Inspirations - Embroidery Magazine from Australia, Issue #125, PAINTING WITH THREAD
Inspirations issue #125, year of publishing: 2025.
Bring a vibrant garden full of life indoors with designs in stumpwork and surface embroidery, make a delightful mobile and an elegant mat utilising whitework techniques.
Wonderful projects ideal for decorating your home and creating perfect gifts for those you treasure. Published by InspIrations Studios, Australia.
The projects are:
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Poppies by Jo Butcher
A field of beautiful poppies is brought to life with stumpwork and surface embroidery over a printed background.
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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.
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Floral Cascade by Laurence Lieblich
Bring a gorgeous day from the height of spring indoors with this flower-filled cushion design.
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Chain of Hearts by Kim Beamish
Hardanger heart motifs are wonderfully accentuated with a textured background in pulled thread embroidery.
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Heartfelt by Louise Spriggs
Pretty bullion rosebuds framed by hearts adorn a set of needlework accessories.
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Fly me to the Moon by Trish Burr
A fabulous moth in the designer’s signature whitework with color embroidery style.
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Still Life with Loquats by Margaret Light
Superb design utilizing asymmetry and negative space along with varied stitch textures to create a special embroidery to frame.
This magazine also include 3 interesting articles, "Quilts of War", "Joyful Stitching", and "Shared Stories".
Dimensions: 9'x 11 3/4", 98 pages+ a liftout pattern sheet with full size templates.
All the techniques are presented in step-by step fashion with detailed descriptions of materials, how-tos, and all the steps, accompanied by close-up highest quality pictures. See examples on photos. Also, a liftout pattern sheet with full scale templates is included.
This magazine is a wonderful exercise in embroidery excellence! Have it and enjoy stitching! It is particularly excellent for those trying new techniques to expand their skills in embroidery.