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Hello stitching world ♬❤♬❤♬ I thought you would enjoy seeing this gorgeous window surrounded by beautiful roses by the gifted embroiderer Delaram Izadpanah from Houston in Texas, USA. Click on the image to enlarge Don't you just love the curtain too? I wrote a short tutorial on how to make these roses and to read more, click here. ..and look at her D monogram...D for Dalaram! Really...
Hello Good morning everybody. It’s almost Christmas and to celebrate, I have beautiful pieces to show you by Tanya Yalaguzyan from Kyiv in the Ukraine. Click on the images to enlarge I had the pleasure of meeting Tanya when Hazel and I went over to Kyiv to give workshops, and I was most impressed with her work - she is a very talented embroiderer!...
Hello stitching world :) I received this lovely e mail from a talented embroiderer, Gilberte Beaudin from Québec in Canada. Her letter is in French and I will translate it into English for you... Framed behind glass: Juliet in a field of Nasturtiums "Bonjour! Je garde toujours un excellent souvenir de nos rencontres à Adélaïde (BATB) et à Cape Town. C'était mon premier contact avec la...
Hello! Today I have something special to share with you. At BATB in Adelaide Australia, I was fortunate enough to meet an extremely talented silk ribbon embroidery teacher, Karen Fraser. Karen attended my workshops and was kind enough to help me teach silk ribbon embroidery to many students in the class. We have become good friends! Click on the image to enlarge Karen is...
Good Morning stitching world! I have a lovely rendition of "girl reaching" by Pravinya Mohan to show you today. Thank you, Pravi for sharing with all of us :) Happy day everybody. It's the last week to work on new book Little Flowers in silk and organza ribbon by Di van Niekerk and Marina Zherdeva.... deadline is Monday 16 September. Hold thumbs for us! Then, I will...
Hello stitching world! It's a beautiful sunny day in Cape Town and I thought you would enjoy seeing these special hand-stitched labels by Annie Plum from Hoekwil on the Garden Route in South Africa. Fig and rosemary jam... Tomato and chilli chutney, pickled chillies, tomato chutney, tomato jam.... don't they all sound delicious? South Africa is well-known for its preserves and I love Annie's idea of making...
Greetings from a very windy and chilly Cape Town Hope you are well and happy and enjoying your embroidery wherever you are in this world. I have something lovely to show you by Carol Anderson who owns the legendary Carol’s Yarn Barn in Scottburgh on the South Coast of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa Carol’s rendition of House with a Picket Fence is simply exquisite. I love...
QUILT AND STITCH ART 2013 Dubai GOOD morning everybody ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪ Hope you are having a good day. If you are in or travelling to Dubai, you may wish to see this stunning quilt exhibition! From May 17th – 25th, Craftland – our stockist in Dubai, is holding this wonderful exhibition and the location is in Dubai’s Town Centre Jumeirah mall in Jumeirah 1. ...
Hello stitching world I hope you all enjoyed a little break yesterday for Mayday. It was a beautiful Autumn day in Cape Town. How I love this time of the year when it isn't too hot or too cold and everywhere you look the squirrels are busy, busy collecting for winter. I lost my beautiful Bob - my Great Dane, and it's been a sad time for...
Hello everybody ^•^ I hope you had a lovely weekend…. I have something beautiful to help brighten up your day. Titled “Lady with a Shawl of Roses” and embroidered by the talented Irina Shehvorostova from Simferopol in the Ukraine. Click on the image to enlarge I love the shawl of Roses... Irina used a beautiful piece of lace for the shawl and placed folded...
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