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You can see how long the stitches are here, to get the right angle going into the feather.… Read more
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You can see how long the stitches are here, to get the right angle going into the feather.… Read more
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It would make terrific stems for dimensional flowers, but it would also make a beautiful, rope-like edging or heavy outlines.… Read more
For a panel of a Di van NieKerk design, detailed instructions are presented in her book: Ribbon Embroidery and Stumpwork .
The weaved basket: (Stitched using Perle 8, Sea Sands, color number 70 purchased from Di van NieKerk website).Directions … Read more
The green stems and leaves for the Daffodils plus the solid color purple petals and solid color yellow petals of the viola flowers are all worked in 7mm satin ribbon purchased on eBay.
The solid color yellow background petals of … Read more
The thread I used for wrapping the wire to create the stems is Gloriana stranded silk, Granny Smith Green(053). I wrapped using four strands. I left long ends of threads so I was able to use the same thread to … Read more
Though I have Ms. Niekerk’s detail instruction book for this design panel I went to her website and viewed her tutorial on stumpwork Hydrangeas. Her instructions suggested using 2-3 different color stranded threads. I choose to use … Read more