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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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Picture-perfect silk ribbon embroidery

  ◕‿◕  Good morning everyone — it’s a beautiful sunny day in Cape Town ♥   To brighten up your week I will show you picture-perfect Poppies in silk ribbon by the multi-talented: Valentina Razenkova from Saint Petersburg, Russia.    Valentina sent me this landscape masterpiece to share with you … do have a look at the background!   Click on the image to enlarge        ...

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Happy Easter

    To everyone celebrating Easter this weekend: I wish you a Happy Easter! May you find lots of Easter eggs....   Have a good rest this weekend.   Love   Di ♥

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Little Bee Eaters by Trish Burr

  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  :-))   ◕‿◕ Greetings to you from...

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A little Fairy by Debbie

  It’s Friday ♫♬♪ I thought you would seeing this little Fairy this weekend :)    Made by Debbie Gardiner Welman from Johannesburg, South Africa — I just love her little face.   Click on the image to enlarge     Debbie wrote:   Hi Di,   Here is the picture with my Book Fairy.  When I saw this picture I couldn’t resist combining my love of fairies and books!  ...

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An invitation from Istanbul

  Hello from a warm and sunny Cape Town :-))   I have some gorgeous embroidery to show you from Istanbul, Turkey.   Belma Aydin of Belsu-Crafturk in Istanbul sent them to me and I am in awe of the quality of the workmanship. Mrs Beyza Erguney is the teacher for all these projects   Click on the images to enlarge   By Nalan Vildan Ozbek from Turkey   Belma wrote:...

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Ribbon embroidery from Nakhodka

Bright and cheerful...   ◕‿◕ Good morning to you... I have more beautiful designs to brighten up your weekend!   By Valentina Ilkova from Nakhodka Russia. Don’t you just love her colours?   Click on the images to enlarge     Valentina Ilkova lives in Russia, in the small town of Nakhodka. She teaches silk ribbon embroidery and wrote to me: “I am happy to watch all the embroidery on your...

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Ribbon Embroidery/Red Poppies

  Red Poppies by Marina Zheredeva   Today I have lovely red Poppies to brighten up your day…   Embroidered by the talented Marina Zherdeva from Moscow: my friend and stockists of all my ribbons, panels, books and DVDs.       ...and here they are :-))    Click on the image to enlarge     Thank you Marina for always sharing your talent with everyone ♥   I have some beautiful...

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Silk ribbon embroidery by Irina

  Hello  :-)) Hope your Tuesday is a good one – to make it even better, I have some lovely pieces to show you by Irina Podolyak (Ирина Подоляк ) from Moscow.   Click on the image to enlarge       Irina teaches silk ribbon embroidery and other kinds of embroidery as well. She is a member of the International Art Fund, a master of embroidery. Irina took part...

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An orange tree

  Hello! Hope you had a good weekend :)   I have a lovely cushion to show you by Susan Stelly-Adams from Port Saint Lucie, Florida, USA.    Susan has been needle-crafting for over 30 years, starting out with embroidery and cross-stitching. It has only been in the past 2 years that she started doing stumpwork.      Click on the image to enlarge         Susan wrote:...

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Beautiful Handbags

  Good morning ◕‿◕   Can you believe it's the weekend again? How time flies! Today I have some gorgeous handbags to show you by Mona Emadi from Christchurch in New Zealand.    Click on the images to enlarge     and here is the close-up detail:       Mona wrote to me:    " Hi Dear Di van,  I was born in Iran, and am now living in...

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