front 07 EMBROIDERY LOVES Gentle campaigner Sarah P Corbett’s new book, The Craftivist Collective Handbook 08 NEWS Some stories and events to take note of, including news of The Gardener King 13 OUT & ABOUT Meet like-minded embroiderers on a course at a summer school 14 Q&A FEATURE: SALAD DAYS Based in Tokyo, Noriko Kouike recreates lifelike veg that look good enough to eat regulars 10 FRESH TALENT Discover the vivid long-arm embroidery of US-based Kaylie Kaitschuck 16 OPEN BOOK Monika Auch writes about a book inspired by her Stitch Your Brain project on the brain-dexterity-craft relationship 18 OFFBEAT ARTIST Kent Henricksen seeks to both satisfy and unsettle the viewer of his art, using masked figures on bucolic prints 20 THE SEWING ROOM Vanessa Marr has few needs but a good light to sew by is one of them – and woe betide you if you sit in her ‘stitching seat’ 22 PREVIEW: HAREWOOD BIENNIAL An event hosted by Harewood House near Leeds, the biennial seeks to portray contemporary art in a historic setting 26 OPEN BOOK Megan Zaniewski’s nature-inspired book on stumpwork helps readers recreate stunning 3D flora and fauna 52 MEET THE GROUP Textile Art Group Suffolk, or TAGS, are inspired by the county they call home

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features 34 SEWING WITH SAND Capucine Bourcart is a French artist based in New York, who collects unusual things to use in her art, including lint, fur and sand 38 TRIBUTE TO LOU GARDINER Lou Gardiner was an exceptionally gifted artist who has left behind a rich legacy of commissioned pieces and warm memories 42 THE BIGGER PICTURE With retro photography as her canvas, Julie Cockburn makes thread interventions that elevate her final pictures 46 FESTIVAL OF QUILTS: THE LATE CHRISTINE CHESTER Friends of Christine Chester have organised what promises to be a wonderful and thoughtprovoking exhibition of her work at FoQ 49 IN PRAISE OF GRAN Alison Baxter highlights the women who went before us and their skills in art and craft 50 BROTHER WINNERS UPDATE A final update from the winners of our Machine Made competition, sponsored by Brother [Sewing Machines] 54 HANGING BY A THREAD Angela Knapp explores the UK’s Red List of endangered birds in her evocative art cover story

30 BEACH BODIES In her research on ‘orts’, Jane Colquhoun tapped a rich seam of inspiration that has fed into several of her more recent artworks

ON THE COVER: Started Early Took My Dog by Jane Colquhoun, whose work changed dramatically on joining seam collective

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reviews 25 TAKE 5 BOOKS & COMPETITION Previews of some ‘must-buy books’ or should that read ‘must-win titles’? 29 BETWEEN THE COVERS Cloth Stories by Ali Ferguson Kantha by Ekta Kaul 57 EXHIBITION Nature’s Tapestry by Olga Prinku at Hidcote 58 WHAT’S ON A look at the months ahead

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