Inspirations Magazine 125

Enjoy the delightful energy of vibrant colour in this issue, with a fun mobile for a child’s room featuring butterflies, bees and ladybirds, a bounty of spring flowers adorning a cushion and a field of poppies utilising stumpwork in combination with a painted background.

You will also find beautiful, classic surface embroidery including needlework accessories adorned with pretty bullion knot rosebuds and a sophisticated still life design. Featured Projects

‘Inspirations Issue 125’ features the following projects: Chain of Hearts by Kim Beamish

Hardanger heart motifs are wonderfully accentuated with a textured background in pulled thread embroidery. Floral Cascade by Laurence Lieblich

Bring a gorgeous day from the height of spring indoors with this flower-filled cushion design. Fly Me to the Moon by Trish Burr

A fabulous moth in the designer’s signature whitework with colour embroidery style. Heartfelt by Louise Spriggs

Pretty bullion rosebuds framed by hearts adorn a set of needlework accessories. Little Flying Things by Carolyn Stanton

A delightful mobile for a little one’s room with a collection of brightly coloured flying creatures amongst verdant leaves. Poppies by Jo Butcher

A field of beautiful poppies is brought to life with stumpwork and surface embroidery over a printed background. Still Life with Loquats by Margaret Light

Superb design utilising asymmetry and negative space along with varied stitch textures to create a special embroidery to frame.