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Have you ever turned your cross stitch into a wearable badge or jewellery? If not, then now’s the chance. You’ll find buckets of inspiration for turning sweet motifs and bold lettering into statement

Make a slip knot. Insert right‑hand needle into the stitch as if to knit. Wrap the yarn around the point and pull through, slipping the stitch on to the left‑hand needle. Push the point of the right‑h

■ Scheepjes Cahlista (100% cotton, 50g/85m) 6 balls of Yarn A Ultramarine (124) 1 ball of Yarn B Lime Juice (392) ■ Scheepjes Twinkle (75% cotton, 25% polyester, 50g/130m) 1 ball of each: Yarn C Pink

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

For August we have a great NEW product that will help you stitch quicker, keeping your fabric taut, and is lightweight, comes in four sizes, and can be used to both stitch and also display your work a

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