Create a classic: wildlife spiral

■ Paintbox Cotton DK (100% cotton, 50g/125m) 1 ball of each: Yarn A Soft Fudge (410) Yarn B Summer Sky Blue (463) ■ A 2.5mm (US B/1 or C/2) hook ■ Black stranded cotton ■ White stranded cotton ■ A sti

We started at September with the ripening corn and the harvest mouse, then moved on through the year with brilliant red holly berries for January and buzzing bees in June until we finally completed th

■ 3 metres x 130cm double gauze fabric in orange and pink ■ 60cm diameter hula hoop ■ Scrap paper ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit CUTTING OUT Step one Use the scrap paper to draw ou a triangle 51

The inspiration for this simply stunning pattern is straight out of a real garden. Following a visit to the Green & Gorgeous Flowers garden in Oxfordshire, we wanted to celebrate this beautiful place

■ DMC Petra 3 (100% cotton, 100g/280m) 1 ball of Yarn A Black (5310) ■ Anchor Artiste Metallic (80% viscose, 20% metallised polyester, 25g/100m) 1 ball of Yarn B Gold (0300) ■ A 2.5mm (US B/1 or C/2)

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