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Smell the roses

♥♫♥♫♥ G’day, hope you are having a good Wednesday. This beautiful piece will surely make your day a happier one :) Click on the image to enlarge Embroidered by the extremely talented Emma Kriegler, it is one of the new kits in the Dreamscapes series. To read more about the Dreamscapes 2012 you are welcome to read my latest newsletter here: https://shop.dicraft.com/blog/january-2012/ Happy...

A Pygmy Kingfisher

◕‿◕ Greetings to you from a warm and sunny Cape Town. It’s nearly weekend and I have something really special to show you today by world-renowned needlecraft artist: Trish Burr from Cape Town, South Africa. Trish is famous for her beautiful books and this is one of her best-sellers: Needle Painting Embroidery Fresh Ideas For Beginners— a complete guide for beginners to learn the technique. Click on the image to...

Delicate and beautiful

G’Day ♫♬♪♫ It’s a beautiful day in Cape Town but I see that it is freezing cold in many parts of the world. So I am sending you lots of African Sunshine and…. to make your day, I have some spectacular Roses to show you by the super-talented Valentina Razenkova from Saint Petersburg in Russia. Click on the image to enlarge And another view… click on...

Yellow Sunshine

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good week. I see that it is so cold in Europe so I am sending you a beautiful, sunny cushion made by the exceptionally gifted ribbon embroiderer and author: Helen Eriksson from Walkerville, Adelaide, South Australia. Click on the image to enlarge… Thank you Helen for sharing your awesome talent with all of us and I wish I...

A beautiful box.....

Good morning stitching world - hope you had a good weekend :)) I am delighted to show you a magnificent piece by Hülya Göndür Sönmez of Art Design Studio, Belsu Shop in Istanbul,Turkey. Her creation is featured in our South African needlecraft magazine: Stitches - the February/March 2012 issue number 26. Hülya Göndür Sönmez has been embroidering since 2005 and she made this beautiful box for the International Silk Ribbon...

Oh là là

It’s Friday ♫♬♪ and I thought you would enjoy seeing this beauty by Emma Kriegler of Stilbaai in the Cape. Oh là là but I love the feathers! Click on the image to enlarge Happy weekend ♥ Love Di PS. I have some beautiful masterpieces to share with you in the weeks to come... Subscribe for free to receive e-mail updates as soon as...

Turkey stitch

Turkey stitch Stitch diagrams are © 2012 Metz Press www.metzpress.co.za and Di van Niekerk www.dicraft.co.za Turkey stitch is a wonderful versatile stitch when you want to add a fluffy texture in your design. A long looped thread is anchored to the fabric with tiny stay stitches. See diagram above. Make stitches close together when filling in shapes for a dog or cat and make...

Long and short stitch

Long and short stitch This is a good filling stitch. Work with one strand of thread for the best results. When working large areas with two strands, separate the threads before inserting them in the needle. This way, the threads are smooth and untwisted. Click on the images to enlarge Stitch diagrams are © 2012 Metz Press www.metzpress.co.za and Di van Niekerk www.dicraft.co.za ...

Wishful thinking

Don't you wish you could be lying under the African sun like this beauty? Sending you some African sunshine to brighten up your week ♥ Click on the image to enlarge

Little birds

The sweetest little birds in ribbon embroidery... Good morning everybody… are you ready for the week? To brighten up your day, I thought you would like to see the cutest birds by Svetlana Gerasimova (Светлана Герасимова) who lives in Pskov, Russia — a city south-southwest of St. Petersburg, on the Velikaya River. Click on the images to enlarge. Can you see how she has used ribbon instead of...

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