from the editor
THREAD MELODIES The cover for this issue of Inspirations has an undeniable musical flavour with the contrasting ivory and black piano keys beautifully complementing the delicate blackwork designs that decorate a lovely pincushion. Come to think of it, embroidery and music have quite a few things in common, including vocabulary. We often hear expressions like ‘stitching rhythm’ or ‘colour harmonies’ or we can have a ‘symphony of stitches’ in a project, all phrases that include words associated with music. We could think about embroidery stitches as being like musical notes – put together in the right combination, repeated the correct number of times and executed with care and precision, they produce a melody as pleasing as any great musical score. And like a musical score, each individual can take the same notes…
