Treasures from the sewing box

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

■ 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)

Seasonal decorative touches to bring the outdoors in

■ Paintbox Simply DK (100% acrylic, 100g/276m) 1 ball of each: Yarn A Racing Green (127) Yarn B Vanilla Cream (107) Yarn C Grass Green (129) Yarn D Rose Red (113) Yarn E Blood Orange (119) ■ A 4mm (US

■ Any 4ply yarn in: Yarn A gold lamé Yarn B pink Yarn C dark green ■ Any thread weight yarn in Yarn D fuchsia ■ A 2mm (US B/1) hook ■ A 2.5mm (US B/1 or C/2) hook ■ 162 small multicoloured beads ■ Sti

“This is a stash-buster of a quilt, especially good for using up Jelly Roll strips for those little basket tops, indeed baskets of scraps. I mostly used fabrics with lots of colours, although they are