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The Embroidery Heart Challenge - an International Embroidery Competition

The Embroidery Heart Challenge - an International Embroidery Competition by Di van Niekerk

NEW Launch.

Do join embroiderers from all over the world in the The Embroidery Heart ♥ Challenge

Embroider this lovely panel in thread or ribbon (or whatever you feel like using) to make a heart to frame or to fill with toy filling or wadding to hang up on a looped string or ribbon. Or a wedding gift or… whatever you feel like making with it. The possibilities are endless!

Make the Cutest Roses and Daisies with Silk Ribbon by Di van Niekerk

A free tutorial by Di van Niekerk . Make the Cutest Roses and Daisies with Silk Ribbon ♥ Hi, hello stitching world, I thought you'd find these flowers useful when embroidering your own design, or to add in one of the panels you bought from us. They’re easy to make and oh so sweet! Here I used silk ribbon from my range of ribbons. I used...

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Hint 10 by Di van Niekerk-Embroidering Hair

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Hint 10 by Di van Niekerk From a series of handy hints and tips for silk ribbon embroidery to save and keep for your collection. You are most welcome to share with your students or friends. I will be adding a new card every week until the series is complete. This is Hint 10… . . . Stranded silk threads complement the silk ribbon beautifully. ...

Be careful to Buy Only the Best

I have heard from a customer in the UK who kindly notified us that someone is pretending to be an authorised seller of my RES kit and panel on Etsy.

She is not one of our suppliers and never will be. She is "selling" my RES kit and accepts money knowing full well that she cannot supply the authentic kit. The price shown in the images is for the embroidery panel, which is more than 5 times the usual price.

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Hint 9 by Di van Niekerk

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Hint 9 by Di van Niekerk From a series of handy hints and tips for silk ribbon embroidery to save and keep for your collection. You are most welcome to share with your students or friends. I will be adding a new card every week until the series is complete. This is Hint 9… . . Stranded cotton is the most used thread for creative...

Silk ribbon embroidery by Wendy Horner from Cape Town – by Di van Niekerk

I simply love this beautiful piece by the super-talented Wendy Horner from Cape Town. From one of our popular designs titled “You and I” she made it in A3 size. Her teacher, Annamaria Kelly, from Kloof in KZN sent it to me and WOW Wendy surely has a flair for ribbon embroidery! . . Annamaria kindly shared her work with me, and she wrote: “Hello Di ...

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Hint 8 by Di van Niekerk

Hints and tips by Di van Niekerk. Just about any thread can be used in ribbon embroidery, if you can thread it through the needle and bring in through the fabric. Otherwise, couch it in place. Just check that the threads are colourfast before starting. Experiment with different threads to see how different the stitches appear when working with various thicknesses.

Luciana Maluf and her Beautiful Mix of Brazilian and Ribbon Embroidery

Today I have a beauty to inspire you by a talented embroiderer from Brazil and her name is Luciana Maluf. Luciana wrote:

I began with ribbon embroidery using the eBooks I’ve bought from your site: Floral Vista, A perfect world in ribbon embroidery and Silk Ribbon embroidery. I really loved them and felt so inspired! The embroidery stiches I also incorporate from your books: the fly stiches and loose French knots for the tree, the loop stich at the grass, the shadows.

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Hint 7 by Di van Niekerk

To twist the ribbon, twirl the needle once, twice, or more, depending on how many twists you would like in the stitch. Here are some examples of where the ribbon was twisted repeatedly until a cylindrical shape was formed for the stems. Secured onto the design with tiny stab stitches and matching thread worked between the twisted sections of the ribbon.

Silk Ribbon Embroidery - What's New and More

Hi, hello from all of us at Dicraft in Cape Town. It's been a busy time with lots of creative projects going on in the background. A big thank you to all our customers for your orders, we are grateful for your support!

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