting Cape Town! Thank you Linda Rose for the beautiful photo.... Happy weekend everybody ♥

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! May the sun always shine for you. Thank you for everything. Love Di ♥

PARIS WORKSHOP bookings have opened!

♫♬♪♫♬♪ Les ateliers de l'Aiguille en fête février 2013 (Workshops Aiguille en fête February 2013) Bonjour à tous, Le planning des ateliers est enfin sorti! Merci encore de votre disponibilité! Les places seront en vente dès mercredi! Bonne soirée à tous Dépêchez-vous! LES ATELIERS DU SAMEDI 16 FÉVRIER 2013: Broderie au ruban - Di van Niekerk - 16/02/13 - 10h30 -13h00 https://www.aiguille-en-fete.com/Les-ateliers-de-l-Aiguille-en-fete-2013_a2758.html __________________________________________________________________ Hello :) I will be...

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