Inspirations Issue 121 - Natural Rhythm

Inspirations Issue 121 - Natural Rhythm

Beautifully flowing botanical designs feature alongside beading, counted thread embroidery and whitework

Become immersed in beautiful florals in a range of dimensions and styles, from exquisite silk ribbon embroidery and raised techniques to lace-like deruta sfilato and detailed surface stitching, utilising a kaleidoscopic palette of threads.

'Inspirations Issue 121' features the following projects:

• Arts & Crafts Hellebore by Margaret Light
  Intertwining stems of hellebore in the style of a much-loved design movement

• The French Birdcage by Christine P. Bishop
  Counted thread workbox that opens to reveal delightful needlework accessories

• Perfect Pink by Di Kirchner
  Crewel embroidered flowers in a harmonious palette of pinks, greens and golds

• Conversations by Deborah Love
  Little birds amongst flowers showcasing Schwalm embroidery filling stitches

• Fleurs Sauvage by Lorna Bateman
  Sturdy pincushion adorned with a dainty circlet of flowers

• Jacobean Flower by Margaret Lee
  Coin purse sparkling with Japanese-style bead embroidery

• Constable Country by Helen M. Stevens
  Beautiful landscape embroidery of a view across country fields

• Hummingbirds by Noriko Livingstone
  Elegant design of softly shaded hummingbirds and flowers