Inspirations 125

Enjoy the delightful energy of vibrant colour in this issue, with a fun mobile for a child’s room featuring butterflies, bees and ladybirds, a bounty of spring flowers adorning a cushion and a field of poppies utilising stumpwork in combination with a painted background. You will also find beautiful, classic surface embroidery including needlework accessories adorned with pretty bullion knot rosebuds and a sophisticated still life design.

PROJECTS:

Poppies by Jo Butcher A field of beautiful poppies is brought to life with stumpwork and surface embroidery over a printed background.

Little Flying Things by Carolyn Stanton A delightful mobile for a little one’s room with a collection of brightly coloured flying creatures amongst verdant leaves.

Floral Cascade by Laurence Lieblich Bring a gorgeous day from the height of spring indoors with this flower-filled cushion design.

Chain of Hearts by Kim Beamish Hardanger heart motifs are wonderfully accentuated with a textured background in pulled thread embroidery.

Fly me to the Moon by Trish Burr A fabulous moth in the designer’s signature whitework with colour embroidery style.

Heartfelt by Louise Spriggs Pretty bullion rosebuds framed by hearts adorn a set of needlework accessories.

Still Life with Loquats by Margaret Light Superb design utilising asymmetry and negative space along with varied stitch textures to create a special embroidery to frame.