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Pink Delight, Chapter 1 to 6 - Complete Kit

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...

A new store keeping my range of ribbons in Selkirk, NY

A new store keeping my range of ribbons in Selkirk, NY We welcome Bonnie Turner who is the co-owner of Log Cabin Fabrics in Selkirk NY which is just south of Albany (the capital of NY). Log Cabin Fabrics is a well-rounded shop that carries quality cottons specifically for quilting, hand-dyed wool used for traditional wool penny rug Applique, notions and crazy quilting supplies along with threads and...

Pink Delight, Chapter 6 – Ribbon and Thread Kit

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...

How to embroider a landscape in ribbon embroidery – Chapter 6

Good morning everybody, I know that some of you have been waiting anxiously for the final chapter, Chapter 6 and... here it is! It's a perfect way to learn online. From the beginner to the advanced, everyone will enjoy this lovely project. I am sure! For those seeing this for the first time, you are welcome to follow from Chapter 1 here. I hope you will enjoy making it as...

How to make stumpwork shapes

How to make stumpwork shapes I hope you are having a good week. Today I will show you how to make stumpwork shapes which are useful when you require dimension in your piece. A shape like a leaf, for example, is made on a separate piece of fabric. The shape is cut out and then applied to the design, adding instant height which complements ribbon embroidery...

Superb ribbon embroidery by Sonia Canlay from La Bouilladisse in France

G’Day, stitching world ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪ Oh but I have a beauty for you today! A gorgeous piece by Sonia Canlay from La Bouilladisse, which is in Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. Click on the images to enlarge Irresistible Irises and Spring flowers! Don't you just love them? Sonia (Cоня Кленицка) wrote to me: “Since childhood, I dreamed of becoming an artist, but fate decreed otherwise, I married early...

A little picture by Deborah Hastings

Here is a sweet little piece of silk ribbon embroidery by Deborah Hastings from High Bickington in Devon. It was for her mum’s 86th birthday. Debbie used my range of silk ribbons and the ideas from my Monograms and Words book where the techniques are shown with the letter Z and in the poppy cameo panel. Thank you, Debbie, for sharing and I hope to...

Bottom's Up (Children on the Gate) – A Downloadable Project

Good news! for those who do not have my Dreamscapes book. As this book is out of print (and rather expensive on the second-hand market) you will be happy to learn that a newly released DOWNLOADABLE PDF/ e-book for the Children on the Gate (Bottoms UP) project is now available. Newly released is the DOWNLOADABLE PDF/ e-book for Bottoms Up (Children on the Gate) design. One of the...

Bottoms Up (Children on the Gate) – the Complete Kit

Complete Kit is now available for Bottoms Up from Dreamscapes by Di van Niekerk Suitable for the complete beginner to silk ribbon embroidery. ♥ Good News! The best-selling Bottoms Up (Children on the Gate) kit is now available as a downloadable lesson or project. And the complete kit is once again available! And when you purchase the complete kit, you...

Walk With Me by Annemarie Smuts

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

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