Issue 37: October/November 2005

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What's On
Dates for your diary
Your Letters
- share your news and views
Shopping Around
Some of the best new products and ideas
Helping Hand
Buy, swap and sell, or seek advice
Book Reviews
Top titles for creative stitchers - see books reviewed in STITCH 37

Projects and Techniques

Full instructions for all these projects can be found in Stitch 37

Bags of Style
by Jenny Rolfe
Give a new twist to stylish accessories

Oh, Christmas Tree!
by Jane Iles
Create a stunning 3D centrepiece

Victorian Flower Sampler
Jane Greenoff's
design inspired by Berlin embroidery

The Shrinking Embroiderer
Maggie Grey
experiments with Shrink Plastic

On the Cards
by Diana Springall
Stitching on card is easy and economical to do

A Precious Gift
by Jenny Burns
This richly stitched bag will be treasured for years

Red, Red Robin
by Philippa Turnbull
from The New Anchor Book of Crewelwork, pub. David & Charles
Worked in crewelwork using a mixture of threads

We Wish You a Merry Christmas
by Tracy A Franklin & Jacqui McDonald
Hand-crafted cards combine papercraft and embroidery

What's a Foot?
Valerie Campbell-Harding
explores sewing machine attachments

Just One Stitch
Chris Berry
introduces double knot stitch

In a Wildlife Garden
Helen M Stevens
captures the scene perfectly

Falling Leaves
by Hilary Naghashi
Create lovely textures using 'Veggie Silk'

Features

articles on historical and contemporary textiles and embroidery

Museum Collection
Lynn Szygenda
Discover one of the treasures in the Embroiderers' Guild Museum Collection

Mapped and Charted
Katherine James
A special collection of 18th and 19th-century map samplers

From Sketch to Stitch
Sandra Meech
reveals the inspirations behind Near North and Near North II

Smocking Banner
A fresh look at an old technique

The Shows Must Go On!
Andrew Salmon
Behind the scenes at the Knitting and Stitching Shows