What's in the March/April 2008 issue of Embroidery ...

Edrica Huws

Sarah Brown

Kimonos
Sophie Milenovich's new book tackles the quintessential Japanese garment, the kimono

Painting with Thread
Introducing the work of a visionary textile artist and painter in thread, Edrica Huws
Val Shields

art of the STITCH
The Embroiderers' Guild's international open biennial opens in Birmingham this month

Marian Bijlenga

Anne Bourbeau

Shelly Goldsmith

Drawing on Nature
A contemplative observation of nature informs Marian Bijlenga's fibre drawings
Jessica Hemmings
photo: Ron Zijlstra, Amsterdam

Objects of Desire
Anne Bourbeau thinks big, tackling imagery on a scale rarely seen in textiles
Ian Wilson

Material Evidence
Jerwood Prize winner Shelly Goldsmith is back in the studio, exploring new work
Lesley Mitchison

The Hidden Valleys of the Hindu Kush
The embroidery and beadwork of the Kalash
tribes of north west Pakistan
Angela Thompson

Gawthorpe Hall
The Rachel B Kay-Shuttleworth collection
is a gem truly worth uncovering
June Hill

Riitta-Liisa Haavisto

James Hunting

Inside the Collection
Contemporary embroidery within the
Embroiderers' Guild Museum Collections
Lynn Szygenda

Story Stitching
Experience a hand embroidery course
with James Hunting at West Dean College