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Christmas is very nearly here, so this month we asked our designers to create a heart-shaped decoration featuring a festive design that means something to them. They also had to stick to only the seve

If you’re used to working with cross stitch kits, you’ll be familiar with the concept of having everything you need ready to start stitching straight away. But when you’re following a counted chart, l

Sprinkled with a sugary colour palette of pastel pinks, butter yellow and baby blues, this folk art hoop will brighten up your winter days. Let spring in with this illustrative and detailed hoop of sy

Our hare would make a lovely card design. Iron your stitching on a low-heat setting on the back to get it pristine first Step 1 STITCH the brooch in the middle of the fabric, using two strands for the

■ Card stock ■ Stranded cotton (we used DMC 676 and 321) ■ Pencil ■ Scissors ■ Chenille needle ■ Felt mat or corrugated cardboard ■ Embroidery scissors ■ Hole punch ■ Baker's twine or ribbon ■ Basic s

Welcome to the second part of the stitch-a-long, where we’ll be working on our first panel – this panel is all about trust! It’s important to have friends that we can depend on, who we know have got o