Kaleidoscope of colour
HOW TO USE THE COLOUR WHEEL
his issue, we’ve teamed up with designer Clare Albans and thread specialists Anchor to bring you a comprehensive beginner’s guide to, includes step-by-step instructions for 50 different stitches, each with clear photos and handy tips for ways to use them. You can get creative with your newfound skills using our selection of easy rainbow-inspired projects or make your own beautiful colour wheel sampler using the template and guide on the right. You’ll find a smaller version of this guide inside the book on p32, which you can also use as a reference when stitching. The embroidery guide on the right has been printed at full size so you can work directly from it, or download and print it from our website at . It doesn’t matter where you start stitching on the colour wheel. You can follow the alphabetical order of the stitches from the guide book, or you can work through the stitches following the list on the right – each number corresponds to a section on the sampler. For how to set up your sampler, turn to p61 in your guide book.
