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Greetings from a warm and sunny Cape Town! Today I have something spectacular to share with you — a gorgeous ballerina made by Marlize Meyer (Flowers & Thyme Studio) Pretoria, South Africa. Her beautiful ballerina is featured in the much-loved Inspirations magazine, issue 77 which is out now. Click in the images to enlarge And here are some close-up details.... of the dress ...
Hello stitching world :) If you will be in Paris from 14 to 16 February, you may wish to visit a wonderful show: L'Aiguille en fête ... I will be signing books at my French publisher: EditionsTutti Frutti, stand F42, on Thursday 14/02 and Friday 15/02 from 11h00 to 12h00 . Also on Saturday 16/02 from 14h30 to 15h30 after my Saturday workshop. Je dédicacerai mes livres sur le stand des...
Hello everybody ♥ Hope you are having a good week. Today I have beautiful stumpwork to show you by Margott Jenek from Regensburg, in the south of Germany. Margaret (or Margott, as she is known) is originally from Poland and she loves stitching, especially dimensional embroidery and cross stitch. Don’t you just love her trinket box? And here is another from close-up. Stumpwork or...
Happy New Year! May the sun always shine for you. Thank you for everything. Love Di ♥
Good Morning, Goeie more, HOWDY, Buon Giorno, Bonjour, Guten Morgen, Selamat Pagi, Buenos Dias, God Morgen, Dobroye utro, Boker tov, kunjhani, Buenos Días, Wilujeng Enjing, Günaydin, Umhlala gahle, Bom Dia, добро утр-dobro utro, Dobro jutro, G 'day, Góðan daginn, בוקר טוב!!!, Hyvää huomenta, Dzień Dobry, Sugeng Enjing, Cao An, Ohayo Gozaimasu, Labas Rytas, Bună Dimineaţa, ДОБЪР ДЕН, sanibonani, sugeng dalu, Marhaba, Salutari, Tere hommikust! BONGU, καλημέρα ...
Greetings from St. Petersburg in Russia :) I am spending time with embroiderers from St. Petersburg today and I thought you would like to see some beautiful pieces by two very gifted stitchers: Valentina Razenkova and Olga Smirnova. I spent the day with Valentina yesterday and with my very special friend and stockist, Marina Zherdeva, who travelled through from Moscow. It was a very special day...
Greetings from Beautiful Kiev in the Ukraine :)) I am very pleased to tell you that my workshops were a success! We all had a wonderful time and I am humbled by the vast talent of the Ukrainian and Russian embroiderers. The work that I have seen is magnificent... out of this world. So much kindness and hospitality has been shown at the Master's Golden Hands...
Good afternoon stitching world ^•^ Today I have some concepts to show you which may inspire you to make a lovely gift for someone special. Using letters, words and names, you can make a gift which is unique and personal …. and it is sure to brighten up their day :) To make a lovely gift for a baby, you could print out a word (make...
Good morning stitching world :)) I have a gorgeous bag to show you by Françoise Marchal from Paris, France. The rose…. The bag…. and the little bird :) Françoise wrote to me: “Hello everyone!! My name is Françoise, I am French and I am living in the suburbs of Paris. After having practising quilting and cross stitching for few years,...
~ ♥ ~ New release I am happy to tell you that this delightful Sarah Kay design titled: Marianne in the vegetable garden is now available in kit form. You will find the close-up photographs and kit information on this page: https://shop.dicraft.com/blog/marianne-in-the-vegetable-garden-complete-kit/ Enjoy! Love Di
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