Designer: Di van Niekerk Silk Ribbon Embroidery, Printed Flower Design and Book
This worked piece is a Di van Niekerk design. I purchased the printed design fabric and the book for this design from her website. The printed size of …
Yesterday I walked through our frozen back yard to check out the forsythia bushes hoping to find a branch of fat buds that I could bring indoors and force to bloom … nothing. Though, surprisingly I found healthy green leaves …
Rose Gazebo
Victoria Sampler design called Rose Gazebo.Chart is for a 4.5 by 17.5 inch sampler worked on 28 count Confederate Grey Quaker Cloth fabric. I shortened the design (leaving out…
Christmas Wreath Sampler
I have already worked this design twice before (they can be viewed within my posts listed under the VS directory on the top Menu). This time I am closely following the instructions given within the cyberclass lessons…
Bumblebee Lace design
Victoria Sampler Bumblebee Lace design. My favorite stitches within this design are the diagonal ones (pulled straight crosses) and the corner blanket flowers both of which I worked in the light blue size 12 perle cotton. Threads,…
Peaches and cream
This is the fourth and my favorite design of the six Victoria Sampler cyberclasses that I enjoyed taking in the Fall of 2014.Design is called Peaches and Cream, design area: 60 stitches x 60 stitches, worked …
Heirloom Wedding Sampler, Victoria Sampler
The design is called Heirloom Wedding Sampler. This is one of the Victoria Sampler Designs in the Sept 2014 cyberclasses. Photo below shows my completion of the second (out of six weeks) utilization of the…
Renaissance Lace
This is a Victoria Sampler design that I worked within one of the cyberclasses that I took at VS (Sept 2014). There are two styles to this design offered within the pamphlet, this is the box topper design…
Designer: Di van Niekerk, Wicker Chair and Flowers Silk Ribbon Embroidery Kit
My first large silk ribbon embroidery project is this Di Van Niekerk kit. She has a web site that offers numerous designs and several silk ribbon stitching tutorials. …
This was my first attempt at ribbon embroidery, I started this kit, about six hours I just didn’t want to stop stitching, I was having that much fun. Thank goodness it is a beginners kit and so only about six …