Inspirations 130

Alongside projects utilising popular techniques, we love to include embroidery styles not previously featured in Inspirations.

In this issue, we welcome the first of a pair of designs worked in Opus Anglicanum, a style that developed during the late medieval period. Designer Tanya Bentham is our guide to the techniques used.

You will also find beautiful threadpainting, Hardanger, stumpwork and Deerfield embroidery.

This issue features:

• Anemones by Colleen Goy
  Threadpainted anemones in a pretty trio of colours.
• A Token of Friendship by Lesley Wilkins
  Folding book of crossstitched panels featuring intricate Quaker motifs.
• Butterfly Blues by Deborah Love
  Lavender sachet embellished with Deerfield embroidery.
• Cleopatra Butterfly on Ivy by Martina Frank
  A butterfly rests on an ivy plant, depicted with stumpwork.
• Darwin Woollybutt & Blue-banded Bee by Denise Mackey
  Stumpwork study of an Australian eucalypt and solitary native bee.
• Hardanger Stars by Kim Beamish
  Needlework accessories featuring a variety of star motifs in Hardanger embroidery.
• Heloise by Tanya Bentham
  A young medieval woman, the first in a pair of Opus Anglicanum panels.
• Mucha's Heart by Louise Waddington
  Goldwork and stumpwork design inspired by the work of Alphonse Mucha.