Needles & nations

Hi, here’s my contribution to the Issue 424 challenge to design a summer brooch. This brooch is made in two parts from one 45x45 pattern, and can be worn three ways – as a large brooch, a small brooch

We are loving Emma Horan’s gorgeous new Coastal Poppy collection of cross-stitch kits. They are available all together as a premium Poppy set and also individually as three separate cross stitch kits

We’ve always thought TOFT’s luxury yarns are mouthwateringly lush, and their summer 2025 collection is no exception. Choose four 25g balls of DK pure wool to make this fab lollipop trio, with wooden s

This summer, sew a slip-on skirt that'll fit your body so well you won't want to take it off! This Maxi Skirt pattern by Tammy Johal of Tammy Handmade has an elasticated waist for comfort and two leg

For Dutch designer Iris Kleinbussink, cross stitch is more than a craft, it’s a stitched portal into a playful, pixel-perfect world filled with frogs in Halloween costumes, three-headed cats, and the

We know many of our readers are pet owners, so we’ve come up with a delightful doggy-themed design for this month’s challenge. We asked three designers to create a design that’s suitable to go on the