Alongside projects utilising popular techniques, we love to include embroidery styles not previously featured in Inspirations. 
In this issue, we welcome the first of a pair of designs worked in Opus Anglicanum, a style that developed during the late medieval period. Designer Tanya Bentham is our guide to the techniques used. 
You will also find beautiful threadpainting, Hardanger, stumpwork and Deerfield embroidery.
 
Featured Projects
Anemones
by Colleen Goy
Threadpainted anemones in a pretty trio of colours.
 
A Token of Friendship
by Lesley Wilkins
Folding book of crossstitched panels featuring intricate Quaker motifs.
 
Butterfly Blues
by Deborah Love
Lavender sachet embellished with Deerfield embroidery.
 
Cleopatra Butterfly on Ivy
by Martina Frank
A butterfly rests on an ivy plant, depicted with stumpwork.
 
Darwin Woollybutt & Blue-banded Bee
by Denise Mackey
Stumpwork study of an Australian eucalypt and solitary native bee.
 
Hardanger Stars
by Kim Beamish
Needlework accessories featuring a variety of star motifs in Hardanger embroidery.
 
Heloise
by Tanya Bentham
A young medieval woman, the first in a pair of Opus Anglicanum panels.
 
Mucha’s Heart
by Louise Waddington
Goldwork and stumpwork design inspired by the work of Alphonse Mucha.