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.

MAKES of the month • Our summer issue comes with not one, but two makes of the month! You can make our corner bookmark and then start the first part of our special Summer sampler SAL…

EXCLUSIVE SUMMER STITCH-A-LONG! • Use the chart below to stitch the border for your mini summer sampler, ready to fill with the motifs you’ll receive in issues 398 and 399

FOR LESS THAN £2.50 A MONTH, HERE IS WHAT YOU GET ON

Welcome • Beautiful images brought to life…

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

MY CRAFT ROOM: ELAINE SERENUM • We get to see a glimpse of a designer’s own craft space…

FABRIC OF THE MONTH • In each issue of CrossStitcher we’ll feature a special ‘Fabric of the Month’…

TREND SPOTTING

STITCHING WITH JULIAN • Julian Odessa gives words of wisdom on how to flourish when stitching or in life. This month he asks us to take a digital detox now and then…

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

FANTASTIC SUMMER BARGAINS • Fabulous seasonal deals for CrossStitcher readers…

SEASONAL HOUSES SAL

ADVENTURE AWAITS • Taking time out to see the world? Our luxury leopard design makes a striking cover for a travel journal – it would make a great gift for a friend about to set off on a new adventure

Grow With Love • Know a green-fingered friend? From veg growing to cut flowers, our gardening cards are guaranteed to raise a smile!

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

“OVER TO YOU…”

Shoreline DREAMS • Life is better by the sea and our idyllic British beachside scene is a reminder of lazy days on the sands

BIG PAWS, LITTLE PAWS • Have a bear hug on us, with our mum and baby panda scene. Use whole stitches, backstitch and French knots to complete it

An interview with… Hattie McGill • From furniture restoration to pieces for stage and screen, Hattie McGill has done it all. Julian Odessa chats to Hattie about her passion for embroidery

TOTALLY TROPICAL • School your friends on tropical fish names with our fin-tastic design – perfect for an aquarium-loving pal!

In My Hoop… • From free kits to show-winning stitching – Sarah Bunce has only been stitching since 2020’s lockdown, but there’s no stopping her now!

Home Sweet Home • Whip up a unique house-warming gift for a friend by working on plastic aida and customising using the alphabet provided

7 ISSUES FOR £19.48!

BIRTHDAY CARDS & TAGS COLLECTION • Whatever time of year your family and friends’ birthdays fall, we’ve a cute card and tag to suit! Choose from 12 fab designs in our bumper collection…

HEART OF SUMMER • Cottage garden charm depicted in a trio of pretty heart hangers – making the ultimate summer display…

CREATE A CLASSIC: Birth Flowers • A year of birth flowers – which one is yours? Stitch your birth flower or why not work on all of them to make our wall hanging?

Ready, Steady, Stitch • We’ve challenged three designers to use only the materials given to them to create a sign for a gardener. Read on to see how they got on…

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