Issue 38: December 2005/January 2006

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Shopping Around
Some of the best new products and ideas
Helping Hand
The place to buy, swap and sell or to seek advice
What's On
Dates for your diary
Your Letters
- share your news and views
Book Reviews
Top titles for creative stitchers - see books reviewed in STITCH 38

Projects and Techniques

Full instructions for all these projects can be found in Stitch 38

A Special Day
by Cherrilyn Tyler
Create cards and favours for a beautiful wedding

Pink Parfait
Judy Dixon's design is worked in simple stitches and ice-cream colours

In a Golden Light
by Irene Junkuhn for Rajmahal
Stitch our glorious goldwork moth

Making Waves
Jean Draper
creates waves and ripples with running stitch

Brilliant Butterflies
by Anna Morgan
Add a wonderful sparkle to your home

What's a Foot? Part 2
Valerie Campbell-Harding
explores the feet and attachments for sewing machines

Colonial Romance
by Kathleen Laurel Sage
Stitch a delightful ribbonwork sampler

Richly Stitched
by Diane Grant
Worked in canvaswork stitches and random-dyed threads

Ringing the Changes
Jennifer Rochester
create buttonhole-stitched rings using a hedebo stick

Naturally Perfect
Jane Davies
Inspired by Job's Tears - nature's most perfect 'seed' beads

Features

articles on historical and contemporary textiles and embroidery

Drawing the Line
Sue Ashcroft
Louise Gardiner creates a cast of wonderful characters in machine embroidery

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

From Sketch to Stitch
Chris Berry
re-creates a 400-year-old embroidered coif

Job's Tears in the Golden Triangle
Angela Thompson
The Hill Tribes of the Golden Triangle often embellish their costumes with feathers, golden coins - and Job's Tears