CrossStitcher

CrossStitcher is the UK’s best-selling crafts magazine. Each issue is packed with inspirational cross stitch designs and exciting new ideas that will help you make the most of this wonderfully relaxing and rewarding hobby. Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not currently include the covermount items or content you would find on printed newsstand copies.

MAKE of the month • Perfect for your handbag, our chart and instructions show everything you need to make a fab floral case for a nail file!

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Welcome 400 issues of CrossStitcher…

Out there • Every month we showcase the latest high street trends, new ideas and inspiring personalities for today’s stylish cross stitcher

FIRM FAVOURITES: EMMA HORAN • In a new series, designers share with us their top stitching essentials

TREND SPOTTING

STITCHING WITH JULIAN • Julian Odessa gives words of wisdom on how to flourish when stitching or in life, and asks us to not allow ourselves to be judged by others…

CRAFTY BOOKSHELF • Read on to find out our favourite new books for stitchers this month…

GREAT END OF SUMMER DEALS! • Fantastic seasonal deals for CrossStitcher readers… Overseas readers please email enquiries@willowfabrics.com to order. Take advantage of our exclusive offers today…

SEASONAL HOUSES SAL • Take a trip around the UK with us! We’re bringing you 13 classic houses from different towns in Britain, to make up a complete sampler

PAWFECT PORTRAITS • We’ve gathered up a whole host of delightful doggies to create a cushion design that’s sheer paw-fection!

needles & notions • Your stitching, top tips, online chat and more!

OVER TO YOU… • We asked our fans on Facebook, “Which tool or gadget in your workbox would you not be without?”

BRIGHT FUTURE • Interested in the mysteries of fortune telling? Explore your destiny with our palmistry poster design

Pretty Posies • Our delightful floral displays are popped into a variety of containers, from teacups to welly boots, making an original way to say it with flowers!

Dragonfly Dance • Darting along the riverbank, our dragonfly is preserved perfectly in stitches with metallic highlights for sparkle

In My Hoop… • Reader Emily Helfrich lives in Pennsylvania, USA, where she enjoys reading CrossStitcher digitally and sharing her work on instagram

SEW BUSY! • Stitch up a celebration of your favourite hobby, which also makes the perfect cushion for your craft room or corner!

LettEr LIBRARY LLAMAS & ALPACAS • A colourful & adorable animal alphabet? No prob-llama! Our llama letters and alpaca initials are perfect for all sorts of projects

An interview with… Faby Reilly • Faby Reilly’s career has evolved from school teacher to stitch tutor as she shares with CrossStitcher how to explain cross stitch to absolute beginners

Celebrate 400 issues with us! • Not only do we have World Cross Stitch Day to celebrate on 11th August, we are also commemorating this issue as our 400th! Join us in celebrating the UK’s longest-established cross stitch brand and Britain’s number one cross stitch magazine, with these fantastic offers!

Fields of LAVENDER • Our lavender lady, gathering the season’s harvest, is worked in a pretty folk-art style on a cushion

SOLAR SMILE • For a sweet project to warm up your home in an instant, our delightful sun face hoop design is a shining example!

CREATE A CLASSIC: Delft Tile Wall Hanging • Decorate your home with traditional Delft tiles without having to do any DIY – our wall hanging is a stunning symphony of stitching in blue

Ready, Steady, Stitch! • We’ve challenged three designers to use only the materials given to them to create a stitcher’s...