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Dress it up, dress it down – you can’t go wrong with this custom waistcoat front pattern. By Emma Friedlander-Collins ■ Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic, 100g/295m), 1 ball of each: Yarn A Purple S

This month we bring you three larger kits for those wanting to progress their cross stitch skills… Country Garden and Harbour View have a finished size of 42x42cm, and Riviera is 50.5x35cm. All are fu

■ Green floral fabric – One (1) fat quarter ■ Coral spot fabric – One (1) fat quarter ■ Red fabric – One (1) fat eighth (more if fussy cutting) ■ Cream fabric – ⅝yd ■ Pale blue fabric – ½yd ■ Gold fab

STITCH ON THE GREEN I wanted to show you my latest finished project. I bought this DMC* kit in Belgium more than 20 years ago (it was priced in Belgian francs, not euros), thinking that one day I will

Notes Leave long tails at the cast-on and bind-off edges of each piece for sewing. Sew the seams with the RS facing, using mattress stitches unless instructed otherwise. For pieces with colourwork, wo

Add colour and vitality to your home with this beautiful pineappple doorstop designed by Rebecca Reid YOU WILL NEED ■ Fabric A: 25x55cm ■ Fabric B: 25x40cm ■ Fabric C: 65x90cm ■ Fabric D: 65x90cm ■ Wa