Hello everybody ^•^ I hope you had a lovely weekend…. I have something beautiful to help brighten up your day. Titled “Lady with a Shawl of Roses” and embroidered by the talented Irina Shehvorostova from Simferopol in the Ukraine.   Click on the image to enlarge         I love the shawl of Roses… [...]

Good Morning, Goeie more, HOWDY, Buon Giorno, Bonjour, Guten Morgen, Selamat Pagi, Buenos Dias, God Morgen, Dobroye utro, Boker tov, kunjhani, Buenos Días, Wilujeng Enjing, Günaydin, Umhlala gahle, Bom Dia, добро утр-dobro utro,  Dobro jutro, G ‘day, Góðan daginn, בוקר טוב!!!, Hyvää huomenta, Dzień Dobry, Sugeng Enjing, Cao An, Ohayo Gozaimasu,  Labas Rytas,  Bună Dimineaţa, [...]

Greetings from a warm and sunny Cape Town! Today I have something spectacular to share with you — a gorgeous ballerina made by Marlize Meyer (Flowers & Thyme Studio) Pretoria, South Africa.   Her beautiful ballerina is featured in the much-loved Inspirations magazine, issue 77 which is out now.   Click in the images to enlarge   [...]

  Hello stitching world :) If you will be in Paris from  14 to 16 February, you may wish to visit a wonderful show:  L’Aiguille en fête … I will be signing books at my French publisher:  EditionsTutti Frutti,  stand F42, on Thursday 14/02 and Friday 15/02 from 11h00 to 12h00 . Also on Saturday 16/02 from 14h30 to [...]

    The winners of the International Silk Ribbon Embroidery Competition 2012!   I am so honoured and so happy to publish the International Silk Ribbon Embroidery Competition 2012 list of winners! These are the world’s best entries and I am so proud of every one of you. There were so many exquisite entries and [...]

  La Broderie in Benoni, South Africa, has a new owner! We wish Ria Pretorius many happy years in her new business – may it go from strength to strength.   Ria now keeps my entire range of silk and organza ribbons and the range of embroidery panels, also for my books and DVDs. Details: [...]

  Hello nature lovers    Just wanted to show you some pictures  that I took on our hike up Lion’s head mountain this weekend by full moon…   This was earlier on in the evening…     This was as the sun was setting….     Cape Town by night….       and the [...]

  Good Morning stitching world :)       Just to let you know that the winners of the 2012 International Silk Ribbon Embroidery Competition will be announced next week!   Good luck everyone, I am holding thumbs for all of you! Love Di ♥ 31 January 2013: and the winners have been announced! Congratulations [...]

Greetings from a hot and sunny Cape town   I know that many of you are experiencing cold and snow… so I thought I would show you where we hiked on Saturday.   Above Camps Bay and Llanduno, Cape Town.   Don’t you love the rocks?   Hope these warm you up a bit!   Have [...]

  Hello everybody ♥ Hope you are having a good week. Today I have beautiful stumpwork to show you by Margott Jenek from Regensburg, in the south of Germany. Margaret (or Margott, as she is known) is originally from Poland and she loves stitching, especially dimensional embroidery and cross stitch. Don’t you just love her trinket [...]

  Good Morning, Goeie more, HOWDY, Buon Giorno, Bonjour, Guten Morgen, Selamat Pagi, Buenos Dias, God Morgen, Dobroye utro, Boker tov, kunjhani, Buenos Días, Wilujeng Enjing, Günaydin, Umhlala gahle, Bom Dia, добро утр-dobro utro,  Dobro jutro, G ‘day, Góðan daginn, בוקר טוב!!!, Hyvää huomenta, Dzień Dobry, Sugeng Enjing, Cao An, Ohayo Gozaimasu,  Labas Rytas,  Bună [...]

  Beautiful Silvermine… a must for all nature lovers visiting Cape Town!   Thank you Linda Rose for the beautiful photo….   Happy weekend everybody ♥