Issue 41: June/July 2006

cover of issue 40

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Shopping Around: Some of the best new products and ideas
Your Letters: - share your news and views


What's On: Dates for your diary
Helping Hand: The place to buy, swap and sell or to seek advice
Book Reviews: Top titles for creative stitchers - see books reviewed in STITCH 41

Projects and Techniques

Full instructions for all these projects can be found in Stitch 41


How Does Your Garden Grow? Kathryn Slaughter Stitch the flowers that take your fancy!	A Rose by Any Other Name Kathleen Laurel Sage Lacy cutwork bag makes a real style statement	Under the Sea... Gary Clarke's seahorse - a whimsical creature	Another Fine Mesh Janice Hay Manipulate Wireform into exciting shapes


The Taste of Summer Annette Bolton Scissors case with an Elizabethan strawberry motif	Luminous Lupins Designed and worked by Sarah Lomax and Sue Hinde of Golden Hinde Stitch traditional goldwork in coloured metal threads	Sweet Lavender Lorna Bateman Make a delicate pincushion with dainty buds and bees	Maasai Jewels Magie Relph A dazzling panel inspired by African necklaces


Fantasy Flowers Kit Strathairn explores the creativity of Fibertex	Just in Case... Jane Davis Create a beaded needlepoint glasses case

Features

articles on historical and contemporary textiles and embroidery


Mary Lucas's Sampler Lynn Szygenda Discover the Embroiderers' Guild Museum Collection	Gala Event Join us in celebrating the Embroiderers' Guild Centenary	Pfaff Art Embroidery Challenge Machine-stitched work from around the world	Variety Bag Competition


From Sketch to Stitch Janet Edmonds explores the shapes, colours and surfaces of shells	The Levens Hall Quilt Jenny Lewis One of England's earliest patchworks