Coastal collage

Designed by: Emma Congdon Stitch count: 59 high x 35 wide lighthouse; 43 high x 43 wide boat Design size: 11x6.5cm (4⅜x2½in); 8x8cm (3⅛x3⅛in) Stitch time: 9½ hours; 8½ hours These designs were stitche

One way to keep the peace in the home and to ensure chores are done, especially with little ones running amok, is by setting some ground rules. Emma Congdon’s monochromatic sampler makes for the ideal

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

■ King Cole Cottonsoft DK (100% cotton, 100g/210m) 2 balls of Black (746) 1 ball of each: Candy Floss (3462) Coral (1574) Cherry (719) Sage (1576) Ecru (711) ■ A 3mm (US C/2 or D/3) hook ■ A dowel, 50

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

■ Scheepjes Cahlista (100% cotton, 15g/25.5m) 109 ball colour pack ■ Scheepjes Cahlista (100% cotton, 50g/85m) 14 balls of Old Lace (130) ■ A 4mm (G/6) hook ■ Stitch markers For yarn stockists contact