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I have a beautiful new kit for you, and I think you are going to love it ♥ Lady in Red KIT Embroidered by the talented Karen Nell from Johannesburg, it features a clever way to make gorgeous three-dimensional roses and the sweetest teeny tiny butterflies and new ideas of how to create texture in your design. Look at the little 3-D daisies! and the butterflies! Karen will tell you...
◕‿◕ A Lovely new kit for all creative and silk ribbon embroidery fans! The Primroses and Violets, Buttercups, Campions, Lady’s Smock, amongst others form such a happy picture, I am sure you will love making this one! The size of the panel is 9.5 cm x 13 cm ( 3.5 x 5 inches) a perfect size for a guest room, entrance hall, kitchen or as part of a gallery...
It's the weekend again! Today I want to show you this lovely rendition of the Flower Seller in silk ribbon embroidery by the talented Christine Chan from Arcadia in California. Don't you think it's lovely? It's from the painting by Victor Gabriel Gilbert (1847-1933) known as the Flower Seller in front of the Madeleine Church. Here are some close-up details I love the colours! And look at how she made...
Good morning! I wanted to show you this lovely piece by Catherine M from La Roche-de-Rame, a village located in southeastern France. I just love her style and thank you, Catherine, for sharing your talent with all of us. I emailed Catherine the instruction booklet in PDF format (instead of the printed booklet) so she could highlight paragraphs, copy and paste them into Google Translate which then translated the...
New Hoop Art Series I have made a gorgeous new kit and it’s a perfect size for anyone who would like to start with a small project. Titled "TEA in the GARDEN", it's a most enjoyable kit. It's quick and beautiful, it has a lot of texture and the colours are picture-perfect. Click on the image to enlarge Tea in the...
Oranges-and-Bougainvillea complete kit I am pleased to tell you that Oranges-and-Bougainvillea is now available in kit form. Click on the image to enlarge. ..and the embroidered piece by the talented Emma Kriegler from Stilbaai in the Cape. Click on the image to enlarge And more close-up detail... Don't you just love the colours? Here is another close-up of the orange tree......
This kit contains ALL the threads, ribbons, yarns and fibres, plus the embroidery panel that you require for Pink Delight, Chapters 1 to 6. Purchase the complete kit here Pink Delight is a popular online lesson that I have been teaching on my blog. From the beginner to the advanced embroiderer, everyone will enjoy this lovely project. For those seeing this for the first time, you are welcome to follow from Chapter...
Pink Delight, fourth and last kit - This is the ribbon, thread, bead and fibre kit for the Pink Delight Project Chapter 6 This is the fourth and final kit with all the ribbons, yarns, threads and leaves for Chapter 6 of the Pink Delight project which you can follow on my blog here. The kit with threads and ribbons, wools and fibres for chapter 6 contains: 1 skein of variegated thread Yellow knotty yarn...
A lovely piece, titled “Walk with Me” by Annemarie Smuts from Port Elizabeth in South Africa. Don’t you love it? The panel and ribbons are available from us. Enquiries: info@dicraft.com ... ask for the "Walk With Me" panel and ribbon kit. ♥ Thank you, Annemarie, for sharing your talent with all of us! #dicraftribbons #dicraftembroidery #creativeribbonembroidery #divanniekerk #ribbonembroidery #silkribbons
Due to popular demand, we are now packing a kit for the lovely Spring Wreath design, also known as Nature's Circle The kit contains: -the Spring Wreath design in full colour printed onto pure cotton fabric. Design is 16 cm x 16 cm (6,3" x 6,3") with a generous border of fabric around the design for it to fit inside a hoop. -another...
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