Stitch

Each issue of Stitch magazine takes you on an exciting, creative, textile journey... bringing you traditional embroidery techniques and a wealth of creative contemporary ideas.

Stitch • Magazine established 1999

A fresh take on tradition

FEELING LUCKY?

UNIQUE SELF-STUDY ONLINE COURSES • It’s time to develop your own designs and challenge your creativity. No more kits or following along in a group re-creating another artist’s designs. You are ready for your next step in your creative journey.

Midnight Garden • Silk fabric and dreamy colours combine to create an enchanting piece of stumpwork inspired by folk patterns

USING THE RIGHT NEEDLE

WORK THIS PROJECT

WORK WITH PEARL PURL

Needlelace • Loëtitia Gibier shares how to work needlelace – an integral technique for her Midnight Garden project on page

For Your Bookshelf

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Happy Holidays • Combine textile collage, summer photos and stitching, to create a memento tin to store keepsakes from your holiday in

WORKING WITH INKJET COTTON

BECOME A MEMBER Join the Embroiderers’ Guild today! • Join the Embroiderers’ Guild today and support all who learn, teach, preserve and explore the fascinating art of stitch

Palette Project • Be inspired by the multi-colours in nature to stitch a rainbow leaf! Incorporating a variety of stitches and textures, this is the perfect choice for anyone relatively new to embroidery

What’s On

Hidden Treasure • Our silver seahorse shimmers and shines like a jewel of the sea – with ribbonwork seaweeds to add a contrasting texture

Stitch Together • Trisha McGarry of Blackmore Vale Creative Textiles shares with us how they got started, the beautiful location where they meet and what a meeting is like…

Cockles & Mussels • Explore the flora and fauna of a seaside rockpool – your creation is made using some clever free-motion embroidery techniques combined with fabric, paints and inks

FREE-MOTION EMBROIDERY

Threads of Connection • Ekta Kaul, author of Kantha: Sustainable Textiles and Mindful Making explains how her Indian heritage led her to explore the rich world of the running stitch

Stitch BOOK OF THE MONTH! • A Fine Tradition leads you on a vibrant exploration of needlework, blending the rich textures of wool, cotton, and silk threads with the natural beauty of linen.

Your next issue…

Fine & Dandy • Practise thread painting and create a summer cushion that elevates the humble dandelion to a piece of fine art

CUT YOUR FABRICS

Meet the Artist • We chat with one of our talented embroidery artists. Stitch contributor Jessica Kinnersley specialises in textile art and shares with us her inspirations and more

Templates • All the templates, guides and patterns you will need to complete this issue’s projects. Please note the scale before starting.

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