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Settle down in your deckchair (weather permitting!) and
enjoy this latest collection of irresistible designs in
the latest New Stitches! We all know you can never have
enough shoes and these you can admire everyday with our
sample of gorgeous footwear from the seventeenth century
with rich brocades, buckles and bows. The Masterclass reveals
how to join the smallest scraps of fabric together to make
intriguing backgrounds. There are two great projects to
bring some summer sunshine indoors with the Summer Daisies
tablecloth stitched on a bold gingham and a trio of bright
florals on three new zingy fabric shades. With a replica
historic sampler in muted shades, some bright Blackwork
cards and a bold blue butterfly, there is something to get
you stitching straightaway in this issue!
PLUS win Zweigart fabric
worth over £900 with our fab competition!
Feature Designs
Buckles & Bows
This glorious collection of historic shoes is
a wonderful project for lovers of period costume.
Inspired by shoes of the seventeenth century,
the design includes many fashion features of
the times such as the pointed toe, the introduction
of buckles and the use of richly embroidered
fabrics. This selection exemplifies the most
popular women’s footwear in the 1600s
and marks the era when male and female shoes
first took a different course.
Antique
Stitches
A centuries-old sampler can command extremely
high prices these days so why not add an historic
touch to your home with a modern replica? This
design includes many classic historic sampler
features such as the faded shades of thread,
traditional motifs and even the omission of
the J and Q which was a common in older alphabets.
We have also provided some alternative colourways
that give the sampler a very different look.
Birthday
Blackwork
These pretty cards are stitched in rich berry
shades to make quick yet effective birthday
cards. You can easily change the message or
opt for another shade of thread to suit and
occasion or colourway you have in mind. The
decorative Blackwork bands can also be used
for many other purposes on samplers or edgings
or borders on household linen.
Bright
Petals
This trio of cushions will bring a bright feel
to any chair or sofa thanks to both the crisp
colours of the base fabric as well as the vibrant
motifs stitched upon them. The blooms are the
focus of the designs and the foliage is delicately
depicted in back stitch which make excellent
cushions or even to stitch as pictures. The
new Colmar fabric from Zweigart comes in several
delicious shades that will make a refreshing
change from white.
Summer
Daisies
Give a tired garden or cane table an instant
lift with this fresh and vibrant daisy tablecloth.
The fantastic squared fabric makes it a breeze
to accurately place the daisy motifs so there
are no huge distances to count. Just the thing
for al fresco dining, the cloth can be stitched
with two borders, one border, as a square or
a rectangle so it can be stitched to fit your
table perfectly.
Piecing Fabrics
Discover how to join contrasting shades of Aida
to create exciting designs with different coloured
backgrounds. Make use of all your fabric odds
and ends by simply cross stitching and then
joining them together. Start with these small
cards and use the technique for many other projects.
Shimmering
Wings
The Blue Morpho butterfly is found in the rainforests
of South America where it feeds on over-ripe
and fermenting fruit, so much so, that its flight
can appear rather erratic at times! The creature
has beautiful bright blue wings that have delicate
ridges that reflect the light giving them an
iridescent metallic look. If you wish, you can
get a shimmering effect with the addition of
some blending filament on the wings.