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Di van Niekerk's August Newsletter

August 2011

Greetings to you from a warm and sunny Newlands in Cape Town.
I am pleased to give you good news today!

The winners of the International Silk Ribbon Embroidery Competition have been chosen by the seven judges of this competition. The judges were from Australia, USA and South Africa and they had a difficult time choosing from the 196 photographs that were sent to them on a CD.

Every file and photograph was coded. Not one of the judges knew what country the entry was from, or who had embroidered it. The judging was therefore impartial and based solely on merit.

It has been an exciting event and I thank every embroiderer who participated in this competition. I will be showcasing each entry over the next few months for you to see just how magnificent they are. We will all learn from each other this way.

For those of you who did not win a prize, I want you to know that you did so well — this was a very tight competition with entries from as far afield as Russia, Australia, America, England, Turkey, Canada, Italy, Norway and South Africa. All of you have so much talent. A big round of applause to every one of you who entered — I salute you for the passion and the love that you have shown for this craft….and a big thank you to the seven judges for their time and their dedication too!

The winners are

	Annamaria Kelly, Johannesburg, South Africa for her entry: WHLE25 – a bicycle.
Dreamscapes: WHLE25 – a bicycle by Annamaria Kelly
Annamaria has won a prize to the value of R6000.00 and her entry will feature in the beautiful Inspirations Magazine.

	Maria de Graaff, Mossel Bay, South Africa for her entry: Garden Pond (BFOL 7).
Dreamscapes: Box full of lessons 7 - Garden Pond by Maria de Graaff
Maria has won a prize to the value of R4000.00 and her entry will feature in the beautiful Stitches Magazine.

	Marlize Meyer, (Flowers & Thyme Studio), Pretoria, South Africa for her entry: WHLE54 – Ballerina at ease.
Dreamscapes: WHLE54 - Ballerina at ease by Marlize Meyer
Marlize has won a prize to the value of R3800.00 and her entry will feature in the beautiful Inspirations Magazine.

Hulya Gondur Sonmez, (Belsu-Crafturk),
Istanbul, Turkey for her entry
of a combination of Dreamscapes designs:
WHLE25 and WH123 – the bicycles.

Dreamscapes: WHLE25 - bicycle by Hulya Gondur Sonmez

Dreamscapes: WH123 - bicycle by Hulya Gondur Sonmez

Hulya has won a prize to the value of R3700.00 and her entry will feature in the beautiful
Stitches Magazine.

And more good news

The following entries have received

Special Commendation prizes

Click on the images to see the whole picture

Olga Smirnova Saint Petersburg, Russia for her entry: WHLE54 – Ballerina	Jane Stilgoe Booleroo Centre, Australia for her entry: WHLE07	Valentina Ilkova Nakhodka, Russia for her entry: Garden Pond


Beyza Erguney Istanbul, Turkey for her entry: PM022 and PM025	Dawn Stelling Johannesburg, South Africa for her entry: WH2007-04	Denise Westgate East London, South Africa for her entry: WHLE59


Gene Joubert Johannesburg, South Africa for her entry: WH06

Each of the Special Commendations will receive a gift voucher for R500.00 to purchase anything they like from my website.

A total of R21, 000.00 worth of prizes for the lucky winners above.

Congratulations! It was such fun and we will have another competition in the near future.

I do hope that you have enjoyed seeing the beautiful photos and remember to subscribe to my blog to be the first to see all the other magnificent pieces that were entered in the competition. These I will add over the months to come.

Until next time

Happy stitching!

Kindest regards