Issue 6: August 2000

CREATING...

Beadazzled: Beaded colour through gold from Daphne Ashby
Museum Collection Project - Rustic Charm: This drawn-thread sampler proves that whitework techniques don't have to be white
Workshop Lazy Daisy with Attitude: Jean Littlejohn selects one stitch and pushes it to its limits
Cross Stitch Connections - Treasure from Samarkand: This cross stitch adventure uses texture rather than colour to create a striking picture
Fresh as a Daisy: Our freestyle landscape captures those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Precious Petals: A fascinating new approach combines fresh flowers with stitching
Embroidered Stones: Hand-made papers enhanced with beads and stitching
Machine Embroidery Rock Pool Pillow: Shells, starfish and seaweed worked in machine embroidery on vanishing muslin

In Focus Landscapes in White: A close look at some of the whitework treasures in the Embroiderers' Guild Museum Collection
Insight For embroiderer Pamela Watts: success comes with... Flying Colours
Starting a Branch of the Embroiderers' Guild: all you need to know
Back to Basics: Tips and techniques to help you complete the projects in this issue