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To celebrate 30 years of Inspirations, designers were asked to create a project incorporating some favourite elements from their own embroidery journey.

The result? Exciting dimensional work, exquisite threadpainting, meticulous goldwork and contemporary needlelace, alongside a delightful array of embroidery stitches and beading techniques.

Featured Projects

'Inspirations Issue 120' features the following projects:

• Busy Bees by Susan O'Connor

  Honeybees gathering pollen adorn a unique pincushion and etui with red gerbera flowers

• Echinacea by Jo Butcher

  Vibrant coneflowers in surface and stumpwork embroidery against a watercolour background

• Nature's Realm by Trish Burr

  Threadpainted panel of flowers and pollinators using an analogous colour palette

• Bertie by Tania Cohen

  Fabulous beetle brooch in soft, silk shades with shimmering metallic highlights

• Bella Dama by Ana Mallah

  A cottage garden beauty with pretty, stumpwork petals creating dimension

• Cinnamon & Sugar by Hazel Blomkamp

  Small cushion with an elegant motif showcasing four needlelace patterns

• Grapevine & Ladybird by Jane Nicholas

  A golden trellis supports a stumpwork vine with beaded fruit and a visiting ladybird

• Favourite Things by Betsy Morgan

  Counted thread sampler featuring favourite stitches, motifs and colours