Inspirations #123 Out Now!

12TH JULY 2024 - ASU #435

SPOILER ALERT – If you are yet to receive your copy of Inspirations magazine issue #123 and don’t want to know what’s in it… please skip this article!

Do you get excited when each new issue of Inspirations magazine arrives? We hope so, and we know that many of you do as you’ve shared with us the special ritual you go through to welcome the new magazine (we love that you do that BTW!)

We get excited when a new issue is released, because we can’t wait to share with you all the projects we carefully selected, purely for your stitching joy.

So, without further ado, Ladies and Gentlemen we present to you Inspirations magazine issue #123.

Titled ‘Go with the Flow’ here is just some of the wonder and fabulousness that awaits:

Campanula & Butterflies by Di van Niekerk – a botanical study enhanced with stumpwork and silk ribbon embroidery. Buttercups by Hannah Mansfield – an exquisite goldwork brooch showcasing innovative techniques.

Beautiful Budgies by Melissa Horton – cute, companionable budgerigars in surface embroidery. Floe the Fairy Penguin by Carolyn Stanton – a fun doorstop in the form of a delightful, felt fairy penguin.

Strawberry Feast by Anna Scott – a gorgeous stumpwork strawberry plant with white blossoms and ripe berries. Bright Spark by Carol Mullan – a pair of linen covers for magnifying lamps with Nordic-style counted whitework

Greater Bird of Paradise by Helen M. Stevens – an embroidered masterpiece utilising the wonderful characteristics of filament silk. Changing Colour by Colleen Goy – richly coloured threadpainting depicting autumn leaves floating towards the ground.

You’ll also enjoy our usual collection of insightful editorial pieces including Natural Affinity where we interview the winner of the 2019 Hand & Lock Embroidery Textile Art Open Category prize Hannah Mansfield and discover how she finds inspiration for her stitched masterpieces in her garden.

In Fearless Colour we discover the secrets behind Cathy Jack Coupland’s ability to make colour and texture sing, and we also bring you a fascinating interview with Lucy Newman whose most recent series of embroidered work was influenced by her observation of the post-Chernobyl mutations in plants and animals.

Printed copies of issue #123 are now available to order online using the link below.

Inspirations Issue 123
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Inspirations Issue 123

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PS – In case you miss it, in issue #123 we’re giving away two copies of Yvette Stanton’s book ‘Hardanger Filling Stitches’ that she has generously donated.

Details on how to enter can be found on page 15 and entries close 23rd August.