Beautiful borders

This month we bring you three more kits for those wanting to progress their basic cross stitch skills without using finer fabric or different stitches. Hummingbird and Modern Bee have a finished size

■ Yellow gingham fabric: 0.5m ■ Wadding: 30x30cm ■ 35cm zip yellow ■ Erasable pen /pencil ■ Red stranded cotton ■ Chenille needle ■ Bias binding tool ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit ■ All seam al

1 From the central Bee/background fat quarters, cut 1¼in x WOFQ strips and subcut into 1¼in squares. You will need approx. one-thousand-eight-hundred-and-thirty-six (1,836) 1¼in squares. Note: store i

1 From the red floral print, cut out twelve (12) ¾in hexies, adding ¼in more around the EPP hexie paper shape. 2 From the white strawberry fabric, cut the following: ■ Two (2) ¾in hexies, adding ¼in m

1 From fabric A, cut three (3) template A pieces (Fig 1). 2 From fabric B, cut two (2) template A pieces (Fig 1). 3 From fabric C, cut two (2) template A pieces (Fig 1). 4 From fabric D, cut the follo

YOU WILL NEED ■ Small pieces of your main fabric ■ Fusible interfacing ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit NOTES ■ Stitch petals with 6mm seams. We suggest that you make photocopies of flower tissue