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Welcome to my Blog. This a place to share and learn all things embroidery. Here I post inspirational stories and free lessons in the form of tutorials and guides. I also share tips, tricks and teach stitches and techniques.

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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A Fairy for you

  GOOD morning, stitching world ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪     A lovely Fairy for you by Marina Zherdeva from Moscow. Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent with us Marina!                                                  For details please visit her website here The Scilla Fairy / Эльф Пролеска. Рисунок Cicely Mary Barker...

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The competition...

    G’Day, stitching world ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪   Hope you are having a good Women’s day —not sure if it I a holiday in South Africa only, or in the rest of the world, but Happy Woman’s day to you regardless of where you live in this world :) The judges results are in and the winners of the international silk ribbon embroidery competition have been selected. I am busy...

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Back in Cape Town ....

      *`•.¸(¯`•♥•´¯) ☆ º ` `•.¸.•´ ╭♥╯     Hello from Cape Town!     I hope you are well and happy…   I am back from Koala Conventions in Brisbane, and what an impressive convention it was. So well organised – everything worked like clockwork.     Meeting up with friendly embroiderers and talented teachers was good for my soul and I really enjoyed teaching ribbon...

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From Koala....

  From Brisbane, Australia       Good evening everybody, hope you are having a good day :)     It’s been busy, busy, busy….. and after the fifth workshop at the wonderful Koala Conventions, I have finally found some time to send you a photograph of the fabulous Koala shop.    Click on images to enlarge                     I wish...

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Seagulls...

  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  ….   What a lovely morning it is Sydney…hope...

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Hi from Sydney...

  GOOD morning everyone ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪ We have arrived in Sydney and what a beautiful city it is. Feeling 100 years old with jet-lag and head like cotton wool…..but I trust it will all be gone by the time we head for Brisbane and Koala conventions :))     Here is a photo I took for you of the Opera House. I just love the roof ... Click on images...

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I'm on my way ....

    Good morning everybody ♥   I am on my way to Johannesburg... then flying out to Australia tonight. Hold thumbs that the ash cloud behaves itself and we don’t have too many troubles :))     I wanted to show you this lovely piece by Elba Kruger. This is a similar piece shown in my Dreamscapes book for those of you who were fortunate to have bought...

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Crazy Quilting

GOOD morning :)) Today I would like to introduce you to a very special person: Pamela Kellogg from the USA. She has a wonderful talent with the needle and she brings much joy to embroiderers with her blog…..I love reading her blog.   Click on image to enlarge                   Pamela lives on the Illinois/Wisconsin border about half-way between Chicago and Milwaukee....

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Knotting ribbon ...

Making a looped knot   Step 1 Thread the ribbon onto a needle.   To make a looped knot at the end of the ribbon: fold the long end of the ribbon once or twice and pierce it with the threaded needle....     . Click on the images to enlarge     .                   . Step 2 ....gently pull the...

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A little lesson from the Dreamscapes WH123 - the bicycle design

  [singlepic id=832 w=320 h=240 float=] Click on image to enlarge Good morning stitching world :) This is the latest design from the Dreamscapes series and I just love the tranquil shades and the interesting dimensional effects that were created with simple stitches by Emma Kriegler. See how the leaves are made with ribbon stitch? I will tell you a little more about the leaves and the bicycle wheels in...

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