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.