A fresh take on tradition

One of the things I just love about

Midnight Garden

Silk fabric and dreamy colours combine to create an enchanting piece of stumpwork inspired by folk patterns

Happy Holidays

Combine textile collage, summer photos and stitching, to create a memento tin to store keepsakes from your holiday in

Hidden Treasure

Our silver seahorse shimmers and shines like a jewel of the sea – with ribbonwork seaweeds to add a contrasting texture

Cockles & Mussels

Explore the flora and fauna of a seaside rockpool – your creation is made using some clever free-motion embroidery techniques combined with fabric, paints and inks

Fine & Dandy

Practise thread painting and create a summer cushion that elevates the humble dandelion to a piece of fine art

Needlelace

Loëtitia Gibier shares how to work needlelace – an integral technique for her Midnight Garden project on page 7

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Templates

All the templates, guides and patterns you will need to complete this issue’s projects. Please note the scale before starting.

STITCH GUIDE

Applying a Bead Secure the bead with a

Perfect Palette

Be inspired by the multi-colours in nature to stitch a rainbow leaf! Incorporating a variety of stitches and textures, this is the perfect choice for anyone relatively new to embroidery

What’s On

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Stitch Together

Trisha McGarry of Blackmore Vale Creative Textiles shares with us how they got started, the beautiful location where they meet and what a meeting is like…

Threads of Connection

Ekta Kaul, author of Kantha: Sustainable Textiles and Mindful Making explains how her Indian heritage led her to explore the rich world of the running stitch

Meet the Artist

We chat with one of our talented embroidery artists. Stitch contributor Jessica Kinnersley specialises in textile art and shares with us her inspirations and more