Issue 40: April/May 2006

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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
The place to buy, swap and sell or to seek advice
Book Reviews
Top titles for creative stitchers - see books reviewed in STITCH 40

Projects and Techniques

Full instructions for all these projects can be found in Stitch 40

Fantasia
Designed and stitched by Irene Junkuhn for Rajmahal
Lustrous threads, beautiful beads and the glitz of gold create a sumptuous embroidery

Burning Issues
Margaret Beal
Cut, bond and etch with a soldering iron - it's one of the hottest techniques in textiles!

Scuptured Stones
Jennifer Rochester
Create a country wall in richly encrusted calico

Only Natural
Maggie Phillips
Work simple stitches on natural linen to make an elgant curtain tie-back

Delicate Petals
Claire Muir
Create beautiful organza flowers

Garden Greenery
Sally Kelly
Capture your favourite plants in a free-style stitch sampler

Tantalising Tucks
Jennie Rayment
Use fabric manipulation techniques to create a dynamically different design

Just One Stitch
Chris Berry explores raised stem band

Features

articles on historical and contemporary textiles and embroidery

Competition
Win a Fantastic Stitching Holiday in France!

Artist Trading Cards - they're all about sharing
Frieda Oxenham
Discover the creativity of these tiny works of art

Rural Scenes
Lynn Szygenda
One of the treasures from the Embroiderers' Guild Museum Collection

The Science of Embroidery
The creative world of Helen Cowans

The Man Who Makes Mandalas
Katherine James
Introducing Tsering Pasang, textile artist

Colours from Nature
Linda Rudkin
was 'dyeing' for a change!

Rising to the Challenge!
Linda Rudkin
A competition that was designed to inspire, challenge and unleash creativity