Our studio will close for the holidays on 13 December. The last day to place orders for processing this year is the 09 December. However, you are still welcome to place your order any time and we will process it as soon as we return on 8 Jan 2025. This way you will be ahead of the queue next year. Happy Holidays! ♡♡♡
PS: Our popular gift cards are available at any time.
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Don’t you love this beautiful garden scene? Titled Juliet’s Garden, it was embroidered by the talented Edith Bloecher from Germany. Don’t you wish you were there? I just LOVE her dragonflies...https://www.instagram.com/p/CSrp1AatFO1/ With silk ribbons from the Di van Niekerk range, I love how Edith used colour and simple stitches like ribbon stitch, folded ribbon roses, French knots, stem stitch, detached chain, amongst others, to create her masterpiece. You can learn...
Beautiful Ribbon Embroidery by Olga Basailov. Blogpost by Di van Niekerk Hello, Stitching world! I have this unbelievably beautiful piece to share with you, created by the talented @oliga.di on Instagram or Olga Basailov on FacebookOlga found ribbon embroidery a year ago during the beginning of the pandemic. She used my work as an inspiration and one of my books (she loved the Fairy book) to learn the techniques. Once...
dicraft_embroideryLearn how to create a cute little rosebud with this stitch technique💕 Here is the reel (the fast version) on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reel/CRXRMsfnp22/If it's too fast for you, have a look at my IGTV for a full step-by-step tutorial on how to create this cute little rosebud.Enjoy!https://www.instagram.com/tv/CRXSFSSHXX5/
Hi, stitching world! What are you busy making this weekend?Here is a button that I covered with handmade felt (but you could cover it with a linen or cotton fabric instead) and then embellish it with stitches. You can use cotton or silk thread or, like I did, use 2 and 4mm silk ribbons. Make a spider-web rose. Have a look on my Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJGHYBln8fT/ for the IGTV clips.You...
Happy Monday Stitching world💜I have a stunning piece to share with you by talented painter and embroiderer Leahu Marina Pavel (Ляху Марина) from Romania. Here is some of her story:“Dear Di,Several years ago I found your books unexpectedly. And I was very impressed by them! I was so much fascinated by the beauty of your art that I started to embroider the whole pictures by myself. I was ill...
Do you want to see an absolutely gorgeous Cottage in Silk Ribbon Embroidery?Then have a look HERE.
Don't miss out on this beauty!
and here is some close-up detail. Isn't it gorgeous? Enjoy!LoveDi
Embroidering letters Making letters and words in silk ribbon embroidery Good afternoon stitching world ♪♫♬♪Today, I thought I would show you something about embroidering letters to form words, names, and sentences.When you need a personalised gift for a special occasion or to make a decorative piece for your home, then words, names, and sentences can be especially useful.This lesson is from my Embroidered Alphabets and Monograms and Words book: page...
Hi everyone, hope you are having a good weekend! We have launched a lovely new kit for Sil Ribbon and Creative Embroiderers, named Tea with Two Cats. This lovely piece was a collaboration with Di van Niekerk, Karen Nell and Carol Carl and we are thrilled with the results! Don’t you just love the kitties? Their names are Peekaboo and HazelNUT♥ Have a look here for the details and...
Hello everybody ^•^ I have some gorgeous Sunflowers to show you by Julia Chaschihina (Chasc) Юлия Чащихина from Moscow. I met Julia when we travelled to her beautiful city and saw her lovely work. Julia learned to knit and sew from her Grandmother and her mum and good teachers at school and ribbon embroidery is her favourite pastime. She studied biology and chemistry, psychology and pedagogy at university and then changed...
♥ Spider-web and stem stitch roses Click on the images to enlarge First, make a spider-web rose to form the centre and then use stem stitches to form the outer petals. Work in a circular pattern around the centre with a gentle tension so the petals are soft and rounded. Have a look here for the spider-web rose and here for the stitch diagram of the stem stitch rose. Enjoy...
