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TREE OF THE SEASON My name is Kirstie Halliwell and I have been kept busy with these cross stitch kits. These are a Bothy Threads kit – ‘The Flower Pot’ – and Debbie Harding’s seasonal tree project fr

Tell us about yourself... I’m Italian and live in Modena, a charming town full of tradition, fragrance and colour. I’m a wife, mother and grandmother, three roles I cherish deeply that bring joy and m

TARTAN TREASURES Part of the company’s ‘Wild Scotland’ collection, Vivid Stash* has launched four new designs in their newly certified stash tartan, each one revering the symbols of Scotland. The rele

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Bothy Threads’ Winter collection is packed with wonderful designs for stitchers of all skill levels. Those looking for seasonal landscape-inspired kits will love Light Up Your Life, based on original

My mom made a little gingerbread house out of paper and asked me to decorate it with cross-stitching. I looked through my stash and found ‘Sugar and Spice’, from issue 324 (Nov 2017). I stitched it on