Kreatiwiteit ontsluit jou siel
Greetings to you. Today I will post photos of the beautiful work done by Desiree Coetzee of Tsitsikamma. She has embroidered the Pink Delight design from Di van Niekerk. I always love Desiree’s work, she followed the instructions Di has posted on Twitter. Contact me (Monica) at lapenlintborduurgenot@gmail.com should you want the instructions (5 chapters).… Continue reading “So beautiful”
Hope you are all well after the long weekend. My husband and I were treated by our friends for an outing to Parys (Free State) where my husband got to tick off one item on his bucket list, he went white river rafting. I tried quad biking, it did not go so well, I just… Continue reading “Outing with friends”
I have so many WIP’s (work in progress) and yet, I’m still stacking up on them. My latest craze is cross stitch. I haven’t cross stitched for many years and suddenly it’s all I want to do. I am now neglecting my ribbon embroidery. I have lots of other work to keep me busy with,… Continue reading “Cross stitch”
My goodness, what a crazy time I had. I told you previously about the order I filled with embroidering t-shirts for a pre-school. The front of each shirt took 25 minutes at 650s/s to complete after which I had to clean it up (cutting all the loose threads and removing the water soluble fabric as… Continue reading “Not done yet….”
I have been working on filling some orders this week. This gave me an opportunity to record some video footage of my machine doing it’s thing. The machine is embroidering a design of a fairy onto a golf shirt for a client. I accept single and bulk orders, this would normally include digitizing (however, should… Continue reading “Machine Embroidery”
This morning while sipping my morning coffee I was wondering how many of you out there are craft junkies like me. Crafting has always been in my blood; from knitting, crochet to decoupage and beading. My absolute favorites are embroidery and quilting. I started with Di van Niekerk’s kits and designs many years ago, I… Continue reading “What is your favorite hobby craft?”
Hallo friends, we have updated our website to a new face for 2019. Although we are still fine-tuning some elements, the shop is up and running and I have added some new haberdashery items to the shop in the last two weeks: needles, hoops and doll hair. Come have a look inside, click here to… Continue reading “Our brand new website”