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Joan Elliott
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Joan Elliott
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Fairies
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Issue 206£4.99
The most beautiful cross stitch designs
The
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stitch
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The
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stitch
designs
Paws forthought…
Our teddy will steal your heart
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thought…
PEO
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MARIA
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'Beads and embroidery add
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baby joy
baby joy
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Issue 206 February 2012
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Beautiful
Cute cardsto
welcomebaby
cards
to
bookmarks
welcome
baby
30
Stitch this
adorable
storybook
bear with
Andree
Langhorn’s
design
6
This
bloom is
anything
but shy
27
Welcome a
new baby
with Lucie
Heaton’s
cards
54
Markyour
place with
flowers
Lesley
Teare’s
elegant
hanging
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48
Chill out with our
Arctic bear design
In this issue…
Essential inspiration
40
Designs to stitch
LadybirdFairy
– our Chart of the Month
is the first in Joan Elliott’s series of
garden fairies
27
BundlesofJoy
– Lucie Heaton’ssweet
collection of new baby cards
Through the EyeofaNeedle
We talk to
the people who make stitching needles
30
Paws forThought
– Andree Langhorn’s
whimsical teddy is ideal for a nursery
43
Mounting &Framing
– the first in
Rebecca Bradshaw’s Making Up series
61
Stitching success
– Charting editor Abi
Barker’s guide to everything you need to
get started on this month’s projects
48
Petal Markers
– Lesley Teare’s spring
bookmarks make perfect small gifts
6
Emperor Bloom
– Maria Diaz’s exotic
peony chart provides a splash of pink
54
String of Hearts
– Achic,romantic
decoration for your home
16
Polar Son
– an exclusive polar bear
design from Coats Crafts
Great offers!
13
Greatgiveaways
– enter today for a
chance to win a fantastic stitching prize!
Every issue
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Becs’crafty ideas
Be inspired by
Rebecca Bradshaw’s stitching world
Interview
– discover the sources of
inspiration behind Joan Elliott’s designs
35
Classic kits
– your favourite Collection
designs available in kit form
60
Back issues&binders
– what do you
need to complete your collection?
11
Write to us
to win prizes!
38
Direct to your door
– order fabric and
threads packs for this issue’s projects
64
Next month
– a preview of our next issue
14
Jane Greenoff’s page!
This month Jane
explains the art of blackwork
66
Relax and enjoy
– take a break with our
puzzles and win prizes from Zweigart
46
Subscribe
with our fantastic offer – four
free charts and full access to Craft Circle!
24
Newideas!
Kits, designer secrets & more
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February 2012
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IN E
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CHARTOFTHE MONTH
Yo ur design in this issue is
Joan Elliott’s‘
LadybirdFairy’
This is the first in our Garden Fairy
series, so look out formore
in futureissues!
Welcome…
We arevery excited indeed to begin abrand newJoanElliott
seriesthis month! Our gorgeous LadybirdFairy Chartofthe
Month is the first of six beautiful Garden Fairies for you to
collect. As ever, Joan has created a truly stunning set of
designs, full of wonderful detail and plenty of special sparkle
with lots of lovely beads and metallic threads.Don’t missthe
Lavender Fairy coming up in Issue 208.
If you’re looking foraquick stitch this month have agoat
our pretty spring flower bookmarks on page 48. They make
great gifts too. Have a great month…
We
love it!
This issue we’ve been lucky enough to be able
to steal a few moments of the talented Joan
Elliott’s time and ask her all about the things
thatinspireher wonderful designs.She
provided us with lots of lovely personal pictures
too, including this one of herself with her
belovedEarl. Read the full interviewonpage4.
Catherine Hood
PS Let us know if you’re looking for a particular chart or issue,
and we’ll publish the details in our ‘I’ve Missed section
February 2012
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Above:InVermont,winter’s
stillness bringsthe perfect
quiet time to be creative
Right: Earl and I at the spring
Magnolia showatthe Brooklyn
Botanic Gardens
In conversation with
Joan Elliott
Haveyoueverwonderedwhatinspiresthedesignsyouloveto
stitch?JudyDarleygainsanintriguinginsightintothethings
thatfireJoanElliott’simagination
Have you ever wondered what inspires the designs you love to
stitch?
that fi
F
rom flower fairies to Victorian maidens, Joan
Elliott’sdesigns consistently charm cross
stitchers across the world. The busy crossstitch
designer takes time out to tell us how she got started
in hercareer, and what inspired hertocreatethe
LadybirdFairy,thisissue’s chartofthe monthand
the first of our six-part Garden Fairy series.
Howdid this lead to acareerasadesigner of
cross stitch charts?
Ihavealwayslovedcolourand fibreand during my
yearsinart schoolasapaintingmajor Ibegan to
incorporate fibretechniques into my artwork. My
firstjob outofcollege wasworking as afreelance
artistfor oneofthe topneedlework stores in New
York City. At first it was all very routine copying of
designs and paintings onto needlepoint canvas but
eventually Ibegan designing my ownpieces. When
cross stitch started taking over from needlepoint in
popularity I started to submit designs to the kit
companies and so it began.
How did you first discover cross stitching?
Ifirst learned needle arts from my mother and
grandmotherwhenIwas ayoung girl,something I
am ever grateful for. Itookeasilytothemall,
crocheting,knitting, embroideryand crossstitch.
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February 2012
Meet the
designer
What are your goals when you begin a design?
When Ibegin adesignIamalwaysthinkingabout
colour, composition, and the feeling that I want the
design to evoke. Will it be a fun design of teddies, a
wistfulfairy,orajolly Santa Claus? Gettingjustthe
right emotion in the movement and facts of my
charactersisveryimportant.
Above:Two of my favourite
things–mynieceChristina
and wonderful Prospect Park
Above: These blooms provided inspiration for issue 194’s Iris Fairy
“Inspiration comes from so many sources.
Examples include my garden,museums,and my
wonderful nieces and nephews”
What kinds of things inspire your designs?
Inspiration comesfromsomanysources.Examples
include my garden formyflowerfairies,museums
formyethnic designs, and my wonderfulniecesand
nephews for my children’s pieces and teddy bears.
Sometimes a beautiful song or a memorable movie
will sparkanidea. Ifindthatifmymindisclear and
ready to be creative,the design inspiration
miraculously appears!
Do you have a specific place where you do this?
Both our place in New York and our house in
Vermont have aspecialspace formywork. In New
York it is a small and very crowded alcove in our
apartment. My work closet is filled to therafters with
supplies, finished modelsand allsorts of goodies
that help me create designsand models. In Vermont
Ihavealargerspace that looks outonmygardens,
which I absolutely love.
How do you develop your initial idea into a
cross stitch chart?
Formymagazinecommissions,manyeditors have a
theme in mind. We often have a bit of back and forth
about possibilities and then agree upon something
together. For my books, I have worked both with
editors’ suggestions of themes and with a list of my
ownproposals that they canthenchoose from.With
my very first book, A Cross Stitcher’s Oriental
Odyssey, David & Charles approached me with the
idea to put together a compilation of all of my
Oriental designs. My latest book, FairyEnchantment
from DRG Publishing, was a proposal I sent in and
they agreed on.
My designing process tends to start with some
quiet thinking time and a blank sheet of paper. I keep
anotebookhandy whereIcan write down design
ideassince they cancometomeany time.Oncea
commission comesinorIdecideonatheme Istart
sketching a bit and let it grow.
What kinds of things do you surround yourself
with in your work spaces?
I keep a lot of my favourite photos, books, finished
stitched pieces,fabricsamples,threadcolourcards
and special mementos and assorted things I’ve
collected over the years, nearby for inspiration.
Above:The bountyfroma
summer morning walk through
my garden in Vermont
Below: Growing flowers and
vegetablessoothesmysoul
and opens my eyes to the
beauty all around
What prompted your ideafor theLadybird
Fairy that appears in this issue?
Catherine and I tossed around some thoughts for a
newseries that wouldbeagood follow up to the
flower fairies that everyone so enjoyed the last time
around.Itwas arealcollaborative effort to come up
withthe rightideas and we finally decidedonmore
flowers and some of our favourite winged garden
friends. Sincethe delightfulladybird is always a
beneficialharbinger in thegarden sheseemed just
the right start for this new group of designs.
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