Inspirations Magazine, Issue #70

This issue of Inspirations is celebrating the stitch with 10 diverse embroidery styles. Read the interview with Sally Saunders, professional embroiderer. Needle Nook is a crewel design so that you can keep your scissors, pins, and needle handy. Garden Party is a whole garden sampler of beautiful silk ribbon blooms. Hop to it! Has the cutest baby bunnies imaginable tumbling gleefully along the baby accessories roll. He loves me, he loves me not.. this charming rhyme accompanies the picking of petals from a Stumpwork daisy. Masterpiece is richly decorated with ornate, traditional Jacobean motifs. If you listen very carefully you may hear the sea in the beautiful white shells of Sea Breeze, stitched in Mountmellick embroidery. Ethereal butterflies are stitched onto translucent organza creating a delicate covering called Flutter for a window. Grace is an elegant silk cushion embroidered in soft shades of cream and coral pink. Birds of a Feather are sweet little birds in needlepainting. Gone Shopping is a blue and white striped bag embellished with lush pink bullion roses. Cutting Edge talks about thimbles. Over 100 pages filled with 132 step-by-step photographs and lift out patterns.