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! ♡♡♡
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Summer Garland - a short little tutorial on Instagram @divanniekerk Hi Stitching World. Hope you are having a good time. I am showing Summer Garland, one of my favourite pieces that I made a few years ago on my Instagram page. Many have asked how to make it… and I will show you how in part 1 to 4 of the posts that follow this one. Please feel...
Hi everybody, nearly Christmas time and I hope you will be able to take a break and spend time with friends and family at this special time of the year. I am writing this tutorial for those who are taking some me-time to embroider something pretty! Hopefully, many of you will, it's good to spend time with needle and thread, it's peaceful and such good therapy. So...
♥ If you like, you can purchase the complete kit for all six chapters here or you can purchase individual packs for the chapters below. It is however easier to purchase the complete kit as you will save on the courier fee. This is Chapter 4 of the Pink Delight project, a project that I have been teaching online.If you are seeing this for the first time, please see: chapter 1 here...
Good morning stitching world! I have been so busy with the preparations for my workshops in Adelaide, Australia that I haven't had much time to blog! But I have made a lovely new kit for you that I think you will love. It's small and uncomplicated and a perfect gift for a friend who would like to start with ribbon embroidery, or to make for yourself!...
Hi everybody! Hope you enjoyed your weekend. It's been raining nicely in Cape Town and there's snow in the mountainous areas. The fire is going and everyone is happy ♥ ♥ If you like, you can purchase the complete kit for all six chapters here or you can purchase individual packs for the chapters below. It is however easier to purchase the complete kit as you will save on the...
How to embroider a landscape in ribbon embroidery – Chapter 2Good morning, it’s freezing here in Cape Town, we have had such good rains and there is snow on the mountains and Capetonians are ecstatic. We were all planning for day zero, "Day Zero" when Cape Town was set to turn off its water, but now that the dams are filling up nicely, and they are half-full and everyone...
Feather Stitch Feather stitch is a good choice for shrubs and hedges and fills up detail quickly. Best used with one or two strands out of the six-strand threads for landscape designs, it is worked the same way as fly stitch but, instead of making a single stitch, insert the needle to the right and then to the left as shown. Remember to keep the thread under...
.. Hi everybody.... Today, I thought I would show you how to make interesting leaves with silk ribbon... How to make long, pointed leaves To make long leaves like the Yucca plant (above) start in the centre of the plant and make long twisted straight stitches for some leaves and use ribbon stitch for others. Hint: for an interesting effect, when forming ribbon stitch, twist the needle once...
Shaggy Dog (Dandy Dog) - A Free Tutorial Hello everyone, hope you are having a good day today. To brighten up your day, I have a tutorial for a gorgeous little Dandy Dog that so many of you have asked for. You are welcome to download the PDF here... [download id="205"] Use the instructions for ideas on how to make your own little dog,...
Good morning stitching world. Top of the morning to you! How to make 3D Chamomiles or Daisies Click on the images to enlarge From our book: Little Flowers in Silk and Organza by Di van Niekerk and Marina Zherdeva. We hope that this tutorial will inspire you to make beautiful Chamomiles and Daisies for all sorts of projects in the future. Enjoy! ___________________________________________________________________________...
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