The World of Cross Stitching

Every issue is packed with the very best cross stitch designs, expert advice and in depth technical features, as well as product news, reader letters and stories, competitions and giveaways.

Welcome

Meet Some of our designers…

STITCHING HELP!

Meet our guests • Get to know this month’s reader panel, and look out for their favourite projects throughout the issue

Furry Tales • Collect a chart from the adorable Furry Tales® family, designed by Lucie Heaton

Your EXCLUSIVE gift! • Get your Christmas stitching started early and send this charming festive greeting to someone special

A fresh Start • Begin the new season with this captivating baby deer among golden leaves on a crisp autumn day

Your letters • We love to see your stitches and keep up with your news, so send your photos, letters and tips today!

Meet The Wild of Cross Stitching team…

Little treasures

Win!

Colour-popping floral posy

ROARSOME STITCHES

Stitch therapy

Perfect Present

Happy haunting

Distinctive detail

CUSTOM-MADE MASKS

SubStars

In season

TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY STITCH

Greetings from across the pond

Stitch’n’spook

SEND US YOUR NEWS

Send happy thoughts • Show someone how special they are to you with cards featuring soft pastel floral and feather posies

Leaves are falling • The changing of the season brings a brand new sampler for you to stitch and celebrate autumn’s calling

Ask the experts • Our panel of professionals are here to help you with your cross stitch dilemmas – however large or small

Quaint cottage

Hunting down thread cones

In the spotlight

Stitches from our toolbox

In needle of some advice

Nuts about each other

Wishes granted • Request a design and our resident design expert, Jenny, might just chart it for you…

Big birthday

A golden anniversary stitch

STITCHING HELP!

Friendly advice • We asked our Facebook fans to tell us their top tips to help kids get into stitching – here’s what they said…

TECHNIQUE FOCUS

QUICK Q&A

Design round-up • We’ve hand-picked a selection of kits & charts to help you find great stitches for the guys in your life…

Pet of the month • We know you’re huge fans of pets, so have us design a cross stitch of a beloved animal!

Fall hedge over heels • Join this little hedgehog in collecting colourful autumnal leaves and settling in for a snug hibernation

Our Best Buys • All the hottest cross stitch must-haves for your shopping list, plus an exclusive offer to make your pennies go further…

STYLISH STASH

5 fab finds… to quench your thirst • Just our crafty cup of tea

FAMILY IS EVERYTHING • STITCH YOUR TRIBE

STUNNING SPRAY

SAY THANKS A BUNCH

ULTI-MUTT IN STITCH

READER OFFER

Britain’s No.1 THE WORLD OF Cross Stitching

Hocus pocus • A BEWITCHING COLLECTION THAT’LL HOLD YOU UNDER A SPELL

Midnight moggies • You don’t want to cross this pair of black cats admiring the full moon – stitch for Halloween today

Online news • Explore a world of cross stitching without leaving the house – we’ve found the websites, communities and charts you’ll love!

Websites you’ll love • Next time you log on, check out these amazing stitchy sites

Podcast of the month

Free download

Sarah Corbett • Craftivist Collective founder Sarah talks to Lara Watson about the journey that inspired her activism

Canary Craftivist chart • Use this cross stitch chart, designed by Lucie Heaton, to take part in the #CanaryCraftivists...