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.

Experience the ultimate CROSSSTITCHER SUBSCRIPTION • Print or digital? Why choose? When you can have both!

Welcome • Preserving the last of summer…

MAKE Of The month • Create a bobbins birthday card – and download and print out your FREE vintage-style bobbins!

BOOK OF THE MONTH! • Discover The Ultimate Cross Stitch Pet Collection by Claire Crompton, featuring over 400 animal portraits and motifs, ideal for creating personalized pet-themed cross-stitch artwork.

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

TREND SPOTTING

STITCHING WITH JULIAN • Julian Odessa gives words of wisdom on how to flourish when stitching or in life, this time encouraging us to learn the art of saying 'no'!

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

LATE SUMMER OFFERS! • Sensational savings to be made, while stocks last! Take advantage of our exclusive offers today…

CALENDAR SAL • Welcome to our Calendar Stitch-A-Long! Make a date with us to stitch a new month each issue until you have a whole year of designs

Spread the LOVE • It’s jam tomorrow and today too, with our pretty pots of preserves that will create a delicious display!

Paws & Unwind • Lounging around on our best living room chairs, our cosy cats and dogs are what make a house a home! The purrfect cards for a pet-loving friend!

Country LIVING • Our cushion shows that there’s nothing lovelier than an English country cottage and its garden

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

GARDEN GIRL • How adorable is our little rabbit in her cottage garden? Filled with flowers, this is a bunny tin to add to your collection today!

SMALL FACES • It’s a face-off! Stitch our selection of pint-sized portraits to hang in your home and add a pop of colour

TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL • Older kids will love being gifted this pencil case, with its cheeky saying – stitch it now ready for when they return to the classroom!

Stitch & Stitchability • Fans of Jane Austen won’t need much persuasion to stitch our Georgian belle of the ball, complete with literary quote

LettEr LIBRARY FAIRY TALES • It’s story time as we use some Fairy Tale & Nursery Rhyme favourites to create a magical set of alphabet motifs

NATURE’S SERENITY • After crying ‘never again!’ at the completion of her last book, Theresa Lawson talks about her return to authorship and our stitch ‘oases’

Simply Jam-tastic! • We’re jamming! Our fruitful trio of designs includes covers for pots of honey and apple and pear preserves – yum!

MINDFULNESS MANDALA • Finish off your Mandala SAL in style – we show how to make up our SAL from the last nine months into a fabulous cushion

In My Hoop… • All the way from India, subscriber Anuradha Jain has been using cross stitch, and many other needlework techniques, to decorate her home and to relax

CREATE A CLASSIC: Apple Tree • Capture the beauty of early autumn with our magical apple tree, using half stitching, blending and French knots to bring it to life

Ready, steady, stitch! • We’ve challenged three designers to use only the materials given to them to create a special mason jar lid. Read on to see how they got...