The Design Collective Volume 2 - Christmas

$71.50

Description:
Introducing a brand new series of books from Inspirations – The Design Collective.

In this first volume, we’re giving Pincushions a makeover.

Each designer was given the same brief. There were no rules. No guidelines. The only criteria: the final project must house pins and needles.

The result? The most imaginative, clever, and artistic pincushions you have ever seen.

"We asked twelve of the world's most talented needlework artisans to design a pincushion… and the result was phenomenal."

Projects:

'The Design Collective - Pincushions' features the following projects:

  • Ivy by Margaret Light
    Trailing stems of ivy with flowers and berries surround a hand-quilted circlet within a square design
  • Celest Fig by Christine Burton
    Three-dimensional fig with beaded blackwork designs creating texture and shading
  • Daisies & Forget-me-nots by Ana Mallah
    Two enchanting pincushions, surrounded by pretty stumpwork flowers
  • Sweet Strawberry by Victoria Laine
    Colourful strawberry motif and background in counted thread embroidery with metal thread highlights
  • Fragments by Anna Scott
    Jacobean-style flower and buds in vibrant reds and blues adorn a small, pleated pillow top
  • Norwegian Lace by Di Kirchner
    Delicate and lace-like square of Hardanger atop a linen base, finished with a wrapped bead
  • Sacred Flower by Margaret Lee
    Symbolism-rich lotus design worked with gleaming filament silks using Chinese embroidery techniques
  • Nodding Greenhood by Alison Cole
    An Australian bushland scene brought to life with a stumpwork study of native orchids on a wooden base
  • Chō Mon by Jane Nicholas
    A perfect trio of stylised, goldwork butterflies form a circular shape on a pillow design
  • Sweet William by Hazel Blomkamp
    Sparkling, three-dimensional beaded flowers and leaves surround a lattice on a circular design
  • Deerfield by Deborah Love
    Graceful buds and stems worked in harmonious blue shades, finished with a beaded edge
  • Bargello & Blackwork by Betsy Morgan
    Open box and scissor fob with elegant panels of counted thread and velvet pincushion

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