Stitch-a-long

Welcome to our 2023 Stitch-A-Long! Fiona Crouch has created an amazing ‘Landmarks of Great Britain and Ireland’ SAL – and we will be unveiling four famous, and also some not so famous landmarks each issue, over the next nine issues. This month we give you another four landmarks…

LANDMARKS SAL

In this issue we are giving you: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Rock of Cashel, Stonehenge and The Needles.

The maximum size for each landmark is 30 x 30 stitches, with the name displayed underneath. We have left six aida squares between each landmark left and right, and three aida squares between the rows, when the design is at maximum height, and there is a double-height place name.

If you are stitching the complete sampler, the sun at the top of the Angel of the North design should be 11.5cm (4½in) down and 9cm (3½in) in from the left side of the fabric. The seventh row of landmarks in this issue should be stitched so that the top of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is three squares below The Millennium Centre.

HOW TO JOIN OUR STITCH-A-LONG

WELCOME TO our new stitch-a-long for 2023. Designer Fiona Crouch has created a ‘Landmarks of Great Britain & Ireland’ SAL – and we will be unveiling four famous, and also some not so famous landmarks each issue, over the next nine issues. To join our Landmarks SAL you will need to buy 90x45cm (35½x17¾in) piece of Zweigart Light Blue aida, ref: 3706/503, plus stranded cottons as per the key. The complete design size will be 357 stitches high x 138 stitches wide, which gives you a finished size of 65x25cm (25½x9¾in).

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CROSSSTITCHER PROJECT PACK If you would like to stitch our Landmarks SAL, we have a materials pack with everything you need to get you stitching straight away, and ha