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MADIBA
Hello everyone As you have probably heard in the media our beloved Nelson Mandela fondly known as Madiba (a title of respect derived from his Xhosa clan name) passed on last night. His part on earth...
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Happy Christmas
Hello everyone This will be my last blog post this year – the shop will be closing tomorrow till first week of January 2014 the last posting day is thursday 12th December. However, all digital items...
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Hello everyone Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that the new year brings everything you hope for and deserve. School holidays have come to an end and it is back to work –...
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New Book
Hello everyone Hope the first weeks of 2014 are going well for you and that you are coping with the hot or cold weather depending on where you are! As promised this week I am going to share with you...
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No More Puckers
Hello everyone This week heralds the first of a series of mini lectures throughout this year that I hope will be helpful and informative. We will talk about anything to do with needle painting...
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Clarifying Embroidery Stabilizers
Hello everyone With regards the Pellon shape flex woven cotton interfacing, there have been some concerns as to the laundering aspect and long term effect of the fusible on our embroidery. I have...
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Give Away Winners
Hello everyone Hope you all had a great weekend. We had a heat wave here in Cape town so am wilting! The winners of the woven cotton fusible interfacing are: Avis Withers LaRaine Winmill...
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Colour Printing On Fabric
Hello everyone Hope your week is going well. One of my readers, Gail Jones asked if I could talk more on the fact that some people do needle painting over a photo on photo fabric. Printing colour...
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New Needle Painting Lessons
Hello world! Hope your week is going well. This week I am pleased to announce the arrival of the first Complete Needle Painting Lesson, now available for sale in the Etsy shop. Complete Lesson As...
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Thread Packs In Stock
Hello everyone Little bird & Flower project Thread Pack Just to let you know that the thread packs for the Complete Lesson In Needle Painting Embroidery Kit are in stock here. As you know I dont...
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Flowers For Spring
Hello World My apologies for not having been in touch for a while I have had a lot of stitching to do for the Beating Around The Bush Convention in Australia – Sep/Oct this year. Next week I will show...
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Magic Pens & Whitework
Hello world Hope you are well and happy and getting in some stitching time. Firstly my apologies I inadvertently said we were experiencing Spring last week when in fact it is Autumn………….. dear oh dear...
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Frixion Pens follow up
Hello everyone just to follow up on yesterday’s post where we discussed Pilot Frixion erasable pens. Jenny from Chester in UK mentioned that although heat removed the lines if it was put into the deep...
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Outlines
Hello everyone We have had a lot of holidays over and between the Easter period in South Africa which has given me time to do some “guilty pleasure stitching” – guilty because this stitching is not...
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Back In Stock
Hello everyone Just to let you know that the following kit items below are back in stock. Click on the title to go to the Etsy shop. Unfortunately my printer is on leave so am unable to re-stock the...
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Whitework Impressions
Hello everyone I hope your week is going well. I have had to put embroidery business aside this week as have been busy helping my young daughter study for her first exams – this is rather like going...
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Whitework Kits
Hello Everyone Firstly thank you all for the fantastic response to my Moonlit Owl in the last post. Moonlit Owl It was lovely to receive such encouragement and positive feedback and I have...
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WHITEWORK KIT HERE
Hello Everyone This week it is my great pleasure to announce that the first of the Whitework embroidery kits is available , and in the Etsy Shop here. This is an entry level kit for those who want to...
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Away on holiday
Hello everyone I will be away on holiday next week for ten days so the shop will be closed for the period 30th June – 11th July. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. Meantime wherever you...
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Back from holiday
Hello Everyone Hope all is good with you? I have just got back from a week in Mauritius with my family – it was divine! When we left Cape town it was freezing cold and we arrived to warm, sultry...
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