A bundle of bears

HeIlo all and welcome to the third part of our exciting new stitch-a-long. Have any friends come to mind when you’ve been working on it? For this part we’re on the ‘Joy’ panel, celebrating the friends

■ Pattern sheet x1 ■ Instruction sheet ■ Body fabric: 60x50cm ■ Front ear fabric: 10x10cm ■ Nose fabric: 6x6cm ■ Quilt fabric: 30x50cm ■ Bed fabric: 35x50cm ■ Pillow fabric: 9x20cm ■ Wadding: 35x50cm

COLOURFUL CREATURES W e’re big fans of the spiritedly colourful ‘Party Animals’ cross stitch collection and love to see when our readers are stitching them! The fun critters bring a playful twist to y

Q My nan gave me her big button box (quite the bequest!) when she moved into a care facility recently. There are many lovely buttons and seems a shame not to use them in some way. I thought I could ad

Stitch a lavender bag to give your garments a delicate fragrance – and help ward off any pesky moths!

Shopping list ● approx 1m of fabric for cushion cover and frill (see measurements below) ● scissors ● pins ● sewing machine ● thread ● needle ● iron ● ironing board ● 40 x 40cm cushion pad How to… 1 C