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Welcome to my Blog. This a place to share and learn all things embroidery. Here I post inspirational stories and free lessons in the form of tutorials and guides. I also share tips, tricks and teach stitches and techniques.

You will also find free patterns and designs for you to unlock your creativity. It is a great place for any creative looking to learn or find inspiration in this art form.

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Twirled Ribbon Rose

    Twirled ribbon rose   The twirled ribbon rose is a wonderful stitch to use when making roses and rosebuds.       Here I used my 7mm silk ribbon no. 43 on a size 18 chenille needle...         1. Come up in the centre and gently twist the needle to form a neat tubular shape.         2. Hold the twirled ribbon and insert needle...

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Pink Delight Project, Chapter 1 to 3 - Ribbon and Thread Kit

  Pink Delight, first kit - Ribbon and thread kit for the Pink Delight Project Chapter 1, 2 and 3       This is the first ribbon, thread and fibre kit for Chapter 1 and also Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of the Pink Delight project which you can follow on my blog here.   The first thread and ribbon kit contains: 15 skeins thread woolly yarn and fibre 10...

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Feather Stitch

  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...

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Happy Christmas!

  Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Christmas! May Peace be your gift and your blessing all year through!         

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Lucky Give-Away Winners

˙·٠•●Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ●•٠·˙ I have good news for three lucky winners this month!   In my last newsletter, I wrote:   " To celebrate our new beginnings we are having a fabulous giveaway! Every silk ribbon embroidery kit that is ordered and shipped for our customers from today until the end of November will go into a draw and you will have the chance to win a signed edition of the new felting book,...

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A Medallion Rose and other news

    Hello, stitching world ◕‿◕ I hope you are looking forward to the weekend! Today, I have a gorgeous medallion Rose to show you! Created by well-known embroiderer and teacher. Kristina Nilsson of Creative Embroidery of Sweden... and it's gorgeous!   Kristina wrote:  "I want to thank you for all your great ideas and tips in the latest book: The Art of felting and silk ribbon embroidery. This is...

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Mary Corbet's Stitcher’s Christmas 2017 Give-Away 1: Ribbon Embroidery on Felt Kits & Books!

    Good morning! Today I have good news for  all embroiderers and here is  a message from Mary Corbet:   Good Morning All Around! I’m so excited this morning! Why? Because it’s time to launch this year’s series of pre-Christmas give-aways, A Stitcher’s Christmas, 2017! Yay!! If you’ve been following along with Needle ‘n Thread for at least a year, you might remember we did this last year. It was...

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

  HAPPY THANKSGIVING stitching world, enjoy this special time!         ***** Our Black Friday Sale starts tomorrow and ends on Monday! Don't miss out.  Check back in tomorrow!        

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Needles: Multipurpose Needle Pack

  Multipurpose Needle Pack    ★★★★★  Have you heard about our very popular and useful NEEDLE PACK for Ribbon embroidery and stumpwork?   In this pack, we include all the needles you will need for any kind of ribbon embroidery, creative embroidery and stumpwork.   This pack contains:   Chenille needles size 16 needle pack – six needles in a pack...  this is the needle to use for 13mm silk...

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Kit - DESIGNER RIBBON ROSE ON A CLIP

    A Kit - Designer Ribbon Rose on a Clip       To attach onto jackets, scarves, shoes, handbags, hair or anything else you can think of!     Also makes a lovely gift for any friend or family member who likes to make things with their hands...   This kit contains: Di van Niekerk’s ribbon — 25/32mm silk or 38mm organza ribbon x 1 metre/yard Embroidery thread...

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