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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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Hello everybody ^•^ Hope you are looking forward to the weekend… I have something lovely to help brighten up your day. Embroidered by Kwok Wing Sum (Happy) who lives in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. A Happy Hedgehog ♥ Kwok Wing Sum works in a clinic and after office hours, she spends all her free time making beautiful embroidered pieces. She enjoys designing her pictures (e.g. flowers, golden birds, ribbon flowers)....
Hello from a cold and windy Cape Town, I hope you are all safe and well. I have something lovely to show you today. The Old Malthouse which is beautifully done in silk ribbon embroidery ♥ This lovely piece is by Christine Chan from Arcadia in California. Christine is always so generous about sharing her beautiful work, thank you, Christine! From the painting Under the Old Malthouse, Hambledon, Surrey...
This lovely Christmas decoration is now available as a download. It's a free gift from Dicraft Studios and we hope you will enjoy making it! I have grouped four designs on one page for you to print in colour or to trace onto fabric. You can fold two designs in half to make a front and a back or you can make 4 separate decorations, whatever suits you...
Little boy’s hair 1. Use all six strands of Rajmahal no. 171 (Woodlands) thread (don’t separate the strands). You can also use a fine silk or Rayon thread from your stock. Start just underneath the rim of the hood. Make long Single-Knotted stitches alongside each other. Work over a spare tapestry needle and pull the loop downwards towards the eyes as you anchor each stitch. By pulling the stitch...
GOOD morning everybody ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪ Today I want to show you a masterpiece titled: “White Peacock and Magnolias” by Irina Zhukova from Minsk, Belarus. Click on image to enlarge Irina wrote to me: “Let me introduce myself: my name is Irina and I'm a great fan of needlework. I started with ribbon-embroidery in February 2008. The first masterpieces that I was impressed, fascinated and interested in were yours, Di and...
I have this lovely piece to show you from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Valli Sevugan sent me the picture and I asked her to write about herself and the news behind this lovely rendition of our Oranges and Bougainvillea kit. Valli replied: " HaiI am Valli Sevugan. I am an Indian residing in Malaysia. I conduct art and embroidery classes here in Kuala Lumpur. Embroidery has always been very...
Happy #WorldEmbroideryDay! One of my favourite flowers is the Cape Aloe (Aloe ferox) also known as bitter aloe or red aloe with its many medicinal qualities. It’s a perfect subject for dimensional embroidery. So, here it is for #WorldEmbroideryDay I used the picot stitch for the leaves, wrapped thread around wire for the stems and made the orange flowers with loop stitch and silk ribbon. I am planning individual templates...
The Royal Mug The challenge was for all stitchers out there to get the linen panel from Dicraft and then to use anything they liked for the embroidery, silk ribbon, any kind of thread, yarn, roving, fabric… whatever took their fancy. Despite the lockdowns across the world and all the work that it took for all of us to manage our daily lives thereafter, we did receive some entries and thank...
♥ Hi everybody! I have something gorgeous to inspire you today! A beautiful piece by Julia Bernat who lives near Moscow in the city of Balashikha. Don’t you think this is lovely? The background and the colours are striking, don’t you think? I saw Julia’s piece on Instagram and so I wrote to her to ask whether I could share her lovely work and to write a little about...
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