Issue 36: August/September 2005

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Buy, swap and sell, or seek advice
Book Reviews
Top titles for creative stitchers - see books reviewed in STITCH 36

Projects and Techniques

Full instructions for all these projects can be found in Stitch 36

Stumpwork Strawberry
Tracy A. Franklin
Mouth-watering three-dimensional berry

Mirror, Mirror
Designed by Rhonda Inwood for Rajmahal
Trinket boxes with shisha glass and embroidery

A Flutter of Wings
Designed by Doreen Holmes for Pearsall's
Mixed stitch sampler in lustrous silk threads

Spot & Dot
Designed by Carol Andrews and worked by Helen Payne
Beaded Victorian-style needle case

Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery
Design by Ganet Burr for EdMar Co
Worked in high-sheen variegated rayon threads

Hedgerow Harvest
by Kathleen Laurel Sage
Sun-ripened beaded berries adorn this beautiful trio

Oak Leaf Brooch
by Caroline Homfray
in machine embroidery on water-soluble film

Good Taste!
by Janet Haigh
Classy table linen embroidered with elegant alliums

Bird in a Tree
by Phillipa Turnbull, from The New Anchor Book of Crewelwork, pub. David & Charles
Crewelwork stitches worked in stranded threads

Take Silk
by Ann Kirk
Elizabethan-design bag in lustrous silk paper

Features

articles on historical and contemporary textiles and embroidery

Fun-d Raising
Chris Beavers
Meet two quirky dolls

York Dolly Birds
Heather Dixon
Discover dolls – with attitude!

From Sketch to Stitch
Jan Messent
reveals the inspirations behind The Saint Cuthbert Quilting Project

Museum Collection
Lynn Szygenda
Discover the Embroiderers' Guild Museum Collection

Embroiderer in an English Garden
Kathy Troup
From botanical drawings to stunning embroideries

A Passion for Colour
Sarah Lawrence
Fabric paints with the wow! factor