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Hello stitching world ♬❤♬❤♬ I thought you would enjoy seeing this gorgeous piece Claudia ordered the kit from us, titled JK4 Wild Orchids, Violets, Roses, Blue Salvia…. and this is what she made! Don’t you think it’s fabulous? I just love the frame! Click on the image to enlarge So I asked her to tell me more about herself and this is what...
Good morning everybody :-) Today I have something really special to brighten up your day and hopefully your week too..... exquisite masterpieces by Ludmila from Chisinau in Moldova. Click on the image to enlarge Don’t you just love her roses?? This is what her daughter, Adriana, wrote to me about her mum … “Her name is Ludmila. She lives in Chisinau,...
Good morning stitching world ♪♫•* I hope you enjoyed your weekend! I have a lovely Rose Wreath to show you by the well-known Kristina Nilsson of CREATIVE EMBROIDERY OF SWEDEN Kristina wrote to me: "Dear Di! I was very inspired by your book "Little Flowers" and here is my interpretation of the "Rose Wreath". The entire embroidery is made of silk: silk panel, silk ribbons and silk thread."...
Hello stitching world ◕‿◕ hope you are well and happy. I have some fabulous inspiration for you today by the extremely talented Dagmar Thiel from Beerfelden in Germany. Dagmar wrote: The parcel has arrived today and I am sooooooooooo happy! I finally have the books even with a personal dedication from you. That is great! I am so proud and happy! And I can´t wait to...
Hello everybody ^•^ Hope you had a lovely week…. I have something lovely to help brighten up your weekend. Embroidered by Kwok Wing Sum (Happy) who lives in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong.... Click on the image to enlarge Close up detail…click on the images to enlarge More detail... Kwok Wing Sum works...
Hello everybody, I am busy with the latest newsletter which we should be sending out soon, and I thought in the meantime, that you would like to see Jacqui O' Connell's rendition of our new Purple Irises design. Don't you think it's cute? Click on the image to enlarge Hope you are having a good day today! Looks like rain this side of the world....
Sunny Flowers by Olga Smirnova Hello! Today I have some beautiful embroideries to show you by the talented ribbon embroiderer, Olga Smirnova, from St. Petersburg. I had the great pleasure of spending time with Olga when I visited her beautiful city and I was so impressed with her work! Olga kindly shared more of her beautiful work with us today. Click on the images...
The Circle Of Roses–Circle of Love design for the 2015 COMPETITION! Read all about the competition here Or download the PDF here Why not enter the Circle Of Roses–Circle of Love design for the 2015 COMPETITION! _____________________________________________________________ Every now and then an exceptional design comes along that will melt the heart of many an embroiderer. This is one of them and it has a special...
Good morning everybody. It’s a beautiful warm day in Cape Town – hope you are having a good Tuesday! Today I thought I would show you a lovely piece embroidered by Anna Dunaevskaya, originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, now living in Petit Paris, France I love the way she has twirled the stems of the water lilies and how she has created life-like flowers with simple ribbon...
Hello everybody ♫♥♫♫ I hope you are all well and happy! I have been quite for a while as I have been teaching in Australia at the BATB Convention hosted by the beautiful Inspirations Magazine. What a wonderful time we all had and I will tell you more in my October newsletter. Today, I have something beautiful to show you by Manuela Scarpin, a gifted silk ribbon teacher at Tombolo...
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