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.
'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
