silk ribbon embroidery

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk with Di van Niekerk

Wish You Were Here from the Box Full of Lessons series.

We travel to South Africa this week to learn about ribbon embroidery from Di van Niekerk, one of the world’s leading experts. This week’s show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Di van Niekerk takes ribbon-embroidery art to a new level. Her ability to add dimension and realism to painted scenes is flat out amazing. She has authored 14 books on needle-art techniques, in addition to her “Box Full of Lessons” series, has created her own line of silk ribbons specifically dyed to deliver natural colors that are needed in ribbon embroidery, and travels internationally to teach and lecture. For variety, she also does stumpwork and needle painting. Enjoy the show and be sure to visit her website, dicraft.com, to enjoy her many offerings.–Gary

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I hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Di van Niekerk. I’m always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.–Gary

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Posted on March 17, 2021 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 3-17-21

A week has passed and we decided to chat again. Jenifer and Gary explore our efforts to modify the Springhill design, the Lorraine Turner podcast from this past Sunday, and the upcoming Di van Niekerk podcast. We also talk at length about the things people can do when they run out of enthusiasm for the stitching project they’re currently working on. Join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. It’ll be our first of the Thread Talk series with Cathe Ray of Needle in a Haystack (needlestack.com). We start at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel. Sunday: Di van Niekirk–Jenifer and Gary

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Gary’s modification to the Springhill vine.

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Posted on August 13, 2017 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk with Lorna Bateman

Lorna Bateman’s Berries for the Birds pincushion design.

Lorna Bateman joins us this week from England to talk about embroidery, stumpwork, silk-ribbon embroidery, teaching in the Alps, and her business. Teaching is Lorna’s passion. Her goal is to try and encourage people to try as many different forms of embroidery as possible, using a kit as an aid to move onto working and experimenting with their own designs.

She has been teaching for the past 27 years in related fields of three-dimensional and textured hand embroidery and has designed her own kits for the past 16 years. She enjoys working with a variety of threads and silk ribbons to achieve a raised and textured effect and experimenting with a number of different embroidery techniques. Lorna often uses flowers and landscapes as sources of inspiration.

Lorna was trained by Lesley Turpin-Delport in creative embroidery and initially worked under her as a franchise teacher, before branching out on her own. Her upcoming book, Embroidered Country Gardens, will be published by Search Press in spring 2019. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Lorna Bateman–Christine and Gary

Inside view of Lorna Bateman’s workshop.

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Lorna Bateman’s Bouquet de Fleurs design.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s chat with Lorna Bateman. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary and Christine