Tying up loose ends

When Cheryl Barnacle boarded a plane to Florida in 2006, she thought life couldn’t get any better. She and husband Clive had just celebrated their silver wedding anniversary, looking forward to motorb

If you’re used to working with cross stitch kits, you’ll be familiar with the concept of having everything you need ready to start stitching straight away. But when you’re following a counted chart, l

TREE OF THE SEASON My name is Kirstie Halliwell and I have been kept busy with these cross stitch kits. These are a Bothy Threads kit – ‘The Flower Pot’ – and Debbie Harding’s seasonal tree project fr

Create celebration and nature-inspired blocks with these two gorgeous ideas by Kate Eastwood

I HOPE this update finds you in good health. Since I last wrote to you, I sadly lost my mother. She had been living with Alzheimer’s Disease for several years. I know that many of you understand what

Like many of us, I grew up surrounded by fabrics and wool. My mum was a big knitter and I can’t remember a time when she wasn’t sitting in front of the TV without the clickerty clack of her needles. I