Love Embroidery – December 2022

Issue 35 is bursting with inspiring – and skills-stretching – designs to kick-start your stitching year in style! Embroider an exclusive portrait by Elena Caron featuring a rather dashing fella and a colourful floral beard, sew a lucky black cat plushie featuring shimmering metallics, create uplifting appliqué text art for your walls, and stitch a craft-inspired hoop to celebrate the best hobby in the world. Plus, we show you how to personalise your wardrobe (and make it last longer) with our bobble hat makeover, a sashiko jeans tutorial, and colourful retro beaded bag how-to.

Also in this issue! Learn how to stitch vintage-themed blooms, try your hand at stumpwork techniques to make a three-dimensional pot plant hoop, use watercolour paints to add depth to your embroidery designs, master couching techniques to create tactile bedding, machine-stitch glittering winter garlands, and build a stunning #shelfie-inspired wall hanging. The hardest part? Deciding which project to make first!